Featured education + safety resources
New and trending online resources to help firefighters, EMS personnel, 911 dispatchers and search and rescue members address their everyday risks and unique challenges.
Training + resources for emergency responders
Better prepare for every call and support your most valuable asset—your team.
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Featured Classes
These field training classes are conducted on a regional basis throughout the year and many are offered at instructor and participant levels.
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We strive to understand your needs better than anyone else and are proud to develop products and services using our real world emergency services experiences, industry-focused knowledge and education-focused values.
Education, training + consulting services
Our Education, Training and Consulting Team, also known as "ETC", is proud to offer our clients quality and innovative education and training programs—at little or no cost—including instructor-led programs (like our gold-standard EVDT), train-the-trainer opportunities, online university and resources to help you host trainings at your own facility. These programs are designed specifically for emergency responders and are primarily focused on national standards for risk management, skill enhancement and industry knowledge.
To put it simply, we're here to serve as an additional training arm for your organization and make it easy for your leaders and instructors to find educational opportunities to help keep everyone safe and informed about the latest best practices, equipment recommendations and operation-focused techniques. If you're emphasizing training and continued education in your organization and you'd like to learn more about how you can utilize our valued-added offerings—please reach out, we'd love to chat!
In addition to our standard educational programs, we also have in-house specialists and a team of dedicated consultants who are available to provide customized solutions based on your individual needs. Let us know if you'd like to discuss a project, get a quote and learn more.
David Michaels
VP Education, Training & Consulting
35 Years in the fire/EMS industry
Rick Gurba
Director VFIS Training Programs
Member of the fire/EMS community since 1983
Risk solutions services
Our Client Risk Solutions team specializes in understanding the risks that emergency service organizations face, providing you with resources (like specialized bulletins and podcasts) to help you address your everyday challenges and unique hazards and evaluating your existing practices to see how we can help you increase your safety efforts even further.
We'd love the opportunity to visit your facility, talk about your operations—like your vehicle policies, property management techniques and possible liability risks—and share some best practices that we've seen work for other organizations across the country.
We recognize that there can be some stereotypes that come with being in the "risk management" sector and we want you to know that we strive to make our visits feel like you're having coffee with a friend from a neighboring emergency services agency… and nothing like inspector visits. Because at the end of the day, your well-being means everything to us—and we're truly here to help.
Scott Harkins
Sr. VP Client Risk Solutions
Member of the fire/EMS community since 1973
Michael Baker
Director Client Risk Solutions
Member of the fire/EMS community since 1989