Category: Training & Instruction
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You ran a great class. The crew was engaged. The feedback was positive. But when you’re three weeks later half of them can’t recall the main points. This isn’t because they’re terrible students, unmotivated or undisciplined, at least not entirely. Science says this is a memory problem and it’s not just a recent one. The…
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That’s a hard thing to say, and I mean it in the most constructive way possible. Training officers work incredibly hard. The number of hours spent building slide decks, tracking compliance, chasing sign-in sheets, and trying to squeeze 40 hours of content into a department that only gives you 20 is genuinely exhausting. Nobody gets…
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Are you ready for the latest edition of NFPA 1700?No matter if you’re a municipal, industrial, volunteer, combination, or career fire department, the 2026 edition of NFPA 1700, Guide for Structural Firefighting, brings important updates that affect how you plan, train, and operate. Understanding and implementing these changes can be overwhelming—especially with limited time and…
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Training for incident command is one of the most critical responsibilities in the fire service. Yet too often, leaders and students only get limited exposure to realistic scenarios before they’re tested in the field. To bridge that gap, I’ve developed three simulator environments that bring command decision-making into a safe, controlled, and repeatable format. •…