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.
Step 1: Back out or attempt to isolate yourself in a room behind a closed door if retreat isn’t possible
The FDNY symposium will present best tactics and work on improving lithium-ion battery fire data
Establish side alpha, stay disciplined in your direction, pay attention to sights and sounds, and use “breadcrumbs” to establish a route
Chief ‘illegally’ sent township firefighters to train in a program where he taught
Free online program helps first responders recognize autism disorders during emergency response, better understand techniques to communicate
Building named after Freedom House in Pittsburgh, ‘program to train unemployed and underemployed black men and women as medical technicians’
Oxygen-limiting silos can explode during fire when air, water are allowed in
Department has begun establishing new training standards to deal with these structures
27 firefighters were involved in training over 3 days to locate, excavate, isolate leaking pipes
Marsha Giesler is public education officer, juvenile fire interventionist, assistant to chief for Downers Grove Fire Department in Ill.
State fire marshal set up online courses at Ohio Fire Academy that anyone can take for $20 per year
Anyone applying for certain NFA, EMI classes will need to use Student Identification number instead
USDA Forest Service has started a women’s wild land fire fighting boot camp
15 new recruits in Vallejo are undergoing 12-week academy, which includes fitness training daily
2 firefighters have been treated and released; 3rd was being treated for leg fracture
When you become a firefighter, you become a politician who is always in office
Curriculum allows state fire-training directors to work with colleges so college credit can be received for fire-training courses, vice versa
Each situation will determine how and when these attack tactics are applied
It’s not the most glamorous job on the fireground, but done right it will keep escape routes open
It is critical to invest the time to plan and execute how you approach removing glass at vehicle collisions
Critical incident review report starts with memorandum including the department’s action plan 48-hours after Daniel Island fire
Academy will seek to fill 24 budgeted vacancies, reduce forced call-backs and expensive overtime
Making the link from laboratory to fireground is essential for civilian and firefighter safety
It is worth exploring if fire-fighting knowledge should have mandatory recertification like EMS
Capt.: 12 to 15 newer firefighters had their start in program
While on an emergency scene with a potential for collapse, we must clearly define and establish a collapse zone for all structures and parapets walls
Before extracting anyone who might be trapped in car after wreck, firefighters must disable low-voltage cables in car’s trunk
Alameda firefighters say they have successfully responded to 16 possible emergencies on water since they were condemned for response
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