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Live Fire Training: Conducting Safe & Effective Burns

September 24, 2009 / 2 p.m. ET

Do you know how to stage a safe burn?
Conducting live fire training has always been a controversial subject and raises concerns for safety, but it’s a must for the complete development of firefighters. This program will present methods to conduct effective burns while following NFPA 1403, without compromising firefighter safety.

Topics covered will include:

  • Lessons learned from past live fire
    training tragedies
  • Critical aspects of NFPA 1403,
    Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions
  • Live fire training indiscretions
  • Maximizing the burn structure
    (acquired, fixed, and mobile facilities)
  • Importance of live fire training in the development of firefighters

This program is dedicated to those who have fallen before us during live fire training evolutions.

Register Here

Speaker:

Troy Webster is a 19-year member of the fire and emergency services, currently serving as a captain with the Florence (Ky.) Fire/EMS Department; he has led numerous live-fire training burns in acquired structures and fixed facilities throughout the course of his career. Troy currently teaches as a field instructor for Kentucky State Fire/Rescue Training and is a lead instructor for the state’s flashover recognition and survival program.

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