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.
As a leader, you have a responsibility to calm the turbulence
Why are we afraid of putting a stopwatch to performance?
What Firefighters Want survey respondents highlighted the need for clear career paths and reimbursement for training
Changes in pension formulas or medical benefits in retirement have caused those in the fire service to consider early retirement or face dramatic reductions in pensions and benefits
They are less common and less talked about than new construction, but older buildings pose their own set of risks
Firefighter Jack Hancock Jr. said he jumped into action putting his years of first responder training into use, helping his dad during a heart attack
The Senior SAFE (Student Awareness of Fire Education) grant will fund fire education and awareness initiatives geared toward local seniors
Mentoring those we like is easy; the real challenge is helping those less like us or less motivated to be the best they can
The one responding rig stood little chance of getting this fire under control; how would you attack this fire?
Cameron Mitchell Goins, 47, crashed into a tree during an avalanche preparedness training exercise
The chief charged that the town council knew for 3 years of the firefighter training requirement, but ignored it
EMTs can now provide advanced life support even if they’re assigned to BLS ambulance
It can reduce your effectiveness and put yours and other firefighters’ lives in danger, but there are ways to beat tunnel vision
We may train less for them, but vehicle fires can be as dangerous as structure fires; here’s how to safely attack burning vehicles
As the first-on-scene officer, what would your incident action plan look like for this fire, and is the structure worth saving?
Lt. Rudy Goop, a 24-year FDNY veteran, raced to find a man in the street having a heart attack and started doing chest compressions
Like cops, the new plan calls for medics to get to patients rapidly instead of waiting it out
State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan says the firefighters who responded instinctively used their training to save lives
Not having a hand tool reduces effectiveness and speed of crucial fireground tasks
Investigators believe that the academy’s oil/water separator did not correctly filter the jet fuel used for the exercise from the reclaimed water
Airport-based responders will undergo a 40-hour course on dealing with plane disasters in the aftermath of the Asiana crash response that killed a survivor
Knowing the signs of flashover and backdraft will protect against unnecessary injury and death
Fire commanders at the Asiana Airline crash had never taken aircraft disaster training; it is not required by FAA
To honor the fallen we must learn from the incident, and that requires effort and honesty