CD-ROM, ‘Net Combined to Train Firefighters
Imagine you're one of the volunteer firefighters in Drake, Red Feather
Lakes or Cornish. You needed to learn some First Aid and have some
training on house fires, grass fires and forest fires. You did that.
Then Sept. 11 hit. Now, you're wondering how long it will be before
you need to know how to respond to terrorist or a chemical-weapons attack…
Emergency WORLD™ Releases First Internet Training System for Terrorism
Preparedness
Emergency WORLD, the leading provider of interactive knowledge training
for emergency responders, today announced the release of the industry’s
first interactive online courseware for terrorism preparedness. Emergency
WORLD’s new courseware, “Emergency Response to Terrorism –Awareness
Level,” teaches responders how to analyze and respond to incidents
involving terrorist activity…
e-Learning: Using Technology to Effectively and Efficiently Train
Rural and Volunteer Departments
As published in Fire Chief Magazine
The Internet provides an incredibly efficient and effective vehicle
for knowledge-based training through e-learning. Almost all major
business, universities and institutions — particularly those without
the resources to continue to throw money at problems — are using the
Internet to optimize their training and education practices. If
implemented appropriately, rural and volunteer fire departments can
learn a valuable lesson from the business and academic communities…
Firehouse Vet Produces Hot Training Materials!
As Published in Front Range TechBiz
If Mark Sprenger has his way, a lot of firefighting would be done on
computer screens. Not that streams of electrons can douse a real blaze.
But many of the skills used to extinguish fires, handle hazardous
materials spills, and even respond to terrorism come from knowledge
packed into an emergency responder’s memory far from the scene of an
actual emergency…
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