Thursday, June 25, 2015

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Training Officer's Toolbox: Air Consumption

How well do you know your crew's air consumption capabilities? In this week's training bulletin, Brian Ward provides two air consumption drills for you and your firefighters.

FIREFIGHTER TRAINING VIDEOS

Jeff Johnson: Making Critical Fireground Decisions

Jeff Johnson discusses the importance of making critical fireground decisions in the fire service.

FIREFIGHTER TRAINING ARTICLES

Firefighter Deaths in the United States Declined Last Year The number of on-duty firefighter deaths in America declined sharply last year.
	Training Minutes: Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) Operations Watch a set of Training Minutes videos dealing with the Mayday, down firefighter removal, and the actions of the rapid intervention team (RIT)
	Training Minutes: Ric Jorge on Roof Safety In this firefighter training video, Ric Jorge and company demonstrate a method for securing viable working space when dealing with "steep, sli...
Lockport (NY) Firefighters Pursue Training Center Firefighters with the city of Lockport, New York, have gotten approval to install a new fire training center in a former restaurant, according to a...
Peninsula Firefighters Train for Passenger Rail Disasters About 70 Peninsula-area firefighter medics drilled this week to learn how to respond to train disasters.
	Firefighter Training Drill: Extending Ladders? There may be an instance that calls for just a few more feet out of the ladder when you have nothing left. In this firefighter training drill, Scot...

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

Frank Ricci and P.J. Norwood on bunker gear.

See videos on inspecting and testing your bunker gear, including one above featuring Frank Ricci and P.J. Norwood.

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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.

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FIRE DYNAMICS

IFSI Study Underway on Firefighter Health

This week, the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI), in conjunction with Underwiters Laboratories (UL) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), undertook a study of the physiological effects of structural firefighting.

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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 experienc...

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DRILLS

Firefighter Training Drill: Extending Ladders?

There may be an instance that calls for just a few more feet out of the ladder when you have nothing left. In this firefighter training drill, Scot...

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SIMULATIONS

What Would You Do? Car Accident, Wires Down

This firefighter training simulation from Skip Coleman involves a multi-car accident that causes a power line to fall on top of another vehicle.

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FIRE INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT

Training Minutes: Ric Jorge on Roof Safety

In this firefighter training video, Ric Jorge and company demonstrate a method for securing viable working space when dealing with "steep, sli...

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LIVE BURNS

McHenry (IL) Fire Protection District Firefighters Conduct Live-Fire Training

Fire photographer Tim Olk recently captured some photos of firefighters with the McHenry Township (IL) Fire Protection District conducting live-fir...

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PROPS

Lockport (NY) Firefighters Pursue Training Center

Firefighters with the city of Lockport, New York, have gotten approval to install a new fire training center in a former restaurant, according to a...

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SOPS/SOGS

Fire Service CSI

It is imperative that fire service students take advantage of learning opportunities to improve personal and organizational readiness for future in...

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ISFSI

Ideologues and Their Bad Behavior

There are some in the fire service today who speak about and write about how we should change. About what we should change.

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FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION

Video on Effects of Fire on Stored Ammunition

The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI) has produced a free 30-minute video showing the effects of fire on stored ammuniti...