Coffee Break Bulletins for fire and EMS personnel

Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel with busy daily schedules often don’t have time to attend valuable skill-enhancing training sessions, so the U.S. Fire Administration provides Coffee Break Bulletins for you to read and enjoy during your daily break. These short bulletins provide information on training and educational topics to assist the fire and emergency services with professional development.

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Evaluating your need for new technology

Posted: Dec. 11, 2018 NEW

Student privacy rights: what training managers need to know

Posted: Nov. 27, 2018 NEW

Online learning opportunities for fire and building code officials

Posted: June 1, 2018

Residential fire sprinklers save lives and money

Posted: May 21, 2018

The Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule

Posted: May 15, 2018

How to contact a nationally recognized testing laboratory

Posted: May 7, 2018

Building construction special inspections: When are they required?

Posted: May 1, 2018

How to make sure your fire safety messages are accurate

Posted: Feb. 21, 2018

NFA course brings community risk reduction to your fire station

Posted: Feb. 6, 2018

Reaching target populations with fire and life safety messages

Posted: Oct. 31, 2017

The importance of pilot testing your community risk reduction program

Posted: Oct. 10, 2017

Teaching children how to prepare for emergencies with Ready Kids

Posted: Sept. 26, 2017

Wildland fire operations and the National Wildfire Coordinating Group

Posted: Sept. 19, 2017

Who are you going to call? The National Wildfire Response System

Posted: Sept. 12, 2017

YFIRES: Helping communities understand youth firesetting behaviors

Posted: Sept. 5, 2017

When should you update your NFIRS reports?

Posted: Aug. 29, 2017

Want to increase your cultural competence in risk reduction?

Posted: Aug. 22, 2017

How to improve your cross-cultural communication for risk reduction

Posted: Aug. 15, 2017

Wildland firefighting and the NIFC

Posted: Aug. 11, 2017

Where’s the data?

Posted: Aug. 3, 2017

Hydraulic system nameplates

Posted: July 31, 2017

Developing integrated plans

Posted: July 27, 2017

“Why?” — The process of inquiry

Posted: July 24, 2017

The consequences of leadership and decision-making

Posted: July 20, 2017

Striking while the iron is hot

Posted: July 17, 2017

Eyes wide open! Leadership and situational awareness

Posted: July 13, 2017

Quality management in Emergency Medical Services — Implementing change

Posted: July 11, 2017

Quality management in Emergency Medical Services — Problem statement

Posted: July 6, 2017

Quality management in Emergency Medical Services — DMAIC

Posted: June 29, 2017

Quality management in Emergency Medical Services

Posted: June 26, 2017

Communitywide versus service area risk assessment

Posted: June 21, 2017

It’s not about being their friend

Posted: June 14, 2017

Selecting a public policy planning group

Posted: June 7, 2017

The public policy development cycle

Posted: May 31, 2017

How to create a simple building evacuation diagram

Posted: May 24, 2017