The nation's only fire service membership network dedicated to promoting and advancing the realistic training needs of today's firefighters.
FDTN's 2019 Calendar is here!
FDTN's 2019 calendar is now available…and registration is open! Classes fill quickly so register early!
FDTN's FIRE COMBAT 2018
Real fireground skills under Real fireground conditions.
Learning the Job by Doing the Job -- It's the FDTN way!
FDTN's All-New FIRE COMBAT Training Experience
The Ultimate Fireground Learning Experience! Fire Combat is a unique training experience offered by the Fire Department Training Network. In an effort to provide the most realistic fireground training possible for firefighters, FDTN has created a scenario-based course designed to provide response-based experience for company officers, firefighters,
FDTN's 2017 Fall Live-Fire Training Camp is scheduled for October 30-November 1. If you're looking for realistic live-fire training this is the class for you. Real skills under live-fire conditions al
SCBA knowledge…it doesn't get any more basic than this! Take a few minutes to review a tool that most of us take for granted.
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Ventilation on the fireground has been going on since firefighters fought their first fire. Over the course of time the reason for ventilation has remained the same but we seem to have lost our focus on why it’s done. One term that’s fallen out of our fireground vocabulary is “coordinated attack,” and that’s a great place to start talking about ventilation.
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Second-due truck company operations are only a discussion in many fire departments—they simply don’t have the staffing on the fireground to consider splitting first- and second-due truck work. In reality, second-due truck work is a continuation of the truck work that the first-due truck (or crew assigned to truck work) must accomplish.
Training Saves Lives
If you believe that training is the key to saving firefighter's lives then membership in the Fire Department Training Network is for you!
Become a member of the fire service’s #1 training advocate and the only organization devoted to advancing the realistic training needs of today’s firefighters.
