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 | Training Minutes: Access to Gated Communities
In this firefighter training video, Walt Lewis and company look at different means of obtaining entrance to gated communities, including tips to bypass access gates for fire apparatus.
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FIREFIGHTER TRAINING VIDEOS
Tim Hyden: Fire Service Risk Management
Tim Hyden discusses the importance that the risk management thought process that is key to making a difference.
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FIREFIGHTER TRAINING ARTICLES
5.11 Tactical® Launches 'Passion Forward' Campaign To Celebrate the Rapidly Growing Women's Tactical Community
5.11 Tactical®, in the tactical apparel and gear industry, announced the launch of its "Passion Forward" initiative.
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USFA Coffee Break Training: The Vulnerability Assessment
Learning Objective: The student will be able to explain the importance of the Vulnerability Assessment Program (VAP) in identifying risk factors le...
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See Center for Domestic Preparedness Training in Action on YouTube
Responders interested in training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness can now view video descriptions of courses, as well as news sto...
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Fish Stabs Florida Firefighter in Neck During Water Training
A Holley-Navarre firefighter was injured Friday morning when he was stabbed by a fish.
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| Training Minutes: Access to Gated Communities
In this firefighter training video, Walt Lewis and company look at different means of obtaining entrance to gated communities, including tips to by...
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 | Throw Back to Basics: SCBA Check
The self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) provides us the opportunity to conduct interior operations, make aggressive tactical decisions, and s...
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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
Two Firefighters Injured in Detroit Apartment Fire
At approximately 0150 on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, Detroit 5th Battalion companies responded to a reported fire in an apartment building at Richton & Lawton. See pics from this incident by Dennis Walus.
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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
 | Drills You Won't Find in the Books: Roll-Up Doors--In or Out?
The second drill in this series deals with the forcible entry of roll-up doors. After you cut the door, do you push the panels into the building, o...
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SIMULATIONS
 | What Would You Do? Downtown Commercial Fire
This fire occurs in a downtown commercial building. It has many apartments on the upper two floors and mercantile on the first floor. What would you do? Check out a new simulation from Skip Coleman.
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FIRE INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
 | Throw Back to Basics: Catching a Hydrant
This week's firefighting basics training bulletin from Brian Zaitz focuses on an activity that may not always be given much thought: catching the h...
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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
Xtralis VESDA-E VEA Named 2015 Campus Safety BEST Award Winner
The award is the 11th for VESDA-E series detectors since introduction in 2014.
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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...
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Fire Engineering
May 2015
Volume 168, Issue 5
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