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** Courage to Be Safe/Everyone Goes Home: A Look Inside the Program
Credit Hours: 4 Viewing Format(s): PDF Fee: $25.00
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Faculty: Ron Kanterman

We need to instill the safety culture in the current and the future generation of firefighters. Here are some tools and tips for getting the safety message to hit home in your department. Pierce Logo

Firefighter Casualties: When “Old-School Firefighting” Doesn’t Work
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Credit Hours: 4 Viewing Format(s): PDF Fee: $25.00
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Faculty: Jeff Giraud, 0

A cavalier approach to structural firefighting shows a gross misunderstanding of risk management and usually leads to needless injuries and deaths on the fireground. Your job is to keep personnel from developing such an old-school attitude.

How Prepared Is Your Engine Company?
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Credit Hours: 2 Viewing Format(s): PDF Fee: $25.00
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Faculty: Brett Snow

The information provided in this course/article comes from lessons learned and skills handed down by very experienced firefighters and officers of the Chicago Fire Department. At the end of this course you will better understand effective ways to stretch a hose line, the roles of each member of the hose team, the do’s and don’ts of hose line management, and how to properly operate the pipe (nozzle). Also, this course will encourage self evaluation of one’s skill level as well as the skill level of your engine company as a whole.

Managing Big Fires 101: Divide and Conquer
Credit Hours: 4 Viewing Format(s): Text   / PDF Fee: $25.00
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Faculty: Thomas Dunne

The author shares lessons he learned while commanding operations at a wind-driven fire that threatened numerous buildings.

Officer Development: Filling the New Officer’s Toolbox
Credit Hours: 4 Viewing Format(s): Text   / PDF Fee: $25.00
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Faculty: Bob Carpenter

How can a new officer with little time in the field fulfill his duties as a first-line trainer? Miami-Dade (FL) Fire-Rescue helped solve this problem by adding hands-on officer training to its officer development school curriculum, with good results.

The Company Officers Role in Safety and Survival
Credit Hours: 4 Viewing Format(s): Interactive Fee: $25.00
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Faculty: Forest Reeder

This course will take a look at some of the most hazardous areas of fireground operations and identify what the company officer should be looking for to keep the crews safe.  Students will also be encouraged to rethink some typical tactical assignments when presented with hazardous fire and building conditions. You will be challenged to identify what the officer should be looking for and monitoring during operations. This program supports the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives by advocating better risk management and empowering the fire service membership to stop repeating history.

Understanding Fireground Command
Credit Hours: 4 Viewing Format(s): PDF Fee: $25.00
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Faculty: Richard Gasaway

Understanding how you make decisions and how to develop and maintain your situation awareness are keys to your success as an incident commander.