By: Lewis Warren
The definition of a “critical incident” is any incident that overwhelms an individual...
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FTRC News
Tue, Mar. 26, 2019
Critical Incident Stress Management
Mon, Mar. 25, 2019
Extinguishing Agent Selection
Bonnie Barlow, Captain
Extinguishing Agents Instructor
I stress to my st...
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Thu, Mar. 07, 2019
HRET Considerations
NFPA 414 describes HRET as an elevated boom or booms designed to deliver large amounts of agent. FAA resear...
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Thu, Mar. 07, 2019
Drag yourself out of a training slump
We see it on every drill—a dummy carried out in a headlock or by a foot, then tossed onto the ground ...
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Thu, Mar. 07, 2019
Responding to a HazMat call
By: Ethan Kuhleman
The tone goes off, and you hear, “unknown ...
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Thu, Mar. 07, 2019
Challenges for the ARFF Firefighter
By: Russ White
0216 hours. The lights go on, and the tones go off. You pop out of bed and head down the red-lit ha...
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Thu, Mar. 07, 2019
Cleaning Your PPE
By: Mark Dowdy
We now know that it’s not fighting fire where we are most often exposing ourselves to cancer-...
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Thu, Mar. 07, 2019
Training Technology - FTRSuite
By: Mitch Iles
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) is a highly specialized component of the fire service. An ai...
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Sun, Feb. 24, 2019
HRET Considerations
Sat, Feb. 23, 2019
The importance of agent selection