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Drills | Simulations | Fire Instructor Development | Live Burns | Props | SOPs | ISFSI | FSF
Tactical Safety: Marginal Effort Equals Marginal Results
Tactical safety is achieved by putting forth maximum effort and by having highly tuned-in firefighters and commanders...
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OPSGEAR CEO Shares his Japan Recovery Mission Following the Earthquake Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear DisasterOPSGEAR CEO David Burnell shares his story about the Japan Recovery Mission - For the Living or the Dead? |
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Stepping Up: The Value of Role Playing, Part 1
Role playing is a valuable activity that allows firefighters to apply information they have learned or received and d...
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FL Firefighter, Instructor Injured During Training
Lt. Kevin McCrea, a training center instructor and 11-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Fire Department, was burned whil...
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NVFC and CSU Announce Scholarship Winners
The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) and Columbia Southern University (CSU) are pleased to announce the winners...
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Addison (MI) Fire Department Receives True North's Training Scholarship
After careful review of the many applications submitted, the next True North Firefighter Scholarship has been awarded...
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Changing times: Young Fire Officers
In this day and age, the face of leadership in the fire service appears to be changing. It seems to be getting younge...
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ISFSI Credentials First Professional Fire Instructor
The International Society of Fire Service Instructors is excited to announce the first successful credential of the S...
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Using Ongoing SizeUp for Rescue Profiling
SIZEUP IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR FIREground operation and should be conducted by every responding and arriving me...
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Mapping: Add the Layout Factor to Your SizeUp
Your engine company arrives first on scene to an occupied twostory residential dwelling fire at 0200 hours. As you re...
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FDIC 2012 Call for Presentations Period Is Now ClosedThe FDIC Call for Presentations period is now officially closed. |
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Turn an Idea into a Class in Five Steps
To say that providing up-to-date, relevant training in today’s fire service is a challenge is an understatement...
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The Many Helmets of the Fire Service Instructor
Fire instructors play a critical role in the development of firefighters. Michael Finney discusses the diverse "...
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ISFSI to Present "Professional Development & Credentialing for Tomorrow's Leaders" Program at FDIC 2011
This highly interactive workshop, which will be held on March 22 at FDIC 2011 in Indianapolis, Indiana, will present ...
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Ventilating Steel Roof Decks
Because of the potential for creating cantilevered roof deck panels, firefighters must be very cautious when ven...
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Construction Concerns for Firefighters: Insulated Concrete FormsGreg Havel discusses modern concrete forms for building construction and how these components could affect firefighters on the fireground. |
Training Days: Burn Chamber ScenarioFirefighters practice searching for a victim in a "garage" in this training scenario related by Tom Kiurski. |
Roundtable: Fire Apparatus Driving and Data CollectionIs your fire department using data obtained from recording devices installed in fire apparatus for firefighter driver training? Share your replies with other firefighters from around the nation and world. |
New Jersey Division of Fire Safety Releases Report Related to Firefighter InjuryWhile participating in a training drill, a New Jersey firefighter, Rebecca Crawford was injured when a sand cast aluminum large diameter hose appliance catastrophically failed. |
Free Training Event on the Dangers of Fire SmokeKnow Your Smoke: The Dangers of Fire Smoke, a free training event for firefighters and others exposed to fire smoke, will be held in Los Angeles, California on January 27 and 28, 2012. |
Tactical Safety: Marginal Effort Equals Marginal ResultsTactical safety is achieved by putting forth maximum effort and by having highly tuned-in firefighters and commanders who deploy their troops with purpose on the fireground, Ray McCormack writes. |
NFPA 1403 Live-Fire Evolutions at Fire Service Training CentersLive 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. |
Building and Roof Training PropThe 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. |
CSB Statement on Four Year Anniversary of the Catastrophic Imperial Sugar ExplosionTuesday, February 7, 2012, marks the fourth anniversary of the massive sugar dust explosion that killed 14 workers and injured 38 others at the Imperial Sugar Refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia. The loss of life continues to be mourned in the community. |
ISFSI Credentials First Professional Fire InstructorThe International Society of Fire Service Instructors is excited to announce the first successful credential of the Society’s Professional Fire Instructor designation. |
Firefighter Training: New Free Fire Scene Communications Program AvailableThe Firefighters Support Foundation's newest free firefighter training program defines communications and its elements, discusses best practices, and presents tactics that ensure that information is being effectively disseminated on the fireground. |
ICMA TO ADDRESS FIRE/EMS CAPABILITY IN HAITI
February 1, 2012
The following information was released by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA):
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