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Braveheart, the multi-Oscar award-winning movie from 1995, is an inspirational film on many levels. It is based on the true events of Scotland's William Wallace and his efforts to gain his nation's freedom from England's rule in the late 13th century. Aside from the blood and guts, the over-the-top violence, and a testosterone driven plot, there are a few gems of wisdom that are worthy of reviewing. One pertains to the scene early in the movie but after the young William has lost...

Contributors

August Vernon

August Vernon
Fire/EMS Response Considerations for Mass Shooting Incidents
The first step in your preparation is a review of your agency's guidelines and procedures.

Robert Dube

Robert Dube
WMD – Where Is Your Focus?
Expand your WMD training to include explosives and collapse, and do it now. The terrorists are ready, are you?

Timothy Sendelbach

Timothy Sendelbach
Search Line Survival Training - Part III
The search line survival course has been designed to be a multi-faceted training program that meets the needs of senior fire officers, company level officers and firefighters alike.
 

Recent Podcasts

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 23:55

Host Bob Duemmel talks with New Jersey Task Force 1 member Michael Daley about the wide array of equipment carried by USAR teams on their deployments.

The two discuss the different types of search gear, breaking and breaching tools and shoring equipment. Hear how they transport the equipment from their base to the scene of a catastrophe and what they need to bring to be self-sufficient for the first 72 hours.

Friday, January 15, 2010 - 17:10

In the inaugural edition of "The Buzz on Technical Rescue," host Bob Duemmel talks with Fred LaFemina, who is the Chief in Charge of Rescue Operations for FDNY.

LaFemina talks about the challenges that USAR teams face when being deployed on an international mission and what guidelines they must meet. Some of the basic challenges the teams face in deployment include equipment, transportation, immunizations and the need for a passport.

 

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If you don't fully understand how a building truly performs or reacts under fire conditions and the variables that can influence its stability and degradation, movement of fire and products of combustion and the resource...

 

Upcoming TrainingLive Webcasts

Webcast presenter

Jeffrey Pindelski

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:00

Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

 

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