Firefighter Support .Org, supporting Firefighter training

Notice! Firefighter Support.org is an independent fund raising group supporting the training efforts of Midsouth Rescue Technologies.

We are not a part of the organization.

Firefighter Support.org is an independent group of firefighters doing our small part in supplying proper training to our smaller departments.

Firefighters battle mobile home fire

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Now you can shop online for anything, from women's apparel and auto parts, to power tools and firefighting equipment, from truck tires and videos to zig-zag sewing machines and anything in between and at the same time help support your local fire department's training.

And all at no extra cost to you!

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Firefighters battle wild fire

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You save money!--- It cost you nothing extra!

You support the many volunteers that risk their lives to protect you and your family !

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Firefighters battle high rise fire

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90% of all commissions from this website go directly to Midsouth Rescue Technologies, a non-profit fire/rescue training organization to support their training programs.

80% of all fire departments in the U.S. are volunteer. 60% of those do not have the funding for proper training. Yet they put their lives on the line for you and your family,

24 hours a day, every day of the week.

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Many people see this before they see the need.

They need your help

What does their training mean to you ?

Firefighter saves baby from burning building

The baby is handed off to the paramedic.

Firefighters not only fight fire they are trained medical

professionals. Paramedics and EMTs.

Avg. EMT school $650.00 per person

Avg. Paramdic School $2400.00 per person

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When every minute could mean your life !

Firefighters are trained professional automotive rescuers

Firefighters must be well trained with the jaws of life.

Avg. Extrication certification 60 hrs. training

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After evacuating you from the danger area !

Firefighters must deal with the hazardous materials

Firefighters are Hazardous Materials Technicians

Avg. Hazmat School 60 hrs.

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When a campfire turns to wildfire !

Firefighters battle thousands of acres to protech your home.

Many times in small groups on foot.

They are trained in trenching, back burning, fire breaks

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When your vacation turns bad !

Firefighters are trained in rope rescue.

Both high angle and low angle.

(high rise buildings or cliffs)

Avg. Ropes school 80 hrs.

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When your swept away by flood waters !

Firefighters are swift water rescue trained.

Floods, Boating accidents, Drowning

Avg. Swift Water rescue school 80 hrs.

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When a utility worker is buried alive !

Firefighters are trained in trench rescue.

They must not only dig him out, they must know

how to stop any further caving or moving of the dirt.

Avg. Trench rescue school 60 hrs.

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When a baby is swept into a sower or well !

Firefighters are trained in confined space rescue.

Many are so deep there is no oxygen to breath.

Avg. Confined Space school 60 hrs.

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When your business or job is at stake !

Firefighters are trained for industrial fires

Chemical plants, petroleum refineries.

High voltage machinery, solvents

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If that time should ever come !

Firefighters teach your children what to do.

If they were to catch their clothes on fire.

In case of a storm.

If they were trapped in a burning house.

If they found you unconscious.

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When fun turns tragic !

Firefighters are trained in ice rescue

Many of the fire departments in the northern states are

trained in ice rescue.

They are called on day and night for vehicles run off

into frozen waters.

Sportsmen who have broken through a thin area.

Children and even pets who have wondered out too far.

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When there is no way out !

Firefighters are trained in the use of aerial ladders.

Many times having to carry an unconscious person

that may be over their own weight.

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Donations can be made by credit card.

No donation is too small, one Five Dollar donation could put an instructor CD in an area school, that may teach 200 people.