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Wildland Urban Interface Fires Lessons Learned

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.

Why Sprinklered Buildings Burn

Sprinklered buildings sometimes still burn for many reasons, including design deficiencies and impairment to the sprinkler system that occurs either prior to or during the fire. In this self-paced program, you will learn why sprinklered buildings burn and how these causes can be mitigated.

Why Advanced Pre-Planning is Important: A Greensboro Case Study

This program features a case study of a nearly fatal fire at an auto repair shop in Greensboro, NC, highlighting the importance of advanced pre-planning for complex properties, with insights from the Greensboro Fire Department on lessons learned and subsequent improvements to their preplanning process.

Top-Loading Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems

This program introduces Top-Loading Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems (TL-ASRS) and their impact on warehouse operations, detailing their functionality, associated fire hazards, fire protection systems, preplanning for responses, and fire department operations at TL-ASRS facilities.

Engine Company Operations at Fires in Sprinklered Properties

Fire officers and firefighters must understand how to interact with automatic sprinkler systems to save lives and protect property, and this self-paced program outlines the critical initial actions required upon arrival at a property with an activated sprinkler system to ensure effective incident management and system restoration.

Developing a Pre-Incident Plan for a Protected Building

This self-paced program teaches how to complete pre-incident plans for commercial and industrial structures with sprinkler systems, enhancing fire suppression efforts and fostering relationships with property stakeholders, crucial due to the relative infrequency of such callouts compared to residential properties.

Automatic Sprinkler System Design and Function

Firefighters must understand how sprinkler systems work to pre-plan fire response and to use sprinklers effectively during a fire incident. This self-paced program demonstrates the advantages of automatic sprinkler systems, then describes how they work and what components they contain.

Advanced Pre-Planning for Complex Properties

This program emphasizes the importance of comprehensive pre-incident plans for complex properties, detailing the selection criteria, information gathering, analysis, and dissemination to incident commanders during events.

Automatic Fire Sprinkler and Alarm Systems

Review the benefits of automatic fire sprinkler and alarm systems to firefighter health and safety and evaluate a set of core principles to guide a firefighter’s interaction with these systems.

Courage to Be Safe®

Learn how the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives is an integral part of reducing firefighter fatalities and injuries.