Many of us teach our fire service kids the wrong way. The future of this profession, to which many of us passionately dedicate our life, relies on every single one of us passing on the lessons that ...

As a company officer it became clear that my crew, just as yours, had to learn basic skills before moving on to advanced tasks. Advanced tasks included practicing knots to PPE turnout drills, SCBA ...

Take 30 young men and women ranging in age from 14 to 18 years old, from 13 different fire department junior firefighter/Explorer programs, bring them together for seven hours a day for five days ...

In several past installments of Quick Drills, I mentioned the use of a concept called training in context (TIC). Some readers have asked how to use TIC and how to develop drills that incorporate it.