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Training Days
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.
Training Days: School Bus Evolutions
What firefighter wouldn't jump at the chance to do some school bus extrication? Tom Kiurski recounts how his department was able to get this unique hands-on training opportunity for its members.
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Headline News
Claim denied in death of cadet in training evolution (Nov 5, 2009)
Nov. 5--The U.S. Justice Department has denied a $295,194 benefit to the children of Racheal Wilson, the Baltimore fire cadet who died in a widely criticized training exercise in 2007, saying that the city's Fire Department failed to submit paperwork establishing her eligibility for the funds.
SEPTA railroad car burns (Nov 5, 2009)
Nov. 5--During a morning commute already complicated by a transit strike, a fire broke out yesterday on one of SEPTA's most heavily traveled Regional Rail lines, forcing the evacuation of about 1,000 passengers on two four-car trains.
Columbus man dies in house fire (Nov 5, 2009)
Nov. 5--A Wednesday morning fire killed a Columbus man in a house off Lawyers Lane that had neither electricity nor gas.
BRIEF: Blaze damages home, displaces couple: Electric heater pinpointed as cause of fire (Nov 5, 2009)
Nov. 5--MCCOOLE -- A Westernport Road couple was left homeless by an accidental fire that broke out in their residence shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.
Firefighters, cops brave junk in fire rescue (Nov 5, 2009)
Nov. 5--Flaming piles of junk packed into a Lynn home forced heroic cops and firefighters to risk their lives a half-dozen times before they were able to rescue a man trapped inside.
BRIEF: Fire smokes out MIT frat house (Nov 5, 2009)
Nov. 5--A fire behind an MIT fraternity house sent students running for cover yesterday morning at several university residences.
BRIEF: Lake area man dies in early morning fire (Nov 4, 2009)
Nov. 4--TOOL -- A 78-year-old Tool man on oxygen, who had just been released from the hospital, died in a fire in the Lakeway Estates subdivision last week.
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Training Articles

Solar Education, Outreach and Training: Moving the Industry ...
... accredited 6-day program for PV installers, complete with hands-on training, graded evaluations ... to perform due diligence before signing up for a training course ...

Extrication Drill: Car vs. House - Fire Engineering
... Use your local SOPs to develop a step-by-step initial action plan for this incident. Download this week's firefighter training drill as a PDF HERE. ...

Advanced Extrication Techniques - Fire Engineering
... Bus Extrication DVD as well as our advanced extrication Training Minutes Web ... at FDIC, the lead extrication instructor for FDIC's Hands-On Training program, and ...

Da Swede Slide: An Extrication Technique for Modern Vehicles ...
... at the 2008 Fire Department Instructors Conference Hands-On Training program “Modern ... programs at the Hunterdon County Emergency Services Training Center, and ...

On-Scene Report: Building Info - Fire Engineering
... information. This training session reviews the description of the structure portion of the initial on-scene radio report. Review ...

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Simulations

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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