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Training Days: School Bus Accident

Take one donated bus, block the main door with a crashed car, mix in some smoke, add some screaming moulaged high school students, and you have the makings of a great drill. Tom Kiurski describes a school bus crash drill his department conducted.

Training Days: Fire Extinguishers

This training day features fire extinguishers, a burn barrel, and a review of everything about fire extinguishers.

Training Days: Rapid Intervention
Tom Kiurski describes a rapid intervention team training evolution in which firefighters were tasked with using air bags to rescue a "crew member" trapped by a partial roof collapse.
Training Days: Flashover Chamber
Tom Kiurski recounts his department's training with a Swede Survival System Phase I Flashover Chamber, which allows firefighters to observe and experience fire behavior up close.
Training Days: Enlarging an Opening
Tom Kiurski describes a training session in which firefighters from his department practiced methods for turning windows into doors using an old shed that was to be demolished.
Headline News
BRIEF: Waterford chimney fire displaces four (Feb 4, 2010)
Fire Marshal Peter Schlink said the fire was reported around 1:30 a.m.
Harold Angeroth, fire chief, veteran (Feb 5, 2010)
Feb. 5--Before pagers and house alert systems, volunteer firefighters in Deptford Township had to keep one ear cocked at all times to hear their company siren.
BRIEF: Apartment damaged in Winston-Salem fire (Feb 5, 2010)
Feb. 5--WINSTON-SALEM -- A second-story apartment sustained significant damage Thursday as the result of a kitchen fire.
Teen dies in third deadly OK fire (Feb 4, 2010)
Feb. 4--STONEWALL -- For the third time in less than a week an area resident died in a house fire.
Firefighters rescue man trapped in burning apartment (Feb 4, 2010)
Feb. 4--Two Buffalo firefighters went up a ladder and a third entered a burning second-floor apartment to rescue a man hanging out a window on the city's West Side early this morning, fire officials said.
Man charged in fire at Tarryk Farm (Feb 4, 2010)
Feb. 4--NORWICH -- City police charged a man Wednesday with setting a fire at the Tarryk Farm property -- the site of three fires in the past 15 days.
House fire leaves Oakland family of five homeless ; The state Fire Marshal's Office tries to determine the exact cause of the Thursday morning blaze. (Feb 5, 2010)
A couple and their three small children are homeless after fire ripped through their Birchwood Drive house Thursday morning.
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Fire Engineering Residential Fire Simulation: High-Rise Dormitory Fire

This free online simulation allows you to pressurize a stairwell using positive pressure and practice using an elevator to review your high-rise procedures.

Fire Engineering Simulation: Bedroom Fire

Take control of the fireground in this free online simulation. Practice ventilation and positive pressure operations at a structure fire. Includes training documents like a size-up guide and sample scenario.

Fire Engineering Simulation: Deli Fire

Check out a free interactive simulation that lets you train on tactical decision making at a taxpayer deli fire. Features supplementary training documents including size-up tips and comprehensive control sheet.

Pump Operator Simulation: The Basics

This simulation provides you with a set of basic skill exercises for your drivers/pump operators, from apparatus inspection to operating the pump panel.

Hazmat simulation: Automobile vs. Tank Car

It is a cold Fall morning. Dispatch receives a call from a bystander that an automobile has collided with a tank car...

Residential fire simulation: Wood frame, asphalt siding

It is a cool, clear, Fall weekend day with with a strong wind blowing from side B to side D. Around 10 a.m., dispatch receives calls from neighbors reporting that a two-story house is on fire...

December Simulation: Fast Food Restaurant Fire

It is a cool, clear, fall day with no wind. Around 3 p.m., bystanders notice smoke and fire coming from the roof of the Fire Pit, a local fast-food restaurant. The employees don't even know that the building is on fire...

November Simulation: Row house fire

Just after 10 a.m. on a hot Sunday, 911 dispatch has received a call reporting smoke coming from the third floor windows of a row house that neighbors thought was vacant. Use this free Web training tool to practice training in a safe environment.

October simulation: Garage fire

911 dispatch has received a call reporting smoke coming from the garage of a neighbor's house. How do you respond? You can use this free Web simulation, today, to train your firefighters and officers.

Fire Engineering Simulations: It's Your Call

The use of simulations has been a firefighter training tool for generations. Test your fireground command abilities with our first-ever Fire Engineering simulation.

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Positive Pressure Attack for Ventilation and Firefighting
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The only thing separating you from a potentially hazardous environment is your PPE. It has to deliver the right kind of protection. The question is ?How do you determine ...
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