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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.

FIREFIGHTER TRAINING VIDEOS

Justin McCarthy: Down and Dirty Mayday

Justin McCarthy discusses the meaning of a Mayday.

FIREFIGHTER TRAINING ARTICLES

Argon Electronics Releases Second Generation of Award Winning CBRN Simulator, PlumeSIM Argon Electronics in simulation systems industry focused on platforms for defence from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) attack...
Action Training Systems Updates Production Technology In addition to Action Training Systems' (ATS) high quality production cameras, the ATS film crew has been using GoPro cameras as well as their most...
	Throw Back to Basics: Exposures Brian Zaitz looks at one fire service topic that is rarely considered when discussing house fires: The location of these homes and the size of the ...
How Phoenix Fire Department Improves Training Captain Jeff Zientek shared with us how the HazSim training improves response times and decision making.
	Innovative Collapsed Building Simulator to Appear at Keystone Fire Conference "Imagine a hockey player showing up for training camp having not worked out all summer," said Riley Cote, former left winger for the Phil...
Ocala Fire Rescue Receives Public Education Training Tool from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Grant Ocala Fire Rescue has been awarded an Intelligent Training System from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation to expand the department's existing ...

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

Training Officer's Toolbox: Fire Behavior

Understanding fire behavior/fire dynamics is a very important aspect of a firefighter's job, and some things do not always appear as they seem.

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ROUNDTABLE

What Would You Do? Sewer Fire

This fire involves a fire of unknown origin and materials in a city sewer system. All traffic in the area has been stopped. Skip Coleman has ...

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DRILLS

Throw Back to Basics: Exposures

Brian Zaitz looks at one fire service topic that is rarely considered when discussing house fires: The location of these homes and the size of the ...

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SIMULATIONS

Argon Electronics Releases Second Generation of Award Winning CBRN Simulator, PlumeSIM

Argon Electronics in simulation systems industry focused on platforms for defence from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) attacks and incidents involving hazardous material (HazMat). The UK SME was founded 28 years ago and provides its products to response teams across the globe, including in Canada, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, the UK and the US.

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FIRE INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT

Argon Electronics Releases Second Generation of Award Winning CBRN Simulator, PlumeSIM

Argon Electronics in simulation systems industry focused on platforms for defence from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) attack...

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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

Construction Concerns: Job Site Fuel Storage, Part I

In the first part of his multipart Construction Concerns, Gregory Havel looks at codes and regulations regarding potentially hazardous fuels stored...

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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...