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Where Public Safety Policy Meets Higher Education

Younes Mourchid discusses the influence of higher education on public policy and whether the reverse is true.

Article • November 1st, 2008

Becoming a Volunteer Firefighter Can Offer Valuable Experience

Gaining experience as a volunteer firefighter can help set you up for success in advance and make you better for the future.

Article • October 1st, 2008

Earning a Fire Science Degree FESHE Style

Younes Mourchid, Ph.D., discusses how one can overcome common obstacles by following the National Fire Academy model.

Article • August 1st, 2008

Rich Media: Enhancing Content in Online Courses

Paul Snodgrass reports on rich media becoming a pipeline for receiving and responding to course content and other students' discussions.

Article • August 1st, 2008

What's Keeping You From Getting Promoted?

Are you someone who was not promoted the first time you took a promotional examination? Are you a future promotional candidate who wants to learn what successful (and not-so-successful) fire service promotional candidates have done to get them into...

Article • August 1st, 2008

Making the Right Impression on your Fire Station Visit

If you just keep in mind that visiting fire stations can either help your outcome or hurt your outcome, you should be able to make that positive first impression.

Article • July 2nd, 2008

The Firefighting Career: Do You Really Know What You're Getting Into?

The way Hollywood portrays us in not the same lifestyle or environment that a typical firefighter experiences.

Article • April 6th, 2008

Case Study: Eastern Kentucky University

Patrick Wampler details an academic program that helps professional firefighters achieve their career goals

Article • April 1st, 2008

Performance Standards

By request of the author, this article is not available online.

Article • April 1st, 2008

Educational Opportunities For Emergency Responders

Bryant Stiles describes how a degree program benefits Kentucky's firefighters.

Article • April 1st, 2008

Could Higher Education Be In Your Future? A New Approach to the "Finish Line"

Dennis L. Rubin and Edward Kaplan report on a pilot project to provide an interoperable, competency-based system of professional development

Article • January 31st, 2008

8 Criteria for Choosing an Online Degree Program

Paul Snodgrass offers advice on finding the right school to suit your academic needs.

Article • January 31st, 2008

What Does a Firefighter Actually Do?

What a firefighter does in one fire department may slightly differ from what is done in another department nearby or across the country.

Article • January 4th, 2008

Are Polygraphs Lying to Us?

The first time I ever had contact and talked to Scott was 45 minutes after he got the call that he had failed his poly. Needless to say he was devastated. When I asked him what he had done to prepare for his polygraph he said he used the free...

Article • December 17th, 2007

Are You The "Best Fit" For The Fire Department?

Don't lock yourself into one department being your dream department, you may be in for a let down if it doesn't work out.

Article • October 17th, 2007

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