Posts Categorized: Training Development
Alphabet Soup
If your list of certs is longer than 10 letters, maybe it doesn't belong on your business card.
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High Rise Fire Fighting Operations
Houston (Texas) firefighters followed the "textbook approach" in fighting a blaze at a high-rise building on the 27th floor Monday night August 30, 2010 when a 4th Alarm was transmitted for operations at a high rise building fire, deploying nearl…
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New Training Officer Named
BEAUFORT -- The Beaufort Fire Department announced Tuesday that John Robinson, a 10-year veteran of the city's fire service, will be its new training education officer.
Robinson, who will be promoted from lieutenant to captain, will present fire and s…
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Controversial Policy is Changed
Firefighters will soon be able to drive Richland County ambulances.
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Airbags in the Dark
So, when you drill for these, lift something, anything, like pallets with full visibility. Watch what happens to the opposite side of the lift and make notes. When you get into the dark you will have to crib, raise, and lower all by feel. Oh, and up on red and down on blue is difficult at best.
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Customer Service: A Bad Concept?
While we can quantitatively point out that having a customer service attitude benefits us in public support, there should be a much more altruistic reason for our embracing that belief.
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Shining through Suffering – Learning How to Cope with Sadness in EMS
Dealing with the level of sadness we see in EMS isn't something that comes naturally. It's a learned skill. Take your time and find your way. We're all nothing but human.
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38 Buildings To Burn:
“Johnny Reb”
A Backstep Firefighter double-header looks at Ogden Utah's live burn opportunity.
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38 Buildings To Burn:
“Billy Yank”
A Backstep Firefighter double-header looks at Ogden Utah's live burn opportunity.
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FF’s Request First Responder Training
DENMARK -- “When the fire department pulls up on an accident scene people expect us to do something,” Denmark Fire Chief Charles Breland told Denmark City Council members at their August 16, meeting. Breland said for that reason several members of th…
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Which Way is Out?
This may seem a bit simplistic, but I am always surprised when I ask someone to close their eyes and hand this prop to them. After I hand them the hose I ask which way they would go to get out of a building?
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Illegal Renovation Kills FDNY Lieutenant and Probie, 2006
"Save my probie," he urged. "He's underneath me."
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Gearing up for Tak Response
A first of it's kind conference, only a few weeks away. San Jose, CA Sept 14th-16th.
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Firefighter Training Event
SPARTANBURG -- Firefighters from across Spartanburg County began a three-day training event Tuesday at the Montgomery Building downtown. The City of Spartanburg fire department invited firefighters throughout the county to attend the exercise, which inc…
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Too Much Information For a Paramedic?
Our friend Greg Friese was told that a class he taught was "too much information for a paramedic". Now there's three bloggers ranting, good job there, Anonymous Student Evaluation.
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Around The Fire Web
AROUND THE FIRE BLOGS
Firegeezer's SUNDAY EMERGENCY! - Your weekly dose of EMERGENCY!
Backstep Firefighter - Willy and the Firemen
STATter911 - Covering Boston's 9-bagger! Biggest in 25 years for the Jakes!
Firehouse Zen - Roto-Ray and Feder…
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OSHA Considers Safety Violations
BREAKING NEWS>>
NORTH CHARLESTON - State workplace safety investigators are mulling possible citations against the North Charleston Fire Department for its handling of a July house fire that left three firefighters injured.
MORE: OSHA Considers…
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Byrne Not Happy With FD Direction
BEAUFORT - Former Beaufort Fire Marshal Dan Byrne said that for seven years, he helped build award-winning public-education programs that drew praise from departments throughout South Carolina and across the country.
But when changes in the department…
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EMS: Is what you do the Best You Can Do?
"Is that the best you can do?" Those seven words are so simple, yet when asked of ourselves and others, can become so powerful. Is what you're doing in your EMS career the "best" you can do? Think of what we could accomplish if all simply "tried our best".
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Automatic Window Roller Uppers and Other “Great” Ideas
Wanna hear about a time I thought I was smart but when I was actually stupid? It happens about as often as you'd think. Thanks Car Company Engineers!
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FD Tackles New Challenge
CHARLESTON -- Charleston's Fire Department tackles one of its biggest challenges since the Sofa Super Store fire. On June 18th, 2007, a fire ripped through the Sofa Super Store. In the year following the fire, experts from around the country dissected wh…
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Thanks Rogue Medic – What are EMS’s “Fad Diagnoses”?
Our friend Rogue Medic has a shiny new site up there on the Interwebs. It rocks. Rogue Medic is one of the many, many bloggers, non-bloggers, and/or random people who are much, much smarter than I am. I read his site a lot and I am very pleased to throw …
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A Simple Move
As you can see, this is an outward swinging door that should be reasonable easy to force with the right tools and skill. Of course, in my experiences people aren't spending as much time as they should practicing forcible entry techniques.
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Riley Ignorant of Routley Team Wanting Thomas Out?! Rigghhtt!
NOTE: The title of this story is loaded with sarcasm.
CHARLESTON - In the wake of the Sofa Super Store fire in June 2007, which took the lives of nine firefighters, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said the city would be remembered for how it responded to the…
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Excuses