Justin Bailey explains why breaking a volunteer department training calendar into three parts eases the process for developing the program. “Congratulations, you are the new training officer!” These words can strike excitement and anxiousness at the same time. This usually is followed by, “What’s your idea for the training program for next year?”
In spite of the global supply chain issues and loss of vehicles in the Felicity Ace cargo ship fire, the sales of electric vehicles (EVs) has been on the move, hitting 6.6 million in 2021, which is more than triple their market share from two years earlier. While this might be good news for our …
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Have you ever been overwhelmed and unsure of what to do? Have you been presented with a problem or situation that is new to you? Or are you a company officer who simply wants to enhance your skill set as a company officer? If so, consider participating in the IAFC Company Officer Section Coaching Program.
Chief Scott Thompson comes back onto the Scrap to dissect and focus on MCDP 7: Learning. Then we are going to talk about leadership and mentoring as well as any and all rabbit holes and squirrels we want to chase. Chief fielded a bunch of viewer questions some of which were very hard hitting! He …
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Every firefighter is a representative for their fire department. Full stop. It’s vital that all firefighters, no matter their rank or agency type, embrace the role of fire department representative. After all, you never know when a citizen is going to stop you to ask a question on a variety of topics (e.g., smoke alarms, …
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The average number of reported residential building fires on Thanksgiving Day was more than double (2.3 times more) the average number of fires in residential buildings on all other days. Cooking was, by far, the leading cause of all Thanksgiving Day fires in residential buildings at 74% followed by heating at 8%.
In this short video clip, I walk you through a quick overview of my class at this year’s FDIC helping firefighters and officers understand when to wait for the hazmat team and when to take initial steps themselves. Most often, assembling a hazmat team takes time. And that’s time viable victims don’t have.
Decades of defiance and ignored safety warnings regarding fire and building code violations have reached a crisis point in Rockland County, NY, where Firefighter Jared Lloyd died in the Line of Duty while fighting the fire at the Evergreen Court Home for Adults.
More than three dozen people were injured, two critically, in a fire at a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan caused by a faulty battery, fire officials said. The blaze broke out Saturday morning in the 37-story building on East 52nd Street, near the East River. Videos posted online showed people hanging out of apartment windows …
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St. Louis firefighters are on the scene of a large fire at an abandoned warehouse near the Mississippi River just north of the Gateway Arch.The St. Louis Fire Department said the fire is at a warehouse near the intersection of North 1st Street and O’Fallon Street. The first call for the fire came out at …
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