FDIC, the World’s Largest Firefighter Training Conference and Exhibition, will be held 20-25 April 2015 at the Indiana Convention Center & Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. This international event is one of the most important and influential fire safety and professional development gatherings. With a strong selection of training and short courses and a large…
Summer is approaching in the United States. Outdoor activities and gatherings will again become central pieces of day to day life. Cold beverages will be served. Meals will be grilled. And compressed air will be a huge part of it—as always, behind the scenes. When the temperature soars in Los Angeles, compressed air will keep…
Ronald Helsel holds up a copy of the $500 grant that the Oakland Volunteer Fire Co. (Johnstown, Pa.) won in TRI’s 2013 Volunteer Fire Department Grant Contest. Additionally, TRI is providing Oakland VFC with a free NFPA 1989 Compressed Breathing Air Test. FDIC was held this past month in Indianapolis. The annual FDIC event brings together…
FDIC, the World’s Largest Firefighter Training Conference and Exhibition, will be held 7 – 12 April 2014 at the Indiana Convention Center & Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. This international event is one of the most important and influential fire safety and professional development gatherings. With a strong selection of training and short courses…
Nearly 70% of the firefighters in the United States are volunteer firefighters, and roughly two-thirds of all fire departments are volunteer fire departments (VFDs). That is more than 750,000 emergency service personnel and 21,000 VFDs! VFDs play an essential role in the national emergency response network. While departments everywhere—VFDs and standard fire departments—have increasingly been…
