Welcome to Firehouse Training Live!

Firehouse Training Live is launching a new educational series taped at Firehouse Events held throughout the country. These 90-minute sessions have been developed to help fire departments stretch their training dollars. Firehouse Training Live is presenting its most impactful and powerful speakers so you and your department can train at your convenience for an affordable price.

From strategy and tactics to communications, Firehouse Training Live is meeting the demands of volunteer, paid and combination departments of all sizes by offering this added benefit to everyone, whether or not they have attended Firehouse Events.

This dynamic way of learning can enhance and supplement your current training program allowing you to download and view up to three educational sessions from this year’s Firehouse Expo. More educational sessions will be added throughout the year.

STRATEGY & TACTICS

Forcible Entry -
Gaining Access and Egress

John Norman III, Deputy Assistant Chief (ret.), Rescue Operations, FDNY

more info This presentation show your personnel the proper approach to all of the most common forcible entry challenges and also covers many of the more difficult, less frequent problems stressing a systematic approach that should lead to the fastest possible entry with minimal damage, at any operation. Topics include: forcible entry size-up, conventional & hydraulic forcible entry, "through the lock" methods, high security gates and padlocks and similar devices.

View From The Street: Residential and Multi-Family Dwellings

Richard Blatus, Battalion Chief, FDNY &
Tom Richardson, Battalion Chief, FDNY

more info This is an in-depth presentation concerning operational tactics and procedures at several types of residential and multiple family dwellings. Construction hazards, operational difficulties and tactical decisions will be explored and reviewed with an emphasis on the types of information the incident commander needs from the firefighters on the "inside". This class is a comprehensive review of decisions which face firefighters when operating in both old and new types of residential construction.

COMMUNICATIONS

Fire Service Communications (FCC) Requirements, Digital Noise and Broadband

Charles L. Werner, Fire Chief Charlottesville FD, VA

more info In 2013, all public safety radio systems must meet new FCC narrowbanding requirements. This class will provide an overview of narrowbanding requirements, a review of efforts on the digital radio noise issue and some new broadband applications that are available for the fire service and public safety.

In 2013, all public safety radio systems must meet new FCC narrowbanding requirements. This class will provide an overview of narrowbanding requirements, a review of efforts on the digital radio noise issue and some new broadband applications that are available for the fire service and public safety.