Recent Articles
Posted By: Drew Smith
Mon Aug 18th, 2014
SLICE-RS, DICE-RS and RECEO-VS – all of the sudden we have two new fire service tactical acronyms out there to challenge RECEO-VS. Some will say we have no reason to change. Which one is correct, which one isn’t?
Posted By: Forest F. Reeder
Thu Jul 24th, 2014
It’s an interesting, fun and challenging time to be an instructor or training officer in the fire service. There are so many “system overloads” going on right now with new tactical, safety, operational and cultural informational resources that seem to appear everywhere.
Posted By: Brian Kazmierzak, EFO, PEM
Fri Jun 6th, 2014
Each year, 10 percent of our firefighter injuries and 10 percent of our firefighter line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) occur during training, and 115 have died in training since 2003. Ever since I was promoted to training officer, this is one statistic that has always bothered me.
Posted By: ISFSI Online Content
Sun May 4th, 2014
The International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) states its position on the importance of recent research in fire dynamics and firefighting tactics, as conducted by the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
Posted By: ISFSI Online Content
Tue Nov 5th, 2013
These guidelines are written to provide a standardized vision of strategies that will be used on the fireground. Officers are allowed to deviate from the guidelines when conditions or situations warrant and should immediately notify the Battalion Chief or Incident Commander of their actions.
