FIRE

The Jones & Bartlett Learning Public Safety Group provides expert curricula addressing not only the foundational skills every firefighter needs, but also digital and print resources enabling every student to thrive as drivers and operators, fire officers, hazardous materials specialists, fire inspectors, fire investigators, fire instructors, or technical rescue experts. PSG’s high-quality texts are written, edited by, and reviewed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), and respected authors in the fire industry—including Gregory Noll, Michael Hildebrand, Marsha Giesler, Forest Reeder, Glenn Corbett, Loui McCurley, Beverley Walker, Randy Bruegman, Bernard Klaene, Richard Gann, Robert Klinoff, and many more. Our fire science resources are mapped fully to the National Fire Academy’s Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) model curriculum associate's-level and bachelor's-level courses.

Because students learn in different ways, PSG creates multimedia resources that promote deeper learning and help every fire student excel, strengthening Navigate eBooks and printed books with interactive lectures, case studies, skill drills, chapter summaries, high-quality photos and illustrations, workbooks, audiobooks, flashcards, practice tests, expert tips, and more. Fire service instructors let us know how much they appreciate PSG’s industry-leading student materials. Captain Kevin Reed, a fire program manager, said that Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills resources have “everything we wanted, from the book component to the online component, and it carried over well from class to class.” His class is truly engaged, too; his students “like all the components, including the interactive lectures and TestPrep questions, which we use in our program.” Perhaps most important, his students find value in the materials’ flexibility and accessibility. “Ultimately,” he said, “the students like the ability to access their learning material when and where they want so they can do additional studying at their own pace.”

At Jones & Bartlett Learning Public Safety Group, fire instructors find comprehensive, engaging digital and print resources they trust for training firefighters and fire science students every day. With an array of useful teaching tools, they can customize their curriculum for students inside the classroom and online and easily adjust to accommodate longer or shorter training sessions. They also know that firefighters and fire science students find just what they need from Public Safety Group to understand challenging concepts, whether they learn best from materials that are printed, digital, audio, highly visual, interactive, or broken down into small bites. With Public Safety Group’s expert fire training materials, students are learning to serve the public with expertise, fight fires successfully, keep themselves and others safe, and save lives every day. They’re also passing their exams, working with teams to hone their skills, and learning and growing every day in their careers.