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.
To expand our perspective, we must look outside our insular ideas and accept that we may not have all the answers
Avoid transmitting a garbled or confusing message with these tips from Gordon Graham
The USFA’s new branch chief for wildfire policy urges listeners who consider themselves to be “structure fire only” to adjust their mindset – and their tactics
Firefighter Donnie Miller died within 24-hours of a department sanctioned training session
Given the layout of the buildings, the contents and manpower available, how would you attack this fire?
Programs designed to train teenage firefighters are a great opportunity for experience and to show a department what you are made of
It is a very personal question with no easy answer, as our top responses show
Changes in pension formulas or medical benefits in retirement have caused those in the fire service to consider early retirement or face dramatic reductions in pensions and benefits
They are less common and less talked about than new construction, but older buildings pose their own set of risks
Firefighter Jack Hancock Jr. said he jumped into action putting his years of first responder training into use, helping his dad during a heart attack
The Senior SAFE (Student Awareness of Fire Education) grant will fund fire education and awareness initiatives geared toward local seniors
Mentoring those we like is easy; the real challenge is helping those less like us or less motivated to be the best they can
The one responding rig stood little chance of getting this fire under control; how would you attack this fire?
Cameron Mitchell Goins, 47, crashed into a tree during an avalanche preparedness training exercise
The chief charged that the town council knew for 3 years of the firefighter training requirement, but ignored it
EMTs can now provide advanced life support even if they’re assigned to BLS ambulance
It can reduce your effectiveness and put yours and other firefighters’ lives in danger, but there are ways to beat tunnel vision
We may train less for them, but vehicle fires can be as dangerous as structure fires; here’s how to safely attack burning vehicles
