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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...

OPSGEAR CEO Shares his Japan Recovery Mission Following the Earthquake Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

OPSGEAR CEO David Burnell shares his story about the Japan Recovery Mission - For the Living or the Dead?

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...

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...

NVFC and CSU Announce Scholarship Winners

The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) and Columbia Southern University (CSU) are pleased to announce the winners...

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...

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...

ISFSI Credentials First Professional Fire Instructor

The International Society of Fire Service Instructors is excited to announce the first successful credential of the S...

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...

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...

FDIC 2012 Call for Presentations Period Is Now Closed

The FDIC Call for Presentations period is now officially closed.

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...

The Many Helmets of the Fire Service Instructor

Fire instructors play a critical role in the development of firefighters. Michael Finney discusses the diverse "...

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 ...

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 Forms

Greg Havel discusses modern concrete forms for building construction and how these components could affect firefighters on the fireground.

Training Days

Training Days: Burn Chamber Scenario

Firefighters practice searching for a victim in a "garage" in this training scenario related by Tom Kiurski.

Roundtable

Roundtable: Fire Apparatus Driving and Data Collection

Is 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.

Drills

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 aluminum large diameter hose appliance catastrophically failed.

Simulations

Free Training Event on the Dangers of Fire Smoke

Know 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.

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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 who deploy their troops with purpose on the fireground, Ray McCormack writes.

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.

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.

SOPs/SOGs

CSB Statement on Four Year Anniversary of the Catastrophic Imperial Sugar Explosion

Tuesday, 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

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.

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Firefighter Training: New Free Fire Scene Communications Program Available

The 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.

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ICMA TO ADDRESS FIRE/EMS CAPABILITY IN HAITI

February 1, 2012 The following information was released by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA): USAID Rescue w...

Fire Engineering

August 2011
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Firefighting Engine Company Operations: Elephant Hunting with a BB Gun?

Big fires require as big a water flow as you can produce to extinguish, writes Paul Shapiro, and for firefightin... Read More

 

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2 Girls Die in Detroit (MI) House Fire

Two girls were killed early Wednesday in a suspicious house fire in Detroit, Michigan, after they reportedly refused ... Read More

 

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