In this week's Humpday Hangout, members of the ISFSI will discuss achieving realism in fire training, including using smoke machines, digital props, fireground noise, radio traffic, simulated victims, and working within the confines of NFPA 1403 during live fire evolutions.

In this week's Humpday Hangout, "RJ" of Capitol Fire Training and company join Chief Bobby Halton and Deputy Chief Jon Wintel as they tour a state of the art training facility in Owasso, Oklahoma.

In this podcast, join Ricky Riley, Sam Hittle, and Larry Schultz of Traditions Training LLC discuss a 2006 double-line-of-duty death incident in the Bronx, the nature of selflessness on the fireground, and dealing with cultural and tactical changes in fire agencies.

Are fire academies teaching the kind of tactics and techniques that will be most useful for firefighters in the "real world" situations of today's fireground? Matt Adkins takes a critical look in this commentary.

In this week's Humpday Hangout, host Robert James (RJ) of Capitol Fire Training and the rest of the panel talk to guest Bob McCaa about implementing in-service training.

Jeremy Rifflard and William White offer readers their department’s experiences with these easy-to-make, low-cost structural support devices.

Dan Miller explains how best to create a successful volunteer fire department, which starts at the training academy.

Check out a roundup of Web-only articles you may have missed on the Fire Engineering site in May 2019, including Josh Pearcy on water rescue and much more.