Empowering Firefighters, Instructors, and Leaders to Grow, Lead, and Succeed
Welcome to Train, Teach, Lead—a dynamic learning and leadership hub built for today’s fire service professionals. Whether you’re preparing for certification, leading your first crew, or mentoring the next generation, this site is designed to meet you where you are and help you go further.
Here, you’ll find practical tools, immersive simulations, and leadership resources that support your growth in the classroom, on the fireground, and in the command post.
- 1984 Union Oil Disaster
At a refinery in Romeoville, Illinois 17 lives were lost. 10 were members of the refinery fire brigade who responded to the explosion only to be caught in the second event. Multiple critical errors occurred to lead to this failure point including the overall process and the inspection and testing of vessel integrity after repair. - Off-Site Emergency Response by Industrial Firefighters
One problem suffered by industrial emergency responders (Industrial Fire Departments, Fire Brigades, and Emergency Response Teams) is the lack of information and lack of recognition. Help recognize the impact that facility emergency responders can have on the local community by sharing anonymous details or news stories of industrial teams supporting local municipal departments. While the… Read more: Off-Site Emergency Response by Industrial Firefighters - Firefighter Cancer Presumption Law Data Set
Firefighter cancer presumption laws differ dramatically across U.S. jurisdictions, and those differences shape who receives coverage, how claims are evaluated, and which cancers are recognized. To support clearer analysis of these systems, I’ve released State and Territorial Firefighter Cancer Presumption and Benefit Structures in the United States (2026 Dataset). This dataset compiles statutory presumption systems,… Read more: Firefighter Cancer Presumption Law Data Set - Indiana Firefighter Survey
📊🚒 Help me complete a research project on the impact of Indiana firefighters and the roles, staffing, and service levels of Indiana fire departments. If you’re an active Indiana firefighter please take a moment and complete this brief anonymous survey and consider sharing it with other Indiana firefighters. I have a goal of 5,000 responses,… Read more: Indiana Firefighter Survey - Why the Fire Service Needs to Shift From Leader-Follower to Leader-Leader
Today, leadership matters more than ever in the fire service. Not leadership defined simply by rank or years of experience — but leadership defined by the ability to build thinking, proactive, confident firefighters at every level. Many firefighters promote up through the ranks because we were strong technicians: reliable on EMS calls, confident with saws,… Read more: Why the Fire Service Needs to Shift From Leader-Follower to Leader-Leader