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Washington Twp. Fire Department (OH) Fire & EMS Academy curriculum

     December 31, 2014    No Comments

Here's a copy of our Fire & EMS Academy curriculum we use for our new members. We bring on a group of volunteers twice per year, January & June, so some of their monthly classes overlap. This training is in addition to State of Ohio Volunteer Firefighter and EMT training … [Read more...]

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Battlefield Fire Protection District’s Probie Book

     December 30, 2014    No Comments

 Deputy Chief Dennis Reynolds form the Battlefield Fire Protection District (MO) shared their rookie book:Click the .pdf icon below to download the probie manual.(Sometimes you have to click on the title banner to see the whole document) … [Read more...]

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College Park VFD Co 12, in Prince Georges County, Maryland: Probie Manual

     December 30, 2014    No Comments

HERE is a sample PROBIE MANUAL for your review by the College Park VFD Co 12, in Prince Georges County, Maryland. About the College Park Volunter FD in Prince Georges County, MarylandThe College Park VFD John L. Bryan Fire Service Dormitory“The Sackroom”There is only one. … [Read more...]

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Kentland Probie Manual

     December 30, 2014    No Comments

HERE is a sample PROBIE MANUAL for your review by the Kentland VFD Co 33, in Prince Georges County, Maryland.   The Kentland Volunteer Fire Department is comprised of two firehouses, Company 33 and Company 46.  It is two of 47 volunteer fire stations that … [Read more...]

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FIREFIGHTER SAFETY: THE NORMALIZATION OF DEVIANCE

     December 26, 2014    No Comments

By Lance C. PeeplesI recently had the opportunity to view a YouTube video of Astronaut Mike Mullane discussing the "normalization of deviance." In his talk, Colonel Mullane describes how the Space Shuttle program came to accept the damaged "o" rings that ultimately led to the … [Read more...]

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NIST: FIREFIGHTERS PORTABLE RADIOS MAY FAIL AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES

     December 24, 2014    No Comments

 New test results* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) confirm that portable radios used byfirefighters can fail to operate properly within 15 minutes when exposed to temperatures that may be encountered … [Read more...]

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Efficiency is the Wrong Mindset for a Leader

     December 12, 2014    No Comments

posted on: www.leadershipnow.comEfficiency always seems like the right answer. It’s reflexive. Faster. Easier. Who doesn’t want that? And yet while efficiency is critical and often a competitive advantage, it is a problem when it becomes a mindset that is applied to … [Read more...]

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Part 2 of 7: (Fire Environment) NIST & UL Research on Fire Behavior & Fireground Tactics

     December 7, 2014    No Comments

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Blame it on the Stars

     November 25, 2014    No Comments

By: Pete Sulzer            “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”            -William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (I, ii, … [Read more...]

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Train Every Day

     November 21, 2014    No Comments

Train Every DayChief Jake RhoadesThe fire service has a tendency to make even the mostobvious things very difficult. Training is a great example as there are some individuals as well asentire departments who will make more effort to get out of training than itactually takes … [Read more...]

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