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Fire prevention budgets are being slashed, eliminated nationwide

We must be unified in our stance and focus all our efforts on reviving the AFG program.

My past few articles have been focused extensively on the issues of public education and advocacy. Educating the public and our elected officials about the menace of fire has been on the top of our "to do list" going back even further than the 1947 President Truman's Conference on Fire Prevention.

The well-known 1973 America Burning Report aimed at educating our public and our decision-...

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Friday, November 20, 2009 - 13:25

Dr. Richard B. Gasway talks with leadership consultant Howard Cross about his program "Leadership - The Seductive Lie."

Cross shares the components of strong leadership and discusses why leadership is not a position. Rather it is a set of choices and those choices can, at times, be challenging.

Cross and Gasaway also discuss the role of vision in setting the course for an organization and the part that leaders and followers play in creating organizational success.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 13:56

IAFC Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) Chairman Timothy S. Wall talks with several members of the new VCOS Silver Ribbon Report, titled Opening New Doors, that details best practices for junior firefighter, explorer and other youth firefighter programs.

Guests include: Chief Dan Eggleston, Deputy Chief Mike Jaffa, Fire Marshal Kevin Kowalski and Cliff Takawna, the director of public safety at Learning for Life. Each of the guests provided research and helped author the report, which was sponsored by the VCOS.

 

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Upcoming TrainingLive Webcasts

Webcast presenter

Ronald E. Moore

Friday, October 10, 2008 - 13:00

New vehicles are being constructed with ultra high strength steel materials, including Boron and Martensenite and this is challenging first responders at crash scenes. This webcast will teach rescue personnel how to work with these materials to safely remove accident victims from their cars.

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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