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Storage Tank Fires Is Your Department Prepared

Storage Tank Fires Is Your Department Prepared

Although the frequency of tank fires has decreased, tank size has increased. Fires in these larger tanks can be extremely hazardous as well as costly in terms of property and environmental damage and business interruption.
FirefightingStructural Firefighting
Structural Collapse The Hidden Dangers of Residential Fires

Structural Collapse The Hidden Dangers of Residential Fires

by James M. Dalton, Robert G. Backstrom, Steve Kerber Recent Underwriters Laboratories tests demonstrate the behavioral differences between solid wood joist and lightweight wood structural…
Structural CollapseTechnical Rescue
The ShakeOut San Andreas Earthquake Scenario Preparing for a Catastrophe

The ShakeOut San Andreas Earthquake Scenario Preparing for a Catastrophe

How will California, its people, and its structures withstand a 300-mile long, 30-foot rupture of the San Andreas Fault? This massive earthquake drill intends to find out.
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training
RIT Communications, Activities, and Deployments at Structural Fires

RIT Communications, Activities, and Deployments at Structural Fires

In this course, students will review the NFPA Standard on Rapid Intervention Crews (RIC), discover recommendations for proactive RIC behaviors and philosophies, and determine variables to improve function and understanding of rapid intervention operations.
Fire PreventionFire Safety

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Quick Drills for the Chief Officer

Quick Drills for the Chief Officer

One of the most important responsibilities a chief officer has is ensuring their personnel are properly trained for any type of emergency they may be faced with.
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training
Recognizing and Combating Firefighter Stress

Recognizing and Combating Firefighter Stress

In this course, students will learn why firefighter stress and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been a taboo topic in the fire service and learn the warning signs of stress.
Firefighting
Quality Hoseline Management for a Better Forward Advance

Quality Hoseline Management for a Better Forward Advance

In this course from Ray McCormack of Urban Firefighter, students will determine options for hoseline placement, describe a problem encountered when using the first hoseline for both exterior and interior attack, commonly referred to as “Transitional Attack,” and  understand principles of managing hoselines in commercial and high-rise residential fires.
Firefighting EquipmentHoselines
Qualities of Effective Incident Commanders

Qualities of Effective Incident Commanders

This course describes and examines 16 qualities effective incident commanders should possess.
Firefighting
Mastering Fireground Command: 10 Commandments of Command

Mastering Fireground Command: 10 Commandments of Command

This course is an accompanyment to Mastering Fireground Command: Calming the Chaos, building upon the incident scene failures discussed in that piece.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Managing Big Fires 101: Divide and Conquer

Managing Big Fires 101: Divide and Conquer

The author shares lessons he learned while commanding operations at a wind-driven fire that threatened numerous buildings.
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Safety for Firefighters

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Safety for Firefighters

Although only a few firefighters have been injured by MRI machines, a little knowledge and good preplans can prevent future injuries.
Fire Safety
Is Your Department Complying with the NFPA 1404 Air Management Policy?

Is Your Department Complying with the NFPA 1404 Air Management Policy?

To comply with the new standard, the authors say, follow the Rule of Air Management: Know how much air you have in your SCBA and manage that air so that you leave the hazardous environment before your low-air alarm activates.
Firefighter SCBAFirefighting Equipment

Interior Size-Up from the Door

Structural Firefighting

How to Avoid Training Scars

Firefighter Training

How Prepared Is Your Engine Company?

Firefighting

Halon Replacement: Water Mist Fire Extinguishing Systems

Fire PreventionFire Safety

Flat-Roof Operations: From the Street to the Roof and Back

FirefightingStructural Firefighting

Fire Tactics for Attached Garages

Firefighting

Every Pump Operator’s Basic Equation

Firefighting EquipmentHoselines

Evaluating the Human Factor on the Fireground

Firefighting

The 6 Ts of Fire Service Learning

Firefighter Training

Tips for Improving Effectivenes in Forcible Entry

Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

Why and How to Prepare for a Search in the Wilderness

Technical Rescue

EMS Aspects of Extrication

Fire EMSFirefighting
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