Education & Training
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Fire service leaders must focus on data, not emotion, when make their case for funding, staffing and more
How to safely mitigate incidents with half-stories
Chief Marc Bashoor told Wolf Blitzer that the training pause will lead to a “degradation in our services”
Two emerging models of rescue task forces and tactical medics offer different, yet more aggressive approaches to active-shooter incidents than standing by until all is clear
The state funding will support continuing education courses and additional equipment for the department
After two weeks without the defibrillators, Compton Fire Department officials were able to meet training and certification requirements
A string of suspected arsons, inexperienced volunteer staff and a truck ladder that isn’t high enough has pushed firefighters to their physical and mental limits
The audit criticized medics for failing to complete medical records after delivering emergency care and directs officials to launch a retraining effort
Fire chiefs who don’t avoid these five traps will not succeed in having a top-performing department
Following a near-miss, one department compiled 12 lessons learned for dealing with alternative-fueled commercial vehicle fires
Fire Chief Digital: Extinguishing firefighter burnout, why civilian fire boards don’t work, and more
Fire Chief Digital Edition - Summer 2015 focuses on volunteer and combination leadership challenges
Anne McCormick Sullivan was one of four firefighters who died in the Southwest Inn fire in Houston in May 2013
A total of $9,240 should have been collected from the classes, but only $2,980 was recorded
Former Fire Chief Rico Smith will take over day-to-day management of the department and serve as interim chief
Fire officials were unable to produce documentation showing firefighters had been properly trained to use the equipment
A former assistant fire chief and others are accusing the department of issuing certifications for courses never attended; Indiana’s DHS is investigating the claims
Most suspended, confined-space rescue victims are working in some capacity and are using a fall-arrest system; here’s how to treat and reach those victims
A well-trained firefighter is a safe one, but when a large-scale incident hits home factors like mental health support play a key role
Keeping fire and EMS personnel safe in low-probability, high-risk situations like those involving active shooters takes preparation — and a lot of it; here’s what the experts say volunteer chiefs can do to be ready
The value of job experience and formal education are well-known, but does one hold more sway, and how does it factor in firefighter safety?
Oscar “Sox” Lee, 92, taught crews fire science and firefighting tactics; he spent 50 years as a firefighter
“A lot of guys get to do this maybe five times over 20 years, but not in the first 10 minutes into a shift,” he said