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ICS: Rightsizing for Each Event

ICS: Rightsizing for each Event addresses the misconceptions surrounding the Incident Command System (ICS) and demonstrates the practicality, advantages, and necessity of ICS at almost every scene and event, from the smallest to the largest.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Joint-Agency Response to Mass-Violence Incidents

Joint-Agency Response to Mass-Violence Incidents

The rapid, safe, and successful response to a mass-violence incident (active assailant, active shooter, mass stabbing, bombing, and so on) necessitates planning, training, and preparation.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
One-pot meth lab

Response to “One-Pot” Meth Labs

The concern for firefighters is that this more simplified process has increased the potential for fires, explosions, spills, and chemical exposures.
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Firefighter Training: Hurricane Planning for Small- and Mid-Sized Agencies

This training program from the Firefighters Support Foundation addresses the phases of the hurricane event and the preparatory actions that agencies should be taking during…
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Response Priorities for Mass Violence Incidents

Response Priorities for Mass Violence Incidents

Crisis situations such as school shootings, workplace violence, domestic violence spillover attacks, and other threatening situations appear to be occurring with alarming frequency.
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Free Fire EMS Response to Civil Unrest Program

The NFPA’s latest magazine and latest newsletter, both have an article on the hazards posed by the encampments of the Occupy movement.
Fire EMSFirefighting
Response to Homemade Explosives

Response to Homemade Explosives

Improvised explosive device (IED) and homemade explosive (HME) attacks can consist of anything from homemade pipe bombs to sophisticated military ordnance; however, emergency service agencies…
Fire EMSFirefighting
First Responder Lessons Learned from Iraq

First Responder Lessons Learned from Iraq

THE NOVEMBER 2008 COMPLEX ATTACKS IN MUMBAI, India; ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; and the deteriorating narcoterrorism/criminal insurgency situation on the United StatesMexico border…
Fire EMSFirefighting
Mass-Shooting Incidents: Planning and Response

Mass-Shooting Incidents: Planning and Response

A rapid, safe, and successful response to a mass-shooting incident requires preparation. First responders at all levels must learn to work together to deter mass-shooting…
Fire EMSFirefighting
Responding to a Clandestine Drug Laboratory

Responding to a Clandestine Drug Laboratory

If your agency is dispatched to what might be a clandestine drug laboratory (clan lab), would you know how to recognize one and safeguard your…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device Awareness Card Available

Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device Awareness Card Available

Firefighters and first responders can download this free awareness card to help supplement their training on responding to incidents involving vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices.
Firefighting
Response to Critical Incidents “A to Z”

Response to Critical Incidents “A to Z”

Today’s criminals and terrorists are more determined and heavily armed than ever before, and crisis situations such as threats, illicit labs, civil unrest, active shooters,…
Technical Rescue

Post-Blast Response to Explosions

06.01.2009
Technical Rescue

Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices: Planning and Response

09.01.2008
Technical Rescue

Safe Response to Civil Unrest Incidents

03.01.2008
Firefighter Training

Responding to a Suicide Bombing Incident

09.01.2007
Technical Rescue

Field Guide: Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices

07.02.2007
Firefighting

Field Guides for Clandestine Drug Labs, IEDS

06.25.2007
Fire EMSFirefighting

Strategies for Surviving the IED Response

06.01.2007
Technical Rescue

RESPONSE TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS

09.01.2006
Technical Rescue