Education & Training
FireRescue1’s firefighter education and training topic features information and resources for fire and rescue professionals, including content that supports ongoing professional development and enhances training efforts, whether online, in the classroom or during hand-on training evolutions.
The federal grant will fund a mobile SCBA training maze to serve recruit and veteran firefighters
How to conduct an effective AAR that will contribute to the health and growth of the organization
When Chief Richard Ganci took over the behavior health program at St. Petersburg Fire Rescue, there was no guidebook. So, he and his team wrote one.
Check out the videos below to learn more about fire dynamics and firefighting tactics from experts in the fire service
The firefighters completed the delivery, but found that the baby wasn’t breathing; they cleared her airways and she started to cry
Lt. Rom Duckworth and Chief Rob Wylie bring expert perspective to hot topics, frontline tactics and leadership lessons that firefighters and officers need to be safe and successful
The owner says he’s being treated unfairly by the city after testifying in court that firefighters needed more than a 48-hour training course to become paramedics
“It is imperative that people learn from the tragedy at West,” CSB Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said
Here are some tips about what emergency responders should know about the disorder and how they should modify their response
Hazardous chemicals can still be stored in flammable containers and firefighters still aren’t required to train how to fight such fires
“I feel proud that women in the fire service are finally being recognized and respected. We’re able to break those barriers,” Assistant Fire Chief Alicia Francis said
Officer Dennis Guerra’s death exposed the lack of NYPD protocol covering instances in which officers arrive at fire scenes before firefighters
Lt. Rom Duckworth and Chief Rob Wylie bring expert perspective to hot topics, frontline tactics and leadership lessons that firefighters and officers need to be safe and successful
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Firefighter’s safety warning to parents: install pool gates
Chief Tim Pellerin will testify on behalf of a bill that would appropriate funds to train firefighters to handle large-scale petroleum fires in trains and other transports
The strategy was straightforward: Combine officers and firefighters in mini-task forces to treat and evacuate the wounded while a volatile situation is unfolding
Mudslides make for extremely difficult rescue operations because there are very little void spaces where people could potentially survive
Firefighters were training next door to her residence; she began yelling and arguing with personnel
The training is geared toward increasing safety for firefighters and those with autism encountered during calls
Rescue workers wearing life jackets waded through muddy water nearly to their chests to reach stranded residents
A firefighter reached into the roof, and through the flames he grabbed his partner by his air pack with one hand, pulling him out to safety
A handful of departments all across the area will use the information they’re learning to train firefighters this fall
The firefighter was hooking up the hose when the coupling broke and hit him in the face; he was taken to a hospital and is in fair condition
Show a recruit class the department’s best instructor from day one to lay the right firefighter foundation
The firefighter is recovering in the hospital from hypothermia and is expected to be OK
There are as many definitions of great instructor as there are great instructors, but they all share these traits
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