Drills | Simulations | Fire Instructor Development | Live Burns | Props | SOPs | ISFSI | FSF
Drills | Simulations | Fire Instructor Development | Live Burns | Props | SOPs | ISFSI | FSF
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 t...
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Fire Facilities offers free online seminar
Fire Facilities Inc. will be offering a free online seminar, "Your Roadmap to Planning a Successful Training Facility...
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Necessary, Dangerous, or Both: Live Fire Training in Acquired Structures
While filming with the Guilford (CT) Fire Department, Frank Ricci and Jim Duffy learned of a simple control measure t...
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Inside the Bunker Selection Process
When the Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department was looking for new gear in 2002, they created a selection process to take a fa...
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Chesterfield County (VA) Volunteers At Live Burn
In August 2006, volunteer members of Chesterfield County (VA) Fire and EMS participated in a live burn at a residenti...
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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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