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.
What started as a women-centered wildland fire training event has evolved into a networking and camaraderie-building international movement
Enhance decision-making, stress management and overall mental resilience in situations of extreme stress
Starting with mayday basics, like when and how to call a mayday, primes them for actual emergencies and sets a foundation for more advanced training
Thinking you know what will happen exposes you to flawed size up of fire situations and people
Volunteers make up 85 percent of the class
Fire chief: images from last year’s tsunami in Japan made people take the threat more serious
Emergency operations centers coming under one roof for the first time
Leaders are seeking a funding deal similar to the Senate’s that will take USFA through 2017
Tools, technique, training are keys to gaining quick access through metal door set in block wall
It took less than 2 hours to complete first of 8 simulated rescues during 4-day 2012 Rescue Challenge
Facing never-before-seen amounts of fire and being targets themselves, Hamburg firefighters managed to save 18,000 people
24 firefighters, 32 instructors have spent nearly two weeks learning how to drive, pump and maintain fire engines
Dozens of first responders took part in training aimed at recognizing PTSD, how to approach those who are suffering from it
Driver-training simulators are pricey, but may help firefighters avoid more costly collisions
