The importance of shift training as a crew needs no explanation. For many firefighters, 1-hour training sessions that feature 1 or 2 companies is all they have time to receive. This applies to on duty training led by a Company Officer and weekly training that volunteer departments may organize....
Did you know that drowning is the number one cause of death for children between the ages of 1-4? Approximately 3,400 people drown each year in the United States (Stop Drowning Now, 2023). Many fire departments around the country have continued to expand their response capabilities as the needs...
The amount of electric vehicles (EVs) taking over our roadways have increased at a very rapid rate and fire departments need to be ready when the inevitable fire in one of these vehicles starts. According to the US department of Energy and New Jersey’s Electric Vehicle Act 2020 , the number of...
We have all likely participated in a course or a training session where we felt frustrated trying to learn a new concept or a skill. For me, my most difficult experience was my first foray into technical rescue in 2008. In looking back upon the experience, I think the absence of an effective...
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Many of us in the fire service who like to keep up to date on current events and relevant fire service topics have been reading a lot of news stories, articles, blogs on electric vehicle fires. Some of the topics I have read about have to do with preventing the fires, the cost of the fires, how...
On 12 June 2020, a fire department responded to a structure fire at a multi-family dwelling. The three-hour incident displaced 40 residents and resulted in injuries to three firefighters who responded to the incident. The incident garnered news coverage across multiple media platforms....
Brick veneers have been around for a long time. They are used on both new construction and old construction. They are basically, as I heard someone say, brick siding. We see it on many older buildings of wood frame construction, but it is also the exterior front wall covering newer homes and...
Teaching in the adult/professional learning environment has many similarities to providing instructional guidance in the K-12 learning setting. In both arenas, the end goal remains the same—learning or behavior modification. In the adult learning environment, there are many tools, strategies,...
Have you ever experienced the issue of having personnel or teams that are trained to a standard, yet struggle to effectively apply their training when necessary at an actual incident? Perhaps the issue is not that there is a need for retraining, the issue is in applying what they have learned....
Good afternoon company officers and firefighters. Last week, we responded to a structure fire incident that resulted in several firefighter injuries. The goal of this educational session is to discuss operational challenges that occurred at this incident. It is imperative that we all share our...