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FE Volume 164 Issue 4

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How to Identify and Develop Quality Instructors

Competent and enthusiastic instructors are critical to the fire service. Without them, how effective would our personnel and departments be? The selection process for instructors should be such that we tap those with the greatest talents and potential within our departments.

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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. Training officers and instructors must meet a variety…

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Developing ARFF SOGs and Response Cards

If your department is responsible for covering an airport in your district, developing standard operating guidelines (SOGs), response plans, and response cards should be on…

Aircraft Fire & Rescue Technical Rescue

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As with many things in the fire service, training has evolved over the past 50 years. My dad was chief of training, as was I.…

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The Right Handline

The right handline, properly placed, will quickly stop the spread of fire and create a safer environment for the victims and the firefighters. A handline…

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Response to Emergencies in Wind Turbines

As fossil fuels become more scarce AND harder to locate and exploit, researchers have explored alternative energy sources such as solar, biofuels, wind, and ocean…

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Free Training from the Firefighters Support Foundation

In these lean times, some agencies have been forced to cut training to levels below those legally required. Even in the best of times, there…

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The One Percenters

The Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) is the home of the “one percenters” of our profession: the hard-core professional firefighters—dedicated, passionate trainers and teachers. Teachers…

FDIC Coverage

Fireground Tactical Decision Making

Firefighters must master the ability to take a mental snapshot of the situation presented to them and use that to make critical tactical decisions. Our…

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FE Volume 164 Issue 4

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Training Like the Astronauts

When the nine firefighters in Charleston, South Carolina, lost their lives in the Sofa Super Store fire on June 18, 2007, everyone stopped and contemplated…

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