To be a good leader, you must be willing to have a positive attitude, maintain your credibility, and be humble. In this course, Paul Combs invites you to learn the 12 recipes for success in a leadership role. These recipes are standards the foundation for success. As Lieutenant (ret.) Paul Combs walks you through the recipes for success, he shares key advices, stories, and his cartoons proving that if you have a passion for the fire service and follow the recipe for success, you will find success as a leader.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
Did you know that a coffee nap can be an effective way to recharge? There are also a few other tips to keep in mind when taking a nap. Whether you've had a busy day or just need a quick break, this micro-learning will highlight five things to consider for a successful nap.
Course Type: Microlearning
Course Duration: 5 min.
Taking proactive action towards mental health is a proven means to combat the many mental health disorders that are common among first responders including depression, addiction, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Tragically, when not addressed, the end result of each of these can be suicide. This course will discuss methods to prevent suicide by learning its traceable causes. Rather than focusing on individual risk factors, this course will explain how creating an environment to encourage help-seeking behavior can alter an individual’s trajectory from reaching suicide.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
Individuals with autism are seven times more likely to interact with first responders than the average citizen. To ...
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 150
When you provide first aid, it is important that you help both the victim and yourself. Take this course to find out how to avoid legal liability, prevent disease transmission and determine how and when to move victims. This course will remind you how to assess the scene and the victim as well as how to recognize cardiac incidents, perform CPR, treat choking and put victims in the recovery position. This course will also discuss bleeding control, shock and anaphylaxis, burns and electrical shock, sudden illnesses, as well as poisonings and bites. Additionally, this course will also refresh your memory for initial treatment of brain, spine, chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries as well as bone, joint, and muscle injuries. Lastly, this course will discuss cold and heat emergencies.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 120 min
Medical emergencies can happen anywhere and at any time. Someone’s life may depend on your ability to rapidly recognize and intervene in certain cases. This course will refresh your knowledge of how to provide first aid for people in need of medical attention while you wait for further medical help to arrive. Topics will include initial actions, consent, recognizing sudden illnesses, CPR, choking, bleeding control, injury types, as well as cold and heat stress.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 120 min
As a first-time manager, you likely feel a mixture of excitement and apprehension about your new role. What ...
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
As a first responder, you may encounter varying types of bloodborne and airborne pathogens. It is necessary to be prepared for these circumstances so that you are better equipped to protect yourself and others and help to stop the spread of potentially dangerous pathogens. This course will discuss bloodborne and airborne pathogens, including the use of personal protective equipment and controlling exposure.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
What does it mean to have integrity? What role does it play in career advancement and job satisfaction? These questions make up the heart of this course on workplace integrity. As we'll discuss, there are benefits and challenges of maintaining integrity when making difficult workplace decisions. Through real-world examples, you'll see the three forms of workplace integrity in action. You’ll also uncover four steps to align your values and actions to become someone that others trust, admire, and respect.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
Many of us took courses on writing in elementary school or even high school, however, there are specific ...
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
Many people think of a confined space as a small, dark space like a closet or crawl space. Confined spaces include much more than just tight spaces with limited light. They have shared characteristics that you can use to better identify them. If one of your co-workers passed out in a confined space, would you go in to rescue him? Can you be sure the air in the space is safe? This training will help you understand the risks associated with confined spaces and the procedures your employer has in place to protect you and those around you. Do not take this information lightly as it can make the difference between life and death!
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
Most vehicle accidents are actually the result of human error. If an error is made at the wrong moment, an accident or collision will result. A consistent, defensive approach to driving is the best way to reduce the likelihood of driver error. The goal of this course is to provide drivers of large vehicles with the knowledge and safe driving techniques they need to prevent collisions and violations. A split-second decision can change your life, especially when you are behind the wheel of a fast-moving, heavy vehicle. This course will also discuss distracted driving, changing lanes safely, speed effects on stopping distance, tailgating, and extreme driving conditions (such as rain, snow, ice, fog, or extremely hot or cold weather).
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 120 min
