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CSB Investigation into Macondo Blowout in Gulf of Mexico Continues
Crawford on RIT: Dangerous but Necessary Work In his classroom Wednesday at FDIC 2012, Jim Crawford reviewed the evolution of rapid intervention over the past 15 y...
Firefighter Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - Taking Preventative Action In this drill, have firefighters explain what kind of preventative action they would take if certain fireground situa...
Firefighter Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - Progress Reports Next up in the Survival Essential Series is a drill that will have your firefighters reviewing the different types of...
People in Fires: The Real Story Imagine that a serious fire develops in a high-rise building, initiating a full building evacuation. With ample time ...
Firefighter Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - PASS The next stop in the Survival Essentials series has you and your firefighters discussing the PASS device.
Fire Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - PAR Next in the Survival Essential firefighter training drill series focuses on the necessity and conditions that a perso...
New Jersey Division of Fire Safety Releases Report Related to Firefighter Injury While participating in a training drill, a New Jersey firefighter, Rebecca Crawford was injured when a sand cast alum...
VPS Windows VPS windows come in different styles depending on the anchoring system. The two most common types of these windows ar...
Fire Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - Do Not Enter The third drill in this series offers a chance to discuss conditions that would be present at a fire scene that would...
Fire Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - Evacuation The second installment of our firefighter survival drill series feature focuses on the conditions and actions firefig...
Fire Training Drill: The Survival Essentials - The Mayday Every firefighter must know how to prevent getting into hostile situations or environments. In this week's training d...
Program Places Inspectors on Shift Work On January 1, 2009, the Baltimore City (MD) Fire Department (BCFD) started a program that placed fire inspectors on s...
Firefighter Training Drill: My Fire Department 101: Engine Company Maintenance Part 3 of this firefighter training drill series on engine company work will focus on the maintenance of the engine i...
Holders, Keepers, Standpipe Alternatives Several techniques presented below may help you get the job done more efficiently.

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FIRE DYNAMICS

Time Out -- Out of Time: Flashover and Residential Sprinklers

Deputy U.S. Fire Administrator Glenn A. Gaines asks the fire service to reconsider the assumption that residents have about five minutes until flashover during house fires.

Training Days

Training Days: Firefighter Fitness and Wellness

Tom Kiurski describes training that focuses on keeping your firefighters healthy and in shape.

Roundtable

Roundtable: Ventilation Science and Firefighting

Are you aware to the NIST studies concerning ventilation, and have those results altered or changed your current tactics as it relates to ventilation? Share your observations with other firefighters from around the country and world.

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Drills

CSB Investigation into Macondo Blowout in Gulf of Mexico Continues

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Simulations

SP Report on Bus Fire Safety

Between 1999 and 2004 an average of 49 bus and coach fires were reported each year in Norway, and 122 per year in Sweden. However, it can be assumed that the actual number of fires is considerably higher than this, as a large number of fires are not reported.

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Fire Instructor Development

Firefighter Response to Natural Gas Leaks and Emergencies

Natural gas leaks and explosions are growing problems across the country, James Kutz writes, and firefighters need to be on alert when responding to "nuisance" calls involving natural gas leaks.

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Live Burns

NFPA 1403 Live-Fire Evolutions at Fire Service Training Centers

Live fire training is an essential part of a firefighter's education, but there are significant differences between training at gas-fired versus non-gas-fired structures. Mike Gurr takes a closer look at this training.

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Props

Building and Roof Training Prop

The Cheesequake Fire Company in Old Bridge, New Jersey, but this training prop that simulates a regular, one-story building with a realistic-height second-story window and five foot parapet wall.

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SOPs/SOGs

Ferrara Fire Apparatus Receives Industry Safety Award

Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has once again awarded Ferrara Fire Apparatus with the LWCC Safest 70 Award.

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ISFSI

ISFSI Credentials First Professional Fire Instructor

The International Society of Fire Service Instructors is excited to announce the first successful credential of the Society’s Professional Fire Instructor designation.