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.
Understanding the elements of fire is an essential component of firefighting education and suppression efforts
Lawmakers are urging FEMA to reinstate in-person training for first responders after the agency abruptly canceled courses at the National Fire Academy and Emergency Management Institute
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The massive recruitment drive and marketing campaign addressed the fire service’s gender imbalance
The program teaches teens basic EMS skills in an attempt to increase diversity in local fire and EMS departments
The bag valve mask obscured the victim’s face while his firefighter son performed CPR
Firefighters from across the country call for changing the protocol that prohibits certified medical first responders from using epinephrine
Robert Mauck said he got out alive because his training worked and paid off in dire circumstances
A recent state law allows paramedics to use an EpiPen, but not certified medical first responders
Between order and delivery, there’s plenty a fire officer can do to prepare the crew for their new baby
The average time needed to access a victim in a hoarder’s home is one hour and 20 minutes; the typical average is five minutes
The students’ online efforts are among the thousands of crowdfunding campaigns being used for high school-related help
Fire chiefs need to foster opportunities for incident commanders to develop their situational awareness skills through training and experience
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Officers teach situational awareness and principles of “Run, Hide, Fight”
They were reassigned to duties away from patient care and will undergo additional training while an investigation is conducted
The 6-year-old taught firefighters words like “firefighter,” “interpreter” and “stop, drop and roll”
IAFC President Rhoda Mae Kerr spoke about how firefighters prepare themselves for large attacks and the need to continue practicing with scenario-based exercises
Commissioner Hood Richardson said he was concerned about the training they had in order to be able to provide medical services
Officials are now training firefighters to let them know it’s OK to ask for help
Tom Hancock was chief for 16 years and led his department to become one of the first in the state to be ALS certified
Little has been accomplished since the disaster, despite some state legislation and an executive order from President Barack Obama to improve chemical facility safety
The teens were conscious and alert when they were helped back onto dry land and are recovering at a hospital
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Trainee Keenan Smith, 26, saw a man collapse on the street and performed CPR
Scott Geiselhart is now traveling to fire departments across Minnesota speaking about suicide prevention and awareness education
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