To reach patients in this critical period, a number of cities have trained police officers and firefighters as "first responders" who can initiate resuscitation.

Sales of certain accelerants are limited to the particular group allowed to purchase them for trainings and fire demolitions (to train new firefighters).

Fire Department officials acknowledge that they have not yet sufficiently trained firefighters citywide about when and how to use the common police-fire radio channels.

The department is staffed by 80 fully trained firefighters.

It also trains state police officers and firefighters.

Over the last two years he's been training firefighters and getting the island councils to clean up obvious fire hazards.

But the report also faulted the department for inadequately training firefighters on how to provide a fallen member with an air supply.

The department is staffed by 70 fully trained firefighters and responds to an average of 600 calls per year.

The Tri-State Fire School is still used today to train firefighters.

In addition, the Presidio had no professionally trained firefighters and lacked a good fire prevention plan.