National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Launches New Online
Learning Network for the Fire Service.
Emmitsburg, MD – January 2013 – The National Fallen
Firefighters Foundation has launched a new online learning network, FireHeroLearningNetwork.Com. This new learning network will bring critical
training in safety, operations, and community relations to more than 1 million
firefighters and fire officers in the United States. In addition to working on
standard computers, FireHeroLearningNetwork.Com is mobile-ready for tablets and
smartphones.
FireHeroLearningNetwork.Com, created with a Fire Prevention &
Safety Grant from the United States Fire Administration (USFA), provides vital,
expert-vetted safety and operations education that will save firefighter and
civilian lives.In addition to
presenting best practices for line firefighters to implement, a number of
modules will assist leadership and command in improving how the department
works, its SOPs, and its interactions with the public. Chief Ronald Jon
Siarnicki, Executive Director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation,
explains, “The Fire Hero Learning Network will help us reach a larger number of
firefighters across the country.Whether
you’re a fire chief or a probationary member, the online network can be used to
have those important discussions about strategy, tactics and focusing on
everyone going home at the end of a tour of duty.” The content on the learning network is in line
with Everyone Goes Home®, the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives program, and
all applicable national standards relating to the fire service.
Once registered, users can access free multimedia modules with video,
interactive knowledge checks, user progress tracking, completion certificates,
and a transcript for those pursuing continuing education credits. As FireHeroLearningNetwork.Com expands, it is
planned to be the central hub of all online, interactive training offered by
the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.Chief Dennis Compton, Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, explains, “The
Mission of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is to honor the fallen,
take care of the families and to learn from the incidents that injure and kill
firefighters so we can prevent them from happening.The Learning Network will help us to
accomplish the mission as we expand the courses and the audience that we
reach.”
Since
the 1600’s, the fire service in the United States has made great sacrifices to
save lives and property.The long, proud
tradition of learning and information sharing within the fire service has
resulted in many safety and operational improvements over the centuries. FireHeroLearningNetwork.Com is the next step in the
effort to spread knowledge that saves lives and improves how fire departments
respond to emergencies of all types.