Mobilizing Training to Meet a Need

About the Program

Category: Criminal Justice and Public Safety (Best in Category)

Year: 2013

The York County Department of Fire and Life Safety strives to maintain the highest standards of professional development and in doing so, attempts to offer high quality training when and where possible. As the economy downturn left many looking for ways to continue to do more with less, the Department’s management staff was determined to meet an essential training need while meeting that challenge. While it is not always feasible to send staff and apparatus away to participate in training, it may be feasible to bring the training to the department! Working through a myriad of scenarios to ensure that high quality, safe, efficient and effective live fire training was available to all department members, staff worked with the Virginia Department of Fire Programs to bring mobile live fire training props to the County, therein “Mobilizing Training to Meet a Need!”