An organizational structure defines the relationships between employees, department supervisors and upper management. A well-defined organizational structure enables workers at all levels to reach ...

I started my career in the fire service in 1985. At the conclusion of my first full week, I was participating in an acquired structure burn. The burn was a local coordinated event with instructors ...

A new structure to train firefighters from throughout western Massachusetts to save lives has been erected at the Department of Fire Services’ Springfield academy. The two-story building, referred to ...

A discussion about training facility buildings recently surfaced in a most unusual way. A close friend, who’s also a local building official, called to discuss fire training centers. This was a bit ...

We have all read and heard a great deal recently about the issues surrounding the use of live fire at locations other than established, regulated and properly designed training facilities. It is ...

Especially in today's post-9/11 world where every person who thinks they have a training product to sell, it's important to evaluate the training you're purchasing or providing. Many of those, ah, ...

Fire training facilities have evolved significantly over the past several years. We have seen a shift away from burn buildings with simple, fixed-location gas props or Class A burn capabilities to ...

Long Beach’s new police training academy is almost complete, city officials said this week — and is set to open next year. The new facility will allow the Police Department to train 100 recruits at a ...