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Find all things related to a career in the fire service on FireRescue1’s fire career topic page, including training requirements, promotion tips, leadership content and more.

The extrication topic features the latest news and resources and features content on maintaining extrication equipment, training on extrication techniques, or working at the scene of an MVA, including those involving modern vehicles.

Stay current with NIOSH developments that shape firefighter safety and health. This hub delivers breaking coverage of Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program findings, National Firefighter Registry for Cancer updates, PPE performance studies, federal funding moves and legislative actions affecting NIOSH operations. Articles combine timely reporting with expert analysis to help chiefs, training officers and frontline firefighters turn research into decisions on policy, training and equipment. Fresh content is posted whenever investigations resume or programs shift, giving you a complete view of NIOSH’s mission to keep crews safer on every call.

Every year, FireRescue1 reviews the latest research, emerging techniques and newly debuted products exhibited at FDIC. Read expert analysis from educational sessions here, and check back to FireRescue1 for news about future shows.

First Responder Wellness Week is dedicated to providing resources, support and community to help public safety personnel better understand the mental and physical health risks that come with the job.

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.

The news items, feature articles, videos and more you find here are selected specifically with fire chiefs and senior officers in mind. This content will give those who are charged with running a fire department the tools, information and insight they need to excel as leaders and managers. Whether it is managing fleets, budgets, labor issues or politicians, you can rely on Fire Chief to help you succeed. Sign up for Fire Chief-focused newsletters here.

Recruitment and retention is one of the most critical topics in the fire service, particularly the volunteer fire service, which has long been seeking to attract and maintain members. The recruitment and retention resource page provides critical content to help fire departments manage their personnel, from articles that inform prospective members are life as a volunteer to podcasts about recruitment best practices to new techniques being used to encourage new members, and so much more.

Need the most up-to-date news on fireground operations, incident command, recruiting, staffing, training, leadership and firefighter safety? Catch up on the latest news in the fire service world.