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Are you paying attention to the bigger picture on the fireground? Alex Langbell reviews the fundamentals of size-up.
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FIREFIGHTER TRAINING VIDEOS
Honeywell and UL Team Up to Launch the 2015 FDIC Scholarship Program
Honeywell (NYSE:HON), in personal fire protective equipment industry, and UL, whose Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) is dedicated to reducing injuries and deaths in the fire service, announced today they are teaming up to provide financial support for 25 firefighters from across North America to attend the 2015 FDIC trade show.
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FIREFIGHTER TRAINING ARTICLES
5-5-5 Fitness Announces Grant Program
5-5-5 Fitness is an nonprofit organization founded by firefighters, focused on reducing preventable firefighter ...
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Mayday, Firefighter Injured in Kansas City
One firefighter suffered second-degree burns at a huge house fire Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri.
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AFAC Releases New Research Cancer Study
In 2011, Monash was commissioned by the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) to carry o...
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In Case You Missed It: December 2014 Fire Engineering Features
View some of the online-only features that ran this month on the Fire Engineering Web site.
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USFA Coffee Break Training: What is the Insurance Services Office?
Learning Objective: The student will be able to understand the history of the Insurance Services Office and community...
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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
Numerous Departments Battle Large Fire at Tennessee Wood Products Business
A number of fire departments are battling a large fire at a wood products business in Mosheim, Tennessee, according to news reports.
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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
Drill: Vertical Fire Travel
Vertical fire spread can quickly make a "one-room job" escalate to a multiple alarm fire. Doug Mitchell discusses aspects of locating potential avenues for vertical fire spread.
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SIMULATIONS
San Diego County Releases Butane Hash Oil Study
Various forms of marijuana hash have been in use since Egyptian times. In the 1960’s it is believed that major hashish production and distribution started in Morocco. A new method of extracting THC from marijuana has caught on like wildfire in the last few years, Butane Hash Oil (BHO) or some call it Butane Honey Oil (BHO). This is a method where flammable butane gas dissolves the THC resin and concentrates it when the butane boils off. That is the problem with this dangerous method. The flammable butane vapors accumulate low to the ground and can find ignition sources causing an explosion. These explosions have severely burned the BHO lab operators. Not only do the lab operators get burned this often results in major damage to the dwelling structures where this BHO lab was in operation. Often innocent people are involved in these incidents as the fire spreads.
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FIRE INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
AFAC Releases New Research Cancer Study
In 2011, Monash was commissioned by the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) to carry out a national retrospective study of firefighters' mortality and cancer incidence known as the Australian Firefighters' Health Study.
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LIVE BURNS
Tactical Safety: Back to the Future
Those who clamor for early adoption of new firefighting tactics have to realize that people's lives will hang in the balance and not every test burn will end up successful, Ray McCormack writes.
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PROPS
Traditions Training Drill: Less Expensive Metal Cutting Props
Kentland (MD) Volunteer Fire Department Deputy Chief Roger A. Steger Jr. offers this new Traditions Training drill focusing on creating affordable rotary saws for firefighters.
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SOPS/SOGS
Harness the Power of Applied Fire Service Research
Don’t be intimidated by applied research. Embrace it as a tool to help you solve some of your most complex, adaptiveproblems, writes Dan Kerrigan.
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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
Ventilation: East Coast vs. West Coast
This training program from the Firefighters Support Foundation addresses the differences in regional ventilation techniques and provides some "tricks of the trade" for more efficient and effective application of techniques.
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Fire Engineering
December 2014
Volume 167, Issue 12
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