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Ethanol Emergency Response - Train the Trainer Webinar - August 23
August 23, 2022

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A Staff Scheduling App Designed for the Fire Service
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The Need to Know Information on Supplemental Payment Programs
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Fire-Rescue Med

Education for fire-based EMS leaders, including new and aspiring chiefs, on hiring and retaining, public/private integration, technology, billing for services, community paramedicine, active shooter response & more.
How to Manage Your Training Program to Meet NFPA

Learn how you can maximize Vector Solutions to manage every aspect of your training program.
Culture, Leadership, & Impact: How You Can Use Your Best Strategies for the Greatest Return

This interactive webinar will explore cultures and the impact on leaders and how to best strategize.
Accessing Urban Search and Rescue Teams: A Primer

This webinar will discuss the tiered role of US&R teams and how a fire chief can summon them for assistance.

Whole Community Planning for Disaster

Self-Paced

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

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mentoring II: Developing and Retaining Firefighters Through Relationships
Self paced

Information and resources for developing mentoring skills
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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.
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Overcoming Cultural Barriers for a More Inclusive Volunteer Workforce
Self paced

Strategies for engaging, recruiting and retaining volunteers from diverse backgrounds and communities
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Chief 101
Self paced

Online

Interactive training for chief-level officers to effectively execute roles and responsibilities of volunteer department leadership positions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bridging the Multigenerational Divide in Your Department
Self paced

Learn to recognize generational biases, identify how biases impact interpersonal communications, and ultimately be a good agent for change.
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National Safety Culture Change Initiative
Self paced

Online

Hour-long online course to help identify and mitigate individual and organizational behaviors that adversely impact firefighter health and safety
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Fire Dynamics Terminology
Self paced

Online

Hour-long online course overviewing new fire dynamics terms like heat flux, flow path and more, and their science-based definitions.
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Structural Firefighting Research
Self paced

Online

Hour-long online course examining horizontal, vertical, natural and mechanical ventilation as well as wind-driven fires.
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Hydrogen Response Considerations
Self paced

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

Online

This web-based training course expands awareness of critical response information and issues related to propane hazards
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Ethanol Emergencies Training
Self paced

Online

Online course on ethanol fuels incident response including the use, characteristics, transportation modes, transfer operations, basics of foam, tactics and strategies, and environmental issues
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Online Hazmat Training
Self paced

Online

Hazmat courses offered on the IAFC Academy

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