John J. Salka Jr. explains why the true value and importance of training only are clinched when hands-on evolutions are ...

Drill night. It’s one of the best and most common ways to practice and learn skills as a team. Not only do we knock off the rust for competencies that we might not have used in some time, but we also ...

The Vacaville Fire Department will host three days of live fire training at Fire Station 73 this week, training on five controlled burns on Wednesday to keep their staff sharp and in firefighting ...

Effective fire training goes beyond classroom lectures and compliance checklists. To prepare workers for emergencies—whether it’s a Class A blaze involving paper and wood, or a Class B fire fed by ...

Cal Fire conducted a training drill on the Central Coast to prepare crews for wildfire season and emphasized public readiness ...

LOMPOC, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is holding a series of live fire drills this week during the final few days of a training program for a group of firefighter recruits. On ...

Probationary firefighters for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) graduate in Queens. Photo: FDNY PIO At the core of any probationary firefighter training program are the Xs and Os: the technical ...

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KTIV) - The North Sioux City Fire Department says it is always looking for people willing to step up and serve their community as volunteer firefighters and EMS. This comes as ...

Crews are also timed during the exercise.

When I first started working in schools, response drills for violent incidents were rare, uncomfortable, and often avoided altogether. Fire drills, on the other hand, were routine—scheduled, practiced ...

BOISE, Idaho (KVOA) - Wildland firefighters specializing in aerial supervision and airtanker operations are gathering in Arizona. The training aims to prepare them for a potentially busy fire year in ...