I started my career in the fire service in 1985. At the conclusion of my first full week, I was participating in an acquired structure burn. The burn was a local coordinated event with instructors ...

An organizational structure defines the relationships between employees, department supervisors and upper management. A well-defined organizational structure enables workers at all levels to reach ...

Especially in today's post-9/11 world where every person who thinks they have a training product to sell, it's important to evaluate the training you're purchasing or providing. Many of those, ah, ...

A discussion about training facility buildings recently surfaced in a most unusual way. A close friend, who’s also a local building official, called to discuss fire training centers. This was a bit ...

We have all read and heard a great deal recently about the issues surrounding the use of live fire at locations other than established, regulated and properly designed training facilities. It is ...

SUN PRAIRIE, WI – The grand opening ribbon has just been cut on the new Fire Facilities training structure in Bentonville, AR. With the largest total square footage of any single training tower ever ...