Frederick County Fire Chief hopes that the National Fire Academy will soon be opened again for personal learning

He says it offers a basic and specialized training for Fire & Rescue employees.

Frederick County Fire and Rescue Service Chief Tom Coe

Frederick, MD (KM) The cancellation of personal training on the campus of the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg surprised many people in the fire brigade. The official declaration by federal civil servants is that the programs are evaluated to determine whether they comply with the administration policy.

Tom Coe, head of Frederick County Fire and Rescue Services, commented on this in a recent appearance in the “Morning News Express” from WFMD. “There are some review and program review and validation. I hope that the National Fire Academy and the associated organizations up there, the Emergency Management Institute, which is also a piece of infrastructure of our company, is open to personal learning ”::: He says.

According to Coe, the country had a “large structural tax” problem in the late 1960s and early 1970s, especially in urban areas, which led to many deaths of the fire. “The government of the United States put together the Federal Commission for Fire Protection and Control. This gave a report entitled “America Burning”, “he says.” And this report made many recommendations on how the fire brigade in our country could provide a safer and safer living situation for our citizens. And one of the results was the National Fire Academies. “

He says the National Fire Academy opened in 1979.

“We are lucky enough to have a local fire brigade training academy in which our people receive fundamental training in the Fire and Ems service, our basic training for dangerous materials and our basic rescue training,” continued Coe. “However, the National Fire Academy offers a platform for special training in terms of dangerous materials, mass brushing management and executive training for our officially officials on the level of the level. It is something that we often take advantage of here in Frederick County. “

In addition to the special training for firefighters and doctors, Coe also houses the Emmitsburg campus the Emergency Management Institute. “All emergency managers in our country come here to deal with hurricanes and earthquakes and tornados and other disasters,” he says.

But Coe says it is more than just lessons in the classroom. There is the opportunity to interact with other fire and rescue staff from all over the nation. “I can sit in a class with a boss from the city of New York, the city of Chicago or a small town in the middle of Iowa. And we can talk about the problems with which we are confronted and how we tackle them in our organizations. And this collaborative atmosphere has led to many improvements in our fire brigade, ”he says.

During the program, Chief Coe was asked whether these courses could be held online instead of traveling to Emmitsburg to get their instructions. Coe said the National Fire Academy and its common agencies teach some of their courses online. But he says that not all classes can be taught online. “There are certain classes that are suitable for the remote control or online backrests,” he says. '”But I can tell you that you cannot touch the quality of teaching and working with fire leaders if you can put them in the same room and speak of facts.”

By Kevin McManus