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Pre-register to receive the webinar address and other participation instructions for an upcoming webinar. All webinars are free-of-charge.

How Electrified is Your Response Area?

October 27, 2021 Phone

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

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We're looking for your help!

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.

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

ISO’s New Mitigate Website-Valuable Resource for Fire Chiefs

Learn about a new resource used to improve fire protection efforts and facilitate communications and data exchanges with ISO

Raman Enhanced with SERS: How Low Can You Go? - Identifying Fentanyl and other substances in Low Concentrations.

This webinar presents the advantages of using easy Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) techniques.

Implementing the Lavender Ribbon Report Cancer Prevention Best Practices

Learn how departments have implemented the recommendations from the Lavender Ribbon Report on preventing cancer.

Health and Wellness for First Responders

Learn about successful ideas for promoting responder overall first responder wellness.

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North Carolina Brave Fire Leader Academy

October 9 - 21, 2021 Online

Brave Fire Leader Online Cohort Academy for NC Volunteers - Fast Track Your Success. This event will help engage and develop the employees working on a team. Develop a flexible style in order to lead everyone, no matter their age or style. In addition to thinking on a more comprehensive level about advancing their department’s success.

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.

Rural Response to Rail Incidents

Self-Paced

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.

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

It's Your Turn: Scenarios for Developing Inclusive Teams

Self-Paced

Learn how to navigate diversity and inclusion issues in your department in this 1-hour choose-your-own path training.

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.

It's Your Turn: Scenarios for Developing Inclusive Teams

Self-Paced

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.