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5 benefits of external trainings in the fire service
If your trainings have become stale, boring and routine, reinvigorate your department with inspiration from an outside training instructor. Read more
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Mastering Leadership Through Influence
Leadership is a dynamic skill focused on the influence over people, requiring continual improvement and education. Effective leaders start by influencing their peers and gaining experience, communication, and credibility. Emphasizing values like integrity and respect… Read more
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5 keys to hazmat for rural medical responders
Emergency medical responders will often appear on the scene of a hazmat incident. However, hazmat is not typically a medical responders primary concern or training. With that in mind, here a 5 keys to remember… Read more
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Machinery and You [Is your department prepared for technical rescue?]
Technical rescues can range from simple tasks like ring removal to more complex situations like entrapment. In rural America, entrapment incidents can occur during on-the-job accidents or due to reckless behavior. To prepare for such… Read more
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What is Hazardous Material?
Hazardous Materials encompass a wide range of substances, including explosives, gases, flammable liquids and solids, oxidizers, poisons, radioactive materials, corrosives, and miscellaneous hazards such as asbestos. Understanding and identifying these materials is crucial for ensuring… Read more
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How to recognize hazardous material
One of the most important aspects of hazmat response is being able to recognize hazardous material. This can be particularly difficult with unknown substances. Knowledge of the materials identification or, at the very least, knowing… Read more
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Why Hazmat Training is Important [4 crucial reasons firefighters train on hazmat]
Do you understand the hazards around you? When you enter the scene of an incident are you certain that you will not come into contact with a dangerous material? Are you doing all you can… Read more
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