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There is No Profile for the White Elephant in the Smoke Filled Room

Video bites, Facebook morsels continually shape our education

Posted by Dave LeBlanc on March 22, 2013 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "social media", "The Front Seat", Education, Facebook, firefighter training, learning, Learning Behavior, training

The Firehouse Kitchen,
aka “In-House Training Academy”
Send Us Your Meal Time Pics

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More fires may have been fought here than in the entire city

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 12, 2013 • Filed under: Commentary, Communication, Learning Behavior, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", communicating, communication, company training, conversations, discussions, firefighter training, firehouse kitchen, FireRescue Magazine, Stephen Marsar, teaching, training

Video: Remembering DCFD Sergeant Carter

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Make it your ambition to never stop learning

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 25, 2012 • Filed under: Education, Engine Company, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "line of duty death", Dave Statter, dcfd, firefighter down, firefighter training, Lessons Learned, lodd report, training, video

Mentoring

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Posted by Ron Ayotte on October 19, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Education, Learning Behavior, Training • Tagged: Chief Concerns, firefighter training, leadership, mentoring, Ron Ayotte, training

Filling the Probie’s Pockets

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New twist on 'what's in your pockets?'

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 18, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Probationary Firefighter", Education, firefighter training, training

The Basis Behind “Expect Fire”

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It is imperative that you bring your mind to the fight.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on October 12, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "Firefighter Mentality", "The Front Seat", cognitive thinking, decision making process, Expect Fire, firefighter training

Lesson Not Learned
Texas, Tennessee and Emmitsburg
Why Does Johnny Not Read?

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Everyone went home so who the hell cares?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 8, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, News, Philosophy, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company • Tagged: "Bill Carey", Education, Emmitsburg, firefighter health, firefighter safety, firefighter training, health, ladder companies, Lessons Learned, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, NFFF, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, roof ventilation, SCBA, Tennessee, Texas, truck company operations, ventilation

Helmet Cam Perspective:
Training Questions

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A few questions to challenge you and your crew

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 4, 2012 • Filed under: Communication, Education, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "helmet camera", "truck company", communicating, communication, communications, decision making process, firefighter training, FL, Jacksonville, sizeup, sizeup report, training, truck company operations, video

A Little Bit of Gas, a Whole Lot of Stupid

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STATter911 story reveals ignorance in the 21st Century

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 22, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Commentary, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Learning Behavior, News, Philosophy, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "close calls", "near miss", communication, Dave Statter, Education, firefighter injuries, firefighter safety, firefighter training, Learning Behavior, live burn training, STATter 911, training

“Good Job”

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Getting good at getting by can get you killed

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on September 21, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "The Front Seat", company training, Education, firefighter safety, firefighter training, mentoring, sops, training

Arizona Live Burn Mistakes
Third Degree Burns and a Burnt Hoseline. Lessons Anyone?

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Glaring inadequacies hurt us all when your training goes wrong.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 23, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Education, fire, Firefighter Safety & Health, Fires, Learning Behavior, News, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", behavior, Education, firefighter safety, firefighter training, hands-on training, Learning Behavior, live burn, live burn training, NFPA, NFPA 1403, training

California Helmet Cams:
Hayward and Contra Costa County

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Why we believe this first-person view is important to the fire service.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 15, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Communication, Dispatch & Communications, Engine Company, fire, Fire Dispatch, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Technology & Communications, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "helmet camera", "public education", "public relations", communication, communications, company training, Contra Costa County Fire, Education, engine company, engine company operations, firefighter training, public image, sizeup, sizeup report, training, video, videos

Squad Co.18 Working:
Top Floor Fire on Lower East Side

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Fire showing from the fifth floor of 39 Eldridge Street and related material on truck company operations and ventilation.

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 23, 2012 • Filed under: Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Brotherhood Instructors", fdny, firefighter training, FireRescue Magazine, Manhattan, roof ventilation, Squad Co.18, training, truck company operations, ventilation, videos

Pushing the Envelope

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Despite modern challenges, many basics still keep us alive.

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Posted by Ron Ayotte on February 18, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "risk management", Chief Concerns, firefighter safety, firefighter training, leadership, risk, Ron Ayotte, safety, training

Why Everyone Goes Home doesn’t always mean “Everyone Goes Home.”

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The cowboy in us asks 'If great responsibility is founded on personal responsibility, then what place does personal experience hold?'

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on January 28, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "Everyone Goes Home", "line of duty death", "risk management", "The Front Seat", cardiovascular fitness, classroom training, company training, Education, experience, firefighter fitness, firefighter safety, firefighter training, fitness, hands-on training, leadership, physical fitness, physical training, responsibility, risk, safety, training

Plan B

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Having various plans is like having various resources. You'll never be stuck trying to solve any fireground problem with the same solitary solution.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on January 18, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Rescues, Training, Training & Development • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "The Front Seat", bailout, company training, Education, firefighter safety, firefighter survival, firefighter training, hands-on training, mayday, training

Complacency

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Routines can be dangerous.

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Posted by Ron Ayotte on January 16, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Firefighter Mentality", behavior, Chief Concerns, complacency, firefighter training, Ron Ayotte, training

The Pressurized Water Extinguisher,
aka “The Can”

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New contributor reminds you that "the can" is not a door chock.

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Posted by Joe Fitzgerald on January 12, 2012 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, Training, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company • Tagged: "truck company", firefighter training, Joe Fitzgerald, Lloyd Mitchell, pressurized water extinguisher, primary search, search, training, truck company operations

The Definition of Insanity

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How can we expect change when we repeat the same behavior?

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on December 13, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, News, Strategy Reconsidered, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "fire reports", "line of duty death", Charleston, Education, firefighter training, Lessons Learned, NIOSH reports, Sofa Super Store Fire, training

How Soon Should a Firefighter Certify as “Firefighter II”?

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Oklahoma City Battalion Chief Mike Walker wants to know your thoughts on Firefighter I and II.

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 4, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "entry-level firefighters", "firefighter netcast", "The Front Seat", experience, firefighter training, Mike Walker, training

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Archives for firefighter-training

The Firehouse Kitchen,
aka “In-House Training Academy”
Send Us Your Meal Time Pics

Video: Remembering DCFD Sergeant Carter

Mentoring

Filling the Probie’s Pockets

The Basis Behind “Expect Fire”

Lesson Not Learned
Texas, Tennessee and Emmitsburg
Why Does Johnny Not Read?

Helmet Cam Perspective:
Training Questions

A Little Bit of Gas, a Whole Lot of Stupid

“Good Job”

Arizona Live Burn Mistakes
Third Degree Burns and a Burnt Hoseline. Lessons Anyone?

California Helmet Cams:
Hayward and Contra Costa County

Squad Co.18 Working:
Top Floor Fire on Lower East Side

Pushing the Envelope

Why Everyone Goes Home doesn’t always mean “Everyone Goes Home.”

Plan B

Complacency

The Pressurized Water Extinguisher,
aka “The Can”

The Definition of Insanity

How Soon Should a Firefighter Certify as “Firefighter II”?

Backstep Firefighter on Facebook…

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