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,...
Let’s discuss exposure issues and tactics over the next few installments. Where I worked in North Hudson (NJ) Regional Fire & Rescue, we almost never have a fire without an exposure concern. This concern must cause the Incident Commander to recognize that the stakes of the game have been...
Scenario: As your department training officer, you have noticed that performance at emergency scenes has not been up to standard. As a result, you put together a quick training program to address the performance gaps, but the solution hasn’t been as successful as you had hoped and now the Chief...
Training on a dime can be a daunting task, oftentimes, the equipment and tools need to simulate real-world operations are expensive and not feasible for smaller departments. However, there is hope for smaller departments hoping to train, they simply need to think outside of the box. Here are...
Full Contact Training with Chief Avillo Effective Survival Training – Putting on the Pressure It is critical that firefighters be taught and understand basic survival tactics and skills. Successfully negotiating entanglements is one of those skills. Negotiating a reduced clearance area is...
In Patrick Lencioni’s book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team , he discusses 5 principles that are essential to success as a team. Patrick lists the five dysfunctions as Absence of Trust, Fear of Conflict, Lack of Commitment, Avoidance of Accountability, and Inattention to Results. Let’s discuss...
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By Connie McNamara Imagine this horrific scenario: You hug your son or daughter as they head out the door to school. Hours later you get a call from the principal. Your child has been severely burned in a science classroom demonstration and is being transported to a burn center. Later, as you...
With the current status of the nation focused on the COVID-19 Pandemic, most fire stations across the country are limiting travel and visitors. In addition, many are cancelling or postponing trainings to assist with the social distancing. That being said, company level training must continue to...
The most overlooked and underappreciated resource on the emergency scene is the company chauffeur. Whether they are called the MPO, FEO, Driver, Engineer, or Chauffeur, the role they fill is critical to a positive incident outcome. A few years back while sitting down at the...
There are some in the fire service today who speak about and write about how we should change. About what we should change. About how necessary change is and how reluctant we are to accept change. Recently, someone commented that he was writing a book on how to change the fire service to accept...