Organizational Proficiency
Maintain awareness of skill proficiencies throughout the organization to address and fill training gaps.
Related Pillar and Perspective:
- Training and Competency
- Organizational Capacity
Inside the New Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 9
Combines these original initiatives:
- Research Agenda
- Training Standards
Action-Steps for Firefighters & Fire Officers
For Firefighters
- Action Item #1
- Action Item #2
- Action Item #3
For Company Officers
- Action Item #1
- Action Item #2
- Action Item #3
For Chief Officers
- Action Item #1
- Action Item #2
- Action Item #3
Credit Hours: 1 Hour
Learn how the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives is an integral part of reducing firefighter fatalities and injuries.
Credit Hours: 1 Hour
Discover how a balanced approach of leadership can help prevent firefighter fatalities and injuries with practical and specific tips.
Credit Hours: 1 Hour
This program raises awareness about what incident commanders may face if a line-of-duty death occurs at a scene where they are in command and prepares them to face that challenge should it happen to them.
Credit Hours: 1 Hour
After Action Review (AAR) offers the fire service the opportunity to formalize the tradition of informal post-incident conversations into a simple, but systematic, guided process of analyzing, refining, and improving incident response. This fire service training module explains the origins of After Action Review, its application to the fire service, how to implement it, and the important role it plays in culture change.
Credit Hours: 1 Hour
This module explores factors influencing training safety and recommended practices to reduce firefighter deaths and injuries, covering department culture, training design and administration, facilities, instructor requirements, safety officer roles, student needs, and safety practices.
Credit Hours: 1 Hours
This program introduces fire service personnel to carbon monoxide: scientific properties, sources, detection, effects on the human body, exposures to firefighters, and exposure mitigation strategies. The module provides critical, concrete, accurate information and best practices you can use immediately to reduce your CO exposure and protect yourself and your colleagues from injury and death.
Credit Hours: 1 Hour
This module is appropriate for both “blue shirts” (structural firefighters) and “yellow shirts” (wildland firefighters). The goal is to work together more effectively at wildfire responses.
