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Interested in presenting a webinar? We set the stage. You bring your best effort, a good topic and engage our audience. Email Chief Scott Lambert for more information.

Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection Survey: How to Avoid Medicare Payment Reduction

An overview and best practices for completing Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection Survey.

Growing As A Leader: How to Successfully Recruit with Jan Spence

Attendees will learn how to successfully recruit members into their department.

CMS 101: Navigating Federal Agencies and Funding

This webinar will provide a high-level overview of how fire and EMS departments successfully collaborate with The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid

How Electrified is Your Response Area?

This webinar reviews lessons learned and best practices for responding to electric emergencies.

The Truth About Recruiting and Retaining Volunteer Members

This is an interactive presentation on breaking the mold with a truthful discussion on recruiting and retaining volunteer firefighters.

Town Hall Event: Sikorsky’s multi-role FIREHAWK® Helicopter

Discussion with chiefs & pilots who use FIREHAWK® aircraft (or other units) about their lessons learned during the 2020 fire season

Webinar Library

Whole Community Planning for Disaster

Self-Paced Online

This course will provide information on why/how community organizations and others can participate in inclusive emergency planning processes to improve resiliency.

Leading and Developing Volunteers "Get Used to Different!"

Self-Paced

Learn how to lead and develop your volunteers in this online course from Indiana VWS.

It's Your Turn: Scenarios for Developing Inclusive Teams

Self-Paced Online

The Franklin Fire Department is diverse, but is it inclusive? The newest recruits are taking some heat and are depending on your support to help ease their transition.

Propane Learning Center

Self-Paced Online

The Propane Education & Research Council offers a variety of training courses to improve your knowledge of propane sales, marketing, and safety.

WUI Chief’s Guide – Online Course

Self-Paced Online

Provides guidance to help you and your community prepare, mitigate, respond, evacuate, and recover from wildland fire events

A Practical Approach to Diversity and Inclusion in the Volunteer Fire Service

Self-Paced

Learn how to build a diverse and inclusive department that accurately reflects your community

Volunteer Administrative Leadership Series (VALS)

Self-Paced

VALS, the Volunteer Administrative Leadership Series, helps departments develop skills and knowledge in documentation, finance, recruiting and retaining members.

Mentoring I: Re-energizing Your Department Culture through Positive Influence

Self-Paced

Information and resources for establishing or enhancing a mentoring program for improved retention.

Mentoring II: Developing and Retaining Firefighters Through Relationships

Self-Paced

Information and resources for developing mentoring skills

Regional Rail Response

Self-Paced Online

This course provides foundational knowledge to recognize fundamental propane characteristics, risks, regulations, safety, and indications of potential propane-related emergencies.

Rural Response to Rail Incidents

Self-Paced Online

This training is designed to help you better understand the rail industry, response efforts and agency-specific roles should a train derailment or similar incident occur in your area.

Overcoming Cultural Barriers for a More Inclusive Volunteer Workforce

Self-Paced

Strategies for engaging, recruiting and retaining volunteers from diverse backgrounds and communities

Chief 101

Self-Paced Online

Interactive training for chief-level officers to effectively execute roles and responsibilities of volunteer department leadership positions.

Barriers to Volunteering: How a Traditional Approach is Limiting Your Department

Self-Paced

Learn ways to recruit new members from untapped pockets of your community.

Fire Adapted Communities for the Fire Service

Self-Paced Online

This course introduces the key components of working with your community to adapt to the wildland fire threat.

Bridging the Multigenerational Divide in Your Department

Self-Paced Online

Learn to recognize generational biases, identify how biases impact interpersonal communications, and ultimately be a good agent for change.

Hydrogen Response Considerations

Self-Paced Online

This 2-hour, 4-module online course focuses on basic education on hydrogen fuels.