ITAC Links
Education Institutions
Find information on fire chain of command, fire incident command, incident command supplies, incident commander responsibilities and more.
www.nfaonline.dhs.gov The National Fire Academy
www.education-portal.com/fire_science_colleges.html Lists largest U.S. Fire Science Colleges by student enrollment
www.uscollegesearch.org/fire-science--firefighting-colleges.html Listing of fire service college and university programs
Fire Action Videos
www.firestormvideos.com Producer of outstanding fireground action videos
www.providencefirevideos.com Rhode Island fire videos by Matt Gregoire
www.fire-police-ems.com/index.shtml Fire videos, books, and more
www.chicagofirevideo.com Chicago area fire videos
www.secondalarmfirefilms.com Philadelphia area fires
Fire & Life Safety Organizations
www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/index.shtm The United States Fire Administration
www.bfsa.org.uk British Fire Services Association
www.nfaaa.org National Fire Academy Alumni Association (membership is free)
www.nsefo.org National Society of Executive Fire Officers
www.publicsafetyexcellence.org Center for Public Safety Excellence (formerly CFAI)
www.iafss.org International Association for Fire Service Science
www.nwcg.gov National Wildfire Coordinating Group
www.iafc.org International Association of Fire Chiefs
www.iaff.org International Association of Fire Fighters
www.nvfc.org National Volunteer Fire Council
www.fireservice.co.uk United Kingdom (British) fire service info
www.jibc.bc.ca/fire/index.htm Justice Institute of British Columbia Fire & Safety Division
www.hkfsd.gov.hk/home/eng/index.htm Hong Kong Fire Services Department
Fire Service Nostalgia
www.lastresortfd.org Nice website of the Last Resort Fire Department in Seattle, WA
Fire Research
www.fire.gov “Better fire fighting through research”
www.fire.nist.gov The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Building and Fire Research Libratory; free stuff available!
Health & Safety
www.fdsoa.org/home the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (Incident Safety Officer Certification available)
www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/FIRE Fatality investigation reports and more
www.firefighterclosecalls.com Billy Goldfeder and Gordon Graham collaboration
www.firefighternearmiss.com Had a close call? Report it here
www.osha.gov The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
www.firehero.org The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
www.delmarfans.com/home-fire-safety/ A Kid's Guide to Fire Safety at Home, Contributed by Mia, Mrs. Bowen's 5th Grade Student
Images
www.lafirephotos.com Southern California fire and life safety photography
www.stevespak.com Outstanding FDNY photography and videography by Steve Spak
www.flickr.com/photos/lafd Los Angeles Fire Department 'photostream' (updated regularly)
Incident Management
www.nimsonline.com National Incident Management System
www.ims-consortium.org Developers of the Model Procedures manuals
Periodicals
www.firehouse.com Firehouse magazine, Firehouse.com, and Firehouse conferences
www.fireengineering.com/index.html Fire Engineering and FDIC
www.fpemag.com Official online magazine of the Society of Fire Protection
www.firerescue1.com/firerescue-magazine FireRescue is now partnered with IAFC
www.firefightingincanada.com Firefighting In Canada and the Canadian Firefighter and EMS Quarterly
Risk Management
www.gordongraham.com Gordon Graham's website (Graham Research Consultants)
Software
www.digitalcombustion.com Fire Studio 4.0, sophisticated, easy to use incident simulation software
www.commandsim.com Powerful incident simulation software
www.cadzone.com/default.htm Outstanding pre-incident plan development tools
www.firehousesoftware.com Firehouse Software, fire department records management
Training Resources
www.vincentdunn.com A true gentleman and one of my mentors
www.lbfdtraining.com Long Beach (CA) Fire Department training division (some innovative training stuff); where my Dad worked
www.rftd.org Regional Fire Training Division (my department is one of three that comprise RFTD)
www.animatedknots.com/index.php Ever wonder how to tie a Monkey’s Fist?
www.action-training.com Excellent fire service video training programs
www.fireblast.com Well designed live-fire, forcible entry, and USAR training props (mobile and fixed)
www.fetn.com Fire and Emergency Training Network (also American Heat and PULSE)
www.ifsta.org Fire Protection Publications at Oklahoma State University
www.firebooks.com Looking for a fire service book? . . . you’ll find it here or you won't find it
www.firecommandtraining.com BC John Salka's website
www.firetactics.com Interesting information from the 3-D Firefighting guys
www.1strespondernews.com All kinds of fire service information
www.napd.com The National Academy of Professional Driving (great apparatus driver training program)
Water
www.1ststriketech.com The Vindicator, interesting nozzle technology by First Strike Technology
www.fireflowtechnology.com Paul 'Big Paulie' Sharpiro (“don't mess around, just blast it”)
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