No industry including the U.S. Army allows 13 percent of their worker fatalities to die while in training. Why does the fire service accommodate those numbers year after year?
Fresh on instructors' minds was the Feb. 9 death of Baltimore firefighter trainee Racheal M. Wilson, as well as several other well-known tragedies from other parts of the country. Teachers chose different ways to examine live-fire training -- the issue is rapidly becoming controversial -- but in every session they were clear: death during training is unacceptable.
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Live-Fire Training a Hot Button Issue at FDIC
Live-Fire Training a Hot Button Issue at FDIC - Firehouse.com News: "Firefighter"
