Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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...
Ky. Fire Chief Killed in Snow Chain Training Exercise
Female Firefighters Training Day Scheduled in Illinois
Tell It Like It Is
By Garry Briese
Continually over the past several years, the fire service has had several firefighter deaths and many serious injuries in training situations or even...
Best Foot Forward
By Rebecca Kanable
The motto of the Goshen (Ind.) Police Department Honor Guard Camp, The best we can do is the least we can do, reminds firefighters and police officers...
IAFC Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners
DHS Introduces Web-Course for EMS Response at MCIs
Department of Homeland Security
Train for Competence, Not Just Attendance
[ John M. Buckman III ]
Life is complicated. Shouldn't training strive to make things simpler? The fire service is ready for straightforward ideas packaged in a friendly, affordable...
Know Your Enemies to Improvement
[ John Linstrom ]
Yin and yang. Good and evil. Allies and enemies. These pairs represent something worthwhile and its opposing force. Did you know that your training program...
DomesticPreparedness.com Announces ‘WebConferences’
USFA Releases Web-Based ICS Self-Study
Department of Homeland Security
Command Begins with Self-Control
[ John Linstrom ]
There are different levels of training that must be undertaken to prepare the emergency service work force. There is initial training, skills training,...
Top-Down Training
By Janet Wilmoth
Twenty-five fire chiefs and chief officers from the Texas Fire Chiefs Association spent three days in Phoenix earlier this summer. Their mission was to...
Summit Calls for Papers
In April 1995, less than 12 months after 14 firefighters died on the South Canyon Fire in Colorado, the Forest Service Technology & Development Center...
E-Learning Fills the Training Gap
[ Bruce Evans ]
A debate is developing within academia over traditional seat-time versus competency-based educational delivery systems. As accelerated training and e-learning...
Co-Located, But Still Not Unified Command
John Linstrom
With the advent of the latest draft of the National Response Plan and National Incident Management System documents, the public safety sector, including...
Redding Hot Shots Offer Training Class
Are you interested in becoming a Type 1 Interagency Hot Shot? The Redding Interagency Hot Shot Crew Leadership Development Program is offering an intensive...
VFIS Introduces Emergency Vehicle Rollover Prevention Training Package
Grant Funds Fire Inspection VR Training
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Wilson (N.C.) Fire/Rescue Services a $684,000 fire prevention and safety grant to produce an advanced...
Tech Transfer Center Plans Disaster Drill
The National Technology Transfer Center's Emergency Response Technology Program, in collaboration with the National Corrections and Law Enforcement Training...
NC Department Developing VR Training for Fire Inspectors
Oklahoma EVTS Offer Free Training
Fire Chiefs Honor Filmmaker
Emergency Film Group
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