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Smeal to Showcase SG-09 GREEN POWER Anti-Idle Technology at FDIC 2015
GREEN POWER Technology gaining popularity among major North American fleets with “green” strategies.
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FIREFIGHTER TRAINING ARTICLES
Rochester (MN) Firefighters Learning How to Rescue Their Own
Every now and then firefighters practice scenarios they hope to never use, and on Wednesday crews in Rochester got so...
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 | US officer who shot Mexican farmworker dragged him from fire
SEATTLE (AP) — One of the officers who killed an immigrant farmworker in Washington state in a shooting that helped f...
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 | APNewsBreak: Officer who shot man dragged him from fire
SEATTLE (AP) — One of the officers who killed an immigrant farmworker in Washington state in a shooting that helped f...
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TargetSolutions and VCOS Renew Partnership to Deliver 2015 Training Officer Recognition Award
TargetSolutions, a provider of online training and recordkeeping tools for public safety agencies, is excited to anno...
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Mobile Welcomes New Firefighter Recruits
For the first time since 2013, the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department appears poised to add new firefighters to its ranks
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 | FDIC 2015: How Firefighters Learn: How Fire Instructors Should Teach Them.
FDIC 2015, Monday, April 20, 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. 236-237 “Everything--from firefighter safety to the support of the p...
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UL Fire Safety Journal 1
In Underwriter Laboratories' Fire Safety Journal series you can learn more about the impact that new materials, construction techniqes and emerging technologies have on Fire Safety today.
FIRESCIENCE.ORG
Education and Career Resources
FireScience.org will help you determine whether a career in fire science is right for you, which of the many fire science or public service career paths to pursue, and what kind of training you’ll need to be successful. They'll also help you sort through the many training and education options to find ones that that best fit your needs.- Fire Education and Training for Current and Future Students
http://www.firescience.org/firefighter-training-education/
- An extensive “how to become” series, which includes careers such as firefighting, EMT, fire inspector, fire marshall, arson investigator and more
http://www.firescience.org/how-to-become/
- A resources section with a database of fire department and academies and fire statistics by state http://www.firescience.org/resources/
YOUR TURNOUT GEAR
See videos on inspecting and testing your bunker gear, including one above featuring Frank Ricci and P.J. Norwood.
FIRE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY
View courses from some of the leading instructors in the fire service. Use them for to develop your knowledge or for in-house training.
FIRE DYNAMICS
Firefighters Battle 2-Alarm Bloomfield (NJ) House Fire
Firefighters responded today to a working house fire in Bloomfield, New Jersey, that went to two alarms.
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ROUNDTABLE
Roundtable: Officer Development
What preparation for promotion does your department formally provide once the testing is complete and the list is established? Share your experience and knowledge with other firefighters from around the nation and world.
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DRILLS
Rochester (MN) Firefighters Learning How to Rescue Their Own
Every now and then firefighters practice scenarios they hope to never use, and on Wednesday crews in Rochester got some hands on drills.
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SIMULATIONS
New Guardian Collapsed Building Simulator at FDIC International
Those interested in seeing the industry's most advanced mobile collapsed-building simulator in action will have the opportunity to do so during the 2015 FDIC International Expo (Fire Department Instructors Conference), April 23 – 25, in the Indianapolis Convention Center. Last year’s event drew nearly 32,000 attendees from over 54 countries.
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FIRE INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
Training Minutes: Blind Forcible Entry
How do you force entry on a door when your vision is obscured by smoke? Walt Lewis and company on how firefighters can perform forcible entry blind on both inward- and outward-opening doors.
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LIVE BURNS
Investigators Examining Training Issues in Hartford (CT)
Investigators are digging into training reports that show Hartford firefighter Kevin Bell, who died in a fire last October, had not participated in live fire training in more than a year and a half. The state requires every firefighter to participate in a drill or be called out to at least one live fire every year
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PROPS
Spike the Jamb
Practice at and become efficient in the “Spike the Jamb” forcible entry technique, and I can guarantee it will be your go-to move when forcing an inward swinging door with a wooden jamb, writes Carl Meyer.
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SOPS/SOGS
CSB Board Votes on Status of Sixteen Safety Recommendations
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has recently voted to update the status of sixteen recommendations resulting from twelve accident investigations including key safety improvements resulting from the 2006 CAI/Arnel fire and explosion in Danvers, MA and the 2005 BP Texas City refinery fire and explosion.
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ISFSI
 | Humpday Hangout: The ISFSI and Firefighter Training
Fire EngineeringEditor in Chief Bobby Halton talks firefighter training with Steve Pegram and Chad Hoefle of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI).
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FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION
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Fire Engineering
March 2015
Volume 168, Issue 3
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