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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...

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William Jenaway

William Jenaway
Safety 101 - Lesson 27

You must be able to recognize that these emergent issues will constantly change due to real world happenings, new technology and management practices.

Regardless of the type of industry, emergent issues in business, operations, and safety come from three basic sources:

Larry Manasco

Larry Manasco
Company Level Training - Rescuing a Downed Firefighter - Part 2
You must train your crew to a level that each and every one of them is capable of making high quality decisions under extreme stress.

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?
 

Recent Podcasts

Friday, February 5, 2010 - 11:35

In this episode of the Leader's Toolbox, host Dr. Richard B. Gasaway focuses on the Everyone Goes Home initiative and the Courage To Be Safe program.

Chief Gasaway interviews Ron Dennis, executive director of the Arizona Fire Chiefs Association and the training liaison for the Everyone Goes Home initiative. He also talks with Billy Hayes, director of community affairs for the Washington, DC, Fire Department and the advocate manager for the initiative.

Friday, January 22, 2010 - 14:13

Apparatus Architects Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur report from the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) Apparatus Symposium. They look at several of the topics, based on this year's theme of "Getting back to basics - safely."

 

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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

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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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