Friday, July 4, 2008
NIST Fire Analysis Tools Featured in Online Training
National Institute of Standard and Technology
OSHA Announces Training for Disaster Site Workers
ATF, IAAI Launch Web-Based Training
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the International Association of Arson Investigators announced the launch of CFITrainer.net at the IAAI's...
VR Fire Inspection Training Moves Ahead
The Commission on Fire Accreditation International is accepting prequalifying forms for fire departments interested in receiving a new virtual-reality...
EMI Independent Study Hazmat Course Goes Online
SFPE to Develop College Courses, Guides, Distance Learning
IAAI, ATF Launch Online Arson Investigation Training
Equal Footing
Larry Davis, a longtime fire service member and instructor, believes that rural fire, rescue and emergency medical responders are the first responders...
Fire Season Could Mean Double Trouble for West
Gregg Garfin & Melanie Lenart Tim Brown Rick Ochoa Heath Hockenberry
Double trouble is the phrase for the 2005 fire season in the western United States and Alaska, according to the third National Seasonal Assessment Workshop,...
Cyclical Plan Keeps Command on Course
[ John Linstrom ]
When developing a solid cadre of fire officers who can manage large-scale events with the incident command system, process keeps coming up as being as...
NIC Releases NIMS-Compliance Training Guidelines
Plane Truths
By Paul Wayne Powell
Are your aircraft rescue firefighters ready? Have your crew members received the training they deserve and require to handle the emergencies that they...
Shared Grant to Develop VR Training
A U.S. Fire Administration grant will be used to fund a continuation and expansion of a computer simulation training program for fire inspectors. The...
GIFT HORSES
By Dominic Colletti
To improve on your troop's core competency in performing You need to inspect and repair donated buildings before conducting live burns....
Chicago FD to Conduct High-Rise Life Safety Conference
Aircraft Rescue Research Project Will Offer Training on Boeing 727s
NFA Launches New VIP Course In Fire Protection Systems for ICs
National Fire Academy
Fire Season Prospects Split East of the Rockies
Gregg Garfin CLIMAS Program Manager University of Arizona
Proactive management. Science-based decision-making. Effective information transfer. Decision support. These phrases are prevalent in many directives...
Wellness Promises All Talk, No Action
[ John Linstrom ]
We've called it wellness. We've given it an assigned position on our responses and it's always our first operational priority. Some departments even elevated...
Empower the People
By William Goldfeder
It begins and should be treated in the front seat, and it can end with the chiefs in the front office. What am I talking about? Disregard for safety rules...
Safety Summit Extols 10 Years
In it's 10th anniversary, the 2005 Wildland Fire Safety Summit will focus on how far the wildland firefighting community has come and where it needs to...
NFA Has Course Openings for Spring
Ronald Kanterman, National Fire Academy Alumni Association
UK Fire Safety Engineering Group To Offer Web Courses
Metal on Metal
By Robert R. Rielage
An evaluation of metal roof-ladder hooks revealed their inability to remain stable on metal roofs....
Formalize Instruction for Measurable Results
[ John Linstrom ]
Contrary to what you've been told, practice doesn't make perfect. There are firefighters, officers and technicians from a number of disciplines who are...
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