Fire shelters are a key defense for firefighters. But they don’t guarantee survival

Five firefighters battling a fast-moving wildfire in Colorado were forced to deploy their fire shelters when they couldn’t ...

What’s a burnover? How wildland firefighters are trained to combat increasingly dangerous conditions

Wildland firefighters use a variety of longstanding safety measures to assess risk while working in increasingly dangerous ...
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Fire Tech Brief: 5 Trends for Firefighter Training Technology

Firefighters can benefit from various training technology platforms that allow them to take part in repeated scenarios that improve training, safety and increase knowledge retention. Digital twins of ...
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New $32M facility gives Ventura County firefighters a realistic training experience

Instructors can trigger flames and smoke in custom concrete buildings via remote control to give firefighters experience ...
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Experts call for nationwide self-defense training for firefighters, paramedics amid rise in violence

COMMUNITY. SO TRUE. THANK YOU. DORISSA KANSAS CITY FIRE SAYS THEY ARE WORKING ON FUNERAL PLANS AND WILL RELEASE THOSE DETAILS SOON. IN THE WAKE OF THIS TRAGEDY, NATIONAL SAFETY EXPERTS ARE CALLING FOR ...
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Firefighter Training Requires Hands-On Proficiency

Firefighter drills on the apparatus floor helps members, but real learning only takes place during hands-on evolutions. When firefighters are schooled on the technical details of a tool or piece of ...