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 | 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, Scott Kraut shares a technique you can try with your equipment.
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FIREFIGHTER TRAINING VIDEOS
Adam St. John: Ventilation Flow Paths and Fire Growth
Adam St. John will cover in detail several recent fire dynamic studies with a focus on the efects of ventilation.
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FIREFIGHTER TRAINING ARTICLES
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 for...
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Peninsula Firefighters Train for Passenger Rail Disasters
About 70 Peninsula-area firefighter medics drilled this week to learn how to respond to train disasters.
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| 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 fi...
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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 ...
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 | Throw Back to Basics: Down Firefighter Air Supply
This week's firefighter basics training bulletin reviews procedures the rapid intervention crew must take to assist a...
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Mystic Firefighters Gain U.S. Coast Guard Certification
The Mystic Fire Department on Tuesday became the first agency in the region to have its members achieve U.S. Coast Gu...
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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
Dearborn (MI) Firefighters Contend with Fire Spread at House Fire
In the early morning hours of Friday, June 19, firefighters with the Dearborn (MI) Fire Department responded to a house fire on Waverly Street on the city's west end.
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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
| 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, Scott Kraut shares a technique you can try with your equipment.
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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 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.
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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 news report.
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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 incidents, writes Eric G. Bachman.
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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 ammunition.
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Fire Engineering
May 2015
Volume 168, Issue 5
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