Firefighter Training

Firefighters Support Foundation Inc.

These free firefighter training programs usually include a video and a Powerpoint presentation. Many address advanced fire service topics or topics that are not often covered. Others reinforce the basics. They are targeted at both agency trainers and individuals.

Turnkey training. Agencies can use the programs by using the Powerpoint slides as distributed notes, running the video presentation, and pausing the video frequently to discuss the material presented. In this way, the training is consistent from session to session, trainer preparation time is greatly reduced, and the training is completely documented.

To be notified of future programs. Please send a note to staff@ffsupport.org with your comments on any of our programs. If you want to be notified when we post new programs (about every two months), include your email address.

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Emergency Management for the Fire Service

The Fire Safety Officer: Roles and Responsibilities

Fire Scene Communications

Hazards of Marijuana
Grow Operations

Chemical Suicides

Emergency Incident Rehabilitation

Meth Labs Response

Self Defense for EMTs and Firefighters

Preparation for and Response to Mass-Shooting Events

Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) Overview

 

Vehicle Fires: Assessment and Response

Role of the Public Information Officer (PIO)

Fire/EMS Response to Civil Unrest

A New Way to Lift

When a Child Dies on a Call

When to Seek Therapy

Evidence Preservation

Bombs, Bomb Response, and Suicide Bombers

After Action Self-Evaluations

Dealing with a Line-of-Duty Death (LODD)

More PDF Downloads
  • Mumbai Learning Points
    The terrorist attack on Mumbai provided several learning points of all public safety personnel.
     
  • Explosions and Explosives Cells
    Here's a short summary of what to do and what to look for as you approach and and you respond to calls for explosives and explosions.

All files are absolutely free to download or view. For more information, visit the Firefighters Support Foundation Web site.

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Download the discount document HERE as a PDF.

Free Training Downloads

New Free Emergency Management for the Fire Service Program
This program, presented by Michael Finney, defines the four major components of the emergency management cycle.

New Free Fire Safety Officer Program Available
The Firefighters Support Foundation's (FSF) newest free training program, The Fire Safety Officer: Roles and Responsibilities, is now available. The program consists of a 25-minute video program and an accompanying 15-slide PowerPoint presentation.

New Free Fire Scene Communications Program Available
This free training program from the Firefighters Support Foundation defines communications and its elements, discusses best practices, and presents tactics that ensure that information is being effectively disseminated.

New Free Vehicle Fires: Assessment and Response Program Available
The Firefighters Support Foundation's (FSF) newest free firefighter training program, Vehicle Fires: Assessment and Response, is now available

New Free Marijuana Grow Operations -- Safe Multi-Agency Response Program Available
The Firefighters Support Foundation’s  newest training program, Marijuana Grow Operations – Safe Multi-Agency Response, is now available free to all firefighters and first responders.

Firefighter Training: Free Program on the Public Information Officer's Role
The Firefighters Support Foundation’s (FSF) newest free training program, Public Information Officer: Roles and Responsibilities, is now available.

 

New Free Training Program About Chemical Suicides, a New Threat to First Responders
The Firefighters Support Foundation’s (FSF) newest training program, Chemical Suicides, is now available free by download. Train your personnel on this emerging threat to first responders.

 

Firefighter Training Program: New Free Fire/EMS Response to Civil Unrest Training Available
Civil unrest events are becoming more prevalent and FD and EMS units are playing a greater role in responding to them. Presented by August Vernon, this free firefighter training program consists of a 40-minute video and customizable PowerPoint presentation.

 

New Free Emergency Incident Rehabilitation Program Available
The Firefighters Support Foundation’s (FSF) newest training program, Emergency Incident Rehabilitation, is now available free by download. This program consists of a 30-minute video presentation and a 90-slide PowerPoint presentation.

 

New Free A New Way to Lift Video Seminar Available
The Firefighters Support Foundation has released its newest free program, A New Way to Lift, in which presenter James Shaw explains how to use the principles of Tai Chi and other eastern disciplines as well as the principles of sound biomechanics to lift heavy objects from the odd positions that firefighters encounter every day.

 

New Free Meth Labs, Meth Lab Response, and Meth Users Program Available
The Firefighters Support Foundation has released Meth Labs, Meth Lab Response, and Meth Users. This free one hour video program and 100-slide PowerPoint presentation familiarizes public safety personnel about: how to recognize a lab if you are approaching one or are in one, how to recognize a dangerous meth user, the chemicals used in clandestine meth manufacture, and what to do if you encounter a user or lab.

 

Free Firefighter Training: When A Child Dies on A Call
The Firefighters Support Foundation (FSF) offers a 20-minute firefighter training program presented by Dr. Anne Bisek that deals with first responder psychological issues when a child dies during an incident.

 

Free Firefighter Training: Dealing with a Line-of-Duty Death
Download a free 50-minute video program from the Firefighters Support Foundation in which Dr. Ellen Kirschman discusses issues regarding firefighter line-of-duty deaths (LODDs).

 

Free Firefighter Training: Bombs, Bomb Response, and Suicide Bombers
This free training program from Firefighters Support Foundation includes more than a dozen open-source documents full of information on handling all aspects of this kind of event, from communications to hazmat to tactics, as well as videos on bombing response.

 

Free Firefighter Training: Response to Mass Shooting Events
Mass shooting events are becoming more common, and the response to them involves every public safety agency for miles around. This free training program from Firefighters Support Foundation details the actions that firefighters and EMS agencies can take to prepare themselves for this all-too-likely event, and the actions they can take when the event occurs.

 

Free Firefighter Training: Evidence Preservation
This free firefighter training program from the Firefighters Support Foundation addresses all aspects of preserving evidence at fire, medical, and rescue scenes.

 

Free Firefighter Training: When to Seek Therapy
In this free 30-minute training program from the Firefighters Support Foundation, Dr. Anne Bisek, a psychologist practicing in Fremont, California, discusses questions she has found that first responders often have about seeking therapy.

 

Free Firefighter Training: After Action Self-Evaluations
This free training program from the Firefighters Support Foundation presents a disarmingly simple continuous-improvement method that is widely used in the business world but so far hasn't been much adopted by the public safety sector.

 

Free Firefighter/EMT Self-Defense Program Available
The Firefighters Support Foundation’s (FSF) newest training program, Self-Defense for Firefighters and EMTs, is now available free by download.

 

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