Rudy Horist's Groups (24)

FDIC

98 members Latest Activity: Jan 14, 2018 For those attending and presenting at the Fire Department Instructors Conference.

Buildingsonfire

15 members Latest Activity: Aug 3, 2018 Buildingsonfire.com; An Informational, Reference and Training site Dedicated to the Art & Science of Building Construction, Firefighting and…

The Volunteer Fire Service

74 members Latest Activity: Jun 22, 2014 Discussing issues relevent, and unique, to the volunteer fire service.

Books, Articles, Web Sites

35 members Latest Activity: Apr 5, 2014 Have you read any good books or articles lately or discovered a web site that may benefit this community? Are you looking for information on a…

The Connection

13 members Latest Activity: Apr 6, 2011 We are featuring people and programs that demonstrate "best practices" in the fire service and provide us with positive role models. Please…

Becoming a Better Instructor!

169 members Latest Activity: May 9, 2018 A group to discuss becoming a better instructors!

Command Safety

45 members Latest Activity: May 12, 2015 Forum on mission critical challenges during combat fire engagement in the areas of; Building Construction, Risk, Operations, Behaviors & Safety…

The Professor: Building Construction

180 members Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2018 In this group, we'll discuss all things building construction. What are the lessons of recent fires? What have past fires taught us?. What are the…

Tradition, TRADITION!

300 members Latest Activity: May 13, 2015 This is the group dedicated to the glue that holds "Pride and Ownership" together - tradition! We'll be talking about historic fires, important…

FireFighterClose Calls

221 members Latest Activity: Jul 16, 2017 Fires & runs with a "Close Call" where we coulda, shoulda, woulda-or, it was simply not avoidable. Short and sweet: what happened, what we learned,…

High-Rise Fire Group

147 members Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2018 So many cities have High-Rise structures and the tactics used by various departments varies as much as the cities themselves. The group is designed…

COMPANY DRILLS

510 members Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2020

A resource for Company Officers to assist with the delivery of company level training.

Chief's Thoughts and Concerns

65 members Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2014 Whether you are the chief of a small career department, a volunteer company or a battalion or deputy chief in a large urban department there are…

Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II

64 members Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2014 A new way to train the next generation of firefighters!

Policies and Procedures

51 members Latest Activity: Mar 16, 2014 The purpose of this group is to share and review policies; and to create a clearing house for departments that need guidance or ideas in developing…

Street Smart Fire Officer

217 members Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2018 Becoming an officer is a daunting task. Becoming a good officer on the fireground is even harder. This group will concentrate on Fireground…

Mentoring

77 members Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2014 What are we doing, what should we be doing?

Safety and Survival John Salka FDNY

70 members Latest Activity: Oct 25, 2014 Duxbury Firefighters are excited to announce FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka for our 2nd annual Safety and Survival Conference. The two training…

Training Officers Mutual Aid Group

176 members Latest Activity: Jan 19, 2015 Training Officers and Instructors group dedicated to professional development of TO's and Instructors.

Tactical Building Blocks

391 members Latest Activity: Dec 16, 2018

This group will focus on aggressive interior firefighting. We will address tactics that increase your chance of not getting jammed up and cover…