Increasing Volunteerism in the Fire Service Faced with declining volunteer numbers, innovative solutions are essential. The consolidation NFPA 1010 also introduced the “support person” position for emergency operations into the standard. Industry professionals...
For Immediate Release Poulsbo, WA – April 2, 2025. Action Training Systems, INC., a leading fire and emergency services training provider, is pleased to announce the release of “Fire Operation Support,” a 12-title training series. The “Support Person” in...
Streamlining Safety: The NFPA’s Comprehensive Overhaul of ERRS The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has embarked on a significant and transformative project: the consolidation of its Emergency Response and Responders Safety Standards (ERRS). Initiated...
What Fire Instructors Need To Know The Support Person Role is now included in NFPA 1010. An excellent article written last year for J&B-PSG learning by Michael Smith, MPA, titled “NFPA 1010: What Fire Instructors Need to Know” reviewed the...
Providing Guidance For Recruitment & Retention of Volunteer Firefighters Fire departments continue to have recruitment and retention challenges for volunteer firefighters. The root causes for this have remained similar over the past decade. The demand on...
NTSB Crash Analysis The National Transportation Safety Board released its “Analysis of Ground Ambulance Crash Data” from 2012 to 2018. This Special Crash Investigations Unit report showed that nearly all crashes (92.6%) involved ambulance operator/driver error. The...
