Guest blog written for Action Training Systems by Battalion Chief Robert Avsec (Ret.) Shield Against Traffic By now, most of us are familiar — or should be — with using our emergency vehicles as a shield against oncoming traffic to protect first responders and...
Guest blog written for Action Training Systems by Battalion Chief Robert Avsec (Ret.) One revision to NFPA 1001 that you need to know about and train for is….First: Pop quiz: What is signified by the low-pressure alarm on your SCBA sounding? If you answered,...
Guest blog written for Action Training Systems by Battalion Chief Robert Avsec (Ret.) Before she became a firefighter and began a 30-year (and still counting) career in the fire service, Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr was a coach and physical education teacher at the high...
UPDATED Introduction: August 2020 The 2021 edition of NFPA 3000 Standard for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response (ASHER) provides provisions for coordinated planning and response and marks the first time the standard went through a full NFPA document revision...
Guest blog written by Battalion Chief Robert Avsec (Ret.) There are 4 steps that Training Officers can take to increase a students positive experience during a training exercise. Firefighter training is not a synonym for testing. We’ve all been a part of such an...
Fire Service Leadership Profiles — Burton ClarkGuest blog written by Battalion Chief Robert Avsec (Ret.) After writing the first leadership profile of Dr. Denis Onieal, the subject of the next article in that series immediately came to mind. Dr. Burton Clark, Ed.D.,...
