Posts Categorized: National Fire Academy
Beyond the Academy: Video Training Series – Forcing Slide Bolts & Drop Bars
Here is the latest addition to our Beyond the Academy: Video Training Series. This clip includes some tips and tricks for forcing slide bolts and drop bars on outward opening doors. Feel free to add your comments, questions, or suggestions!&n…
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Junior FF Recruitment Video
A new resources is now available for junior firefighter programs. The NVFC's National Junior Firefighter Program, with support from Tyco, has developed a recruitment video that departments can use to help generate interest in their youth program and educ…
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Arkansas firehouse still closed two weeks after vandals hit. Significant damage to rigs.
Station has been out of service since March 11.
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Happy St. Patricks Day
I hope everyone is getting to enjoy the holiday. Unfortunately for me I'm at work again tonight. I work for a correctional facility as a "Medic", so tonight is sure to be interesting to say the least. I've been fairly fortunate in the past in having St. …
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Individual Responsibility of an Officer
Fire officers have a wide variety of responsibilities. They range from in house duties to on scence duties. Everything from making sure that the reports get completed, to crew training and cleaning to making sure that a crew stretches the appropriate att…
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Close call for ladder truck. Burning fuel from vehicle at house fire almost surrounds rig.
Firefighters move in just in time.
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John Deere to the rescue. Rig pulled to safety at field fire.
Farmer comes to the rescue.
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A Few Busy Weeks
The last few weeks have been busy. Vehicle accidents, one with hazmat involved, lots of EMS calls, working both jobs in addition to duty, and doing training classes. Training is an aspect of the fire service that I'm beginning to really get into. I've co…
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Parked fire engine rolls out of station and hits pole. Lots of questions in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
The fire chief says the parking brake was on.
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Teammate says Eagles rookie Danny Watkins’ first big purchase is a Mack fire engine. And he has the video & pictures.
Watkins was a volunteer firefighter in Canada.
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What’s an emergency?
I know that my 7.5 years pales in comparison to many of those that are on the Job currently, but I feel like I have seen my share of "emergencies" in this time. What constitutes an emergency though?
Merriam-Webster defines an emergency as "an unforese…
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Video tour of Milwaukee Fire Department’s Rescue 2. New unit paid for with federal grant money.
Rescue 2 will now cover the north side of Milwaukee.
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Daily Equipment Checks
The importance equipment checks is stressed to every new firefighter from the day they join/start the academy. Officers and instructors stress that the new firefighter know their PPE, and the equipment on the rig; and know that it works. In order to know…
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World record fire truck parade? Atoka, Oklahoma thinks so.
Information will be submitted to Guinness World Records.
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Family sues FDNY fire truck driver involved in March 2011 crash
Albert DeFilippo was seriously injured in March 2011 when the Lifestyles for the Disabled van he was riding in was struck by FDNY Ladder 81 in Staten Island. DeFilippo died from his injuries in August.
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Experience based training
The best training come from experience. Experiences in the fire service need to be shared from one fireman to another. The only thing better than receiving this shared knowledge is to experience the basis for it first hand. As my department's current t…
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Out of Air Emergency (Last Chance Rescue Filter)
Out of Air Emergency The Last Chance Rescue Filter
You are in a dark, heat, smoke filled room, and you are taking your last breath. You think to yourself “now what?”. Your mind quickly goes to a check list of things to do. During this check li…
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Forcible Entry – The Bam Bam Tool – By: Paul Hoekema
There are numerous ways to manipulate an American Series 2000 type lock to force entry (hockey puck locks with the key way on the rim of the lock not the face).
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Must see video: Fire tanker burns in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Tanker become stuck in a body of water. Crew escaped.
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California man gets special wheels from firefighter friends
The 47-year-old with special needs would help out, according to the Mercury News, "pushing a mop or refereeing a pickup basketball game."
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Fire service flash mob in Barnegat, New Jersey puts on a show for a firefighter’s young son in his final days.
Kyle McGetrick is the son of a long time Barnegat Fire Company member.
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Children run to see Santa, but Adults run to see the fire truck
Sure the kids are flocking to this Pennsylvania sidewalk to see Santa, but the person who shot this video was concentrating on the apparatus.
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VIDEO: FDNY rigs showing their Christmas spirit
These rigs responded to a fire on Sherman Ave.
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A Proud Member
Today I read an article on the US Coast Guard's official blog called The Compass about a young boy whose dream is to be a US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. Luke Wiedeman has been living with a brain tumor for more than three years and undergone many treatments for it but has still never lost sight of his dream. With from the Make-a-Wish foundation and US Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama his dream was realized.
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Channelview, Texas fire engine & pick-up truck collide. Three civilians hurt.
Firefighters escaped injury in t-bone collision.
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