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Weekly Drill: No. 116 - Future Firefighters

Drill #116: Future Firefighters Many fire departments have some affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America and the Fire & Emergency Service Career Explorer programs. Readers will learn a few tips to get their departments started in the programs. The drill is designed to be a single page of information to conjure up discussions among your crew members. Sit down and talk about the exercises, and how they may apply to your company. But, just don't read them. Get moving. Head to an...

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Weekly Drill: No. 116 - Future Firefighters

Readers will learn a few tips to get their departments started with youth fire exploring or junior firefighter programs.

Article • May 5th, 2013
Higher Education: Universities Eye the Future: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Aiding Fire-Rescue Operations

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Article • April 1st, 2013
Higher Education Perspectives: Training & Education: The Trend to Combine Certifications for Credits

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Article • April 1st, 2013
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Article • April 1st, 2013
What Are 'They' Looking For During an Oral Interview

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Article • February 8th, 2013
Higher Education: Universities Aid Soaring Technology For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Article • January 11th, 2013
Scuttlebutt 12/12

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Article • December 1st, 2012
I Ask You: Is Loyalty or Honesty More Important

Honesty or loyalty…it’s a simple question, right? Or is it? Those three words have stirred up some enlightening conversations in my world as of late and I felt the need to share them with you. I have come to the conclusion that leadership is 95% a...

Article • November 27th, 2012
Higher Education: Backdraft Modeling Fires College Student Research, Debunks Popular Myths

Greg Gorbett spends unmeasured hours building scale-model rooms, complete with furniture and fixtures. He then judiciously stacks wood cribbing inside and burns his creations. More often than not, he generates a fairly rare fire phenomenon called...

Article • November 1st, 2012
Scuttlebutt 11/12

Proud to Wear Pink The Deltona, FL, Fire Department joined fire departments throughout the country in the “Proud to Wear Pink” campaign to show support and bring awareness to breast cancer. Deltona firefighters wore pink uniform t-shirts while...

Article • November 1st, 2012
Ethical Decision Making During Your Fire Service Career

Firefighters, as well as most human beings, are faced daily with having to make ethical decisions. Why is this important you may ask? You may already think you are making decisions ethically. Many of us are able to justify what we are doing, whether...

Article • October 24th, 2012
Fire Service Networking & Building Relationships

Have you ever heard the saying, "it's who you know?" Well that saying is alive and well in the fire service. I don't mean that in a negative way, as you may imagine. Unfortunately when some people hear that saying, they immediately think of...

Article • August 30th, 2012
Santa Claus and the Freehold Fire Department

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Article • August 9th, 2012
Community & Technical Colleges

Jake Fuller was studying to become a teacher, following in the career path of his parents, when he decided the profession wasn’t exactly what he had in mind. He sought something that was physically challenging, valued by the community and included...

Article • August 1st, 2012
2011 National Run Survey: Part 1

For the 31st year, the career fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse ® Magazine to share and compare statistics about company and department activity levels, funding, staffing and pay. A total of 216 fire departments took part in this...

Article • July 1st, 2012

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