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.
With available tuition discounts, higher education can enhance a firefighter’s career growth, salary and leadership potential
Milford Fire Chief Anthony Fabrizi spoke in support of legislation that seeks to regain some of what is spent training new firefighters if they leave the department
Dr. Rachelle Zemlok takes the Better Every Shift crew inside the psychologist’s office during First Responder Wellness Week
Most of the dead firefighters were young, aged from 19 to 23, and many reportedly had never fought a fire before
The funds will provide financial support and assist with recruitment efforts for eight departments
The grant will help support the institute’s mission to increase knowledge and reduce injuries and deaths in the fire service and the communities they serve
Families of missing firefighters say they are treated as ‘second-class’ crews and not enough has been done to find them
They have become the first department in the country to adopt all of the nearly one-dozen recommendations of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network
Firefighters taught them hands-on techniques for how best to breach brick and wooden walls, all while maneuvering safely away from threats
The viral video that shows the big man squeezing through the rungs of a ladder in full gear has more than 150,000 views from all over the world
The program is open to students between the ages of 15 and 17; there is no cost to attend
The department will receive $577K to increase staff and buy new equipment
To have community backing, dispel the common belief that firefighters stop training once they are on the job
The old way of teaching and training firefighters is not only irrelevant, it is dangerous; here’s how to fix that
State investigators cited the department for four violations; department officials say the report blames the firefighter
Learn the basics of grant writing or hone your skills at Pinnacle EMS session
Chief David Downey said that the department will start giving crisis intervention training to all firefighters and dispatchers
Learn how to train firefighters using adult-learning principals and a tiered system driven by mastered skills
EMT Choeurlyne Doirin-Holder has failed to pass the training academy two times; FDNY gave her top firefighter pay for a desk job; she is getting a third shot at the test
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