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Welcome to the Reality Based Training Association NewsfeedExcellent example of Reality Based demonstration and lesson presentation by a member of the Fire Service
Backdraft Firefighter Fitzpatrick teaching fire behavior to Salem Fire Department Academy 17-01 recruits using a Doll House he built. I love videos like this. Brilliant teaching techniques for Reality Based demonstration ... this is one of the better examples I have...
There is no excuse for this anymore … haphazard or non existent safety protocols are deliberately indifferent to the safety needs of the participants
Here we go again ... well, not again. Constantly. And somebody is going to lose an eye, or a testicle, or the ability to breathe ... Let me be clear. The people setting up this training are DELIBERATELY INDIFFERENT TO THE SAFETY NEEDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS, BORDERING ON...
Jeep Justice and the Ballyhoo Over Justifiable Use of Deadly Weapons
Today's internet sensation is the North Carolina pregnant woman who decided, after having her purse snatched by some local miscreant, to chase him briefly on foot before going back to her car and running him over. If you missed it, watch the news story by clicking...
New training options for civilians – Rob Morse discusses the possibilities
Here is an interesting article from Rob Morse for AmmoLand (www.ammoland.com) Along with these new training options comes countless trainers who, most often, are well intentioned. Others however can be in it for the almighty dollar or the ego pump. No matter what the...
Building Shooters author Dustin Salomon discusses the potential benefits and dangers of experiential learning
Dustin Salomon's book Building Shooters is easily one of the more important books of our time when it comes to preparing police, military and armed civilians for armed lethal combat. Dustin breaks down in easily digestible sections how exactly human beings both learn...
Improper handgun handling during chamber clearance can be hazardous
Our Staff Instructor Rick Furr has cautioned about this sort of thing for years. People who keep their hands over the ejection port while clearing a chamber during unloading or malfunction drills have been seriously injured. One potentially dangerous example is with...
YouTube video of functional tests between SIMUNITION FX Marking Cartridges and ATK Force on Force ammunition
The YouTube video below gives a nice heads up comparison of the functional reliability when comparing ATK's Force on Force ammunition and SIMUNITION's FX ammunition. Due to the different plastic in the two projectiles, the FX cartridge is prone to barrel blockage due...
UTM releases a marking cartridge compatible with 9mm SIMUNITION FX conversion devices
Once the innovator and world leader in the Non Lethal Training Ammunition industry, SIMUNITION has over the past number of years had their market share consistently eroded by competitive products. The defunct company AIRMUNITION, founded by innovator Mike Saxby, tried...
One reason that much of our training for gunfights is seriously broken
A little over a year ago, the RBTA was putting on a 5 Day Instructor School at a major metropolitan agency. During one of the scenarios, there was a belligerent man refusing to leave a business to the point where the police were summoned. After a brief argument with...
Officer who shot at emotionally disturbed man and his therapist in Florida in the summer of 2016 charged
Well, for those of you who saw the video last summer of the officer shooting continuously and missing an emotionally disturbed man and his unarmed therapist attempting to assist him, the officer involved has been charged with some pretty serious crimes. Greg Ellifritz...