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To Be Up or Down
In my years as a younger firefighter, both as a volunteer and during my career training, it was driven home that we enter building fires with a low profile. More specifically on our hands and knees. I was never going to question my instructors, the books or the more veteran firefighters that mentored me. […]
A Different Kind of Courage
When speaking of public servants like firefighters, police officers and our military, courage is a word that many use to describe our actions. After all we are running in when others are running out. If you were to ask a firefighter about the courage it takes to run into a burning building, odds are that they […]
5 Week Company Officer Development Program–Online
5 Week ODP 11-2015 I have been running this class now for over a year and the demand has grown. I am happy to say that this class will be the first for us to use a Learning Management System, Blackboard, to deliver our next offering in November. This will allow the student easier access […]
Engine Elite: America’s 1st Defense
Take a look and get registered for this comprehensive hands on class. We are posting this for some friends of ours, so please read the flyer for registration and details. Engine Elite Class; “America’s 1st Defense”
Five Week Officer Development Program–Sept. 2015
This class is becoming very popular and we are almost to a point that we are accommodating entire departments and their company officers–it’s very exciting! The next class is set to start on September 28, 2015. It is all online and is only five weeks. It does take some work and you will get out […]
Being the Right Kind of First
I was lucky to have some great officers and leaders influence my career path in the fire service, and in life. They were always offering sound advice and sharing their experiences. Some I heeded right away and others I had to learn the hard way. Either way, their words and actions provided me a template […]
Benefits of the Low Prop for Bailout
We have the distinct honor and pleasure to offer our Firefighter Bailout class at FDIC 2015 this year as one of the HOT classes. We feel, like most, that we should train and drill constantly on the basics like engine company operations, search, ventilation, fire behavior, ladder work, forcible and the list goes on, to […]
Don’t Be That Guy… See the Whole Picture
Author: EHT Lead Instructor Captain Steve Heidbreder I would like to recount to you a lesson learned during a recent structure fire I arrived to as the first-due engine company. The following incident was a vivid reminder to me that sometimes we’re just lucky. Sometimes we miss something and get our company in a position […]
Firefighter Bailout HOT at FDIC 2015
We all know that getting water on the fire as quickly as possible is the best way to avoid bad situations. We also know that some of the best in the business have been confronted with situations beyond their control even after doing all the right things and were forced to make very tough decisions […]
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