Purpose: The Community Library helps participating departments share useful, non-sensitive fire-service training material. Every submission is reviewed before publication, but contributors remain responsible for what they submit.
1. Content that may be shared
- Original or properly licensed Tabletops, Training tests, questions, instructor statements, and related descriptions.
- General training material that can be safely used by departments outside the contributor's agency.
- Accurate source and license information when material is based on or adapted from an external source.
2. Content that must not be shared
- Patient information, protected health information, personal personnel details, passwords, private contact information, or other unnecessary personal information.
- Sensitive facilities, floorplans, access details, restricted response plans, security procedures, or identifiable real-incident information that is not authorized for public sharing.
- Copyrighted test banks, standards, photographs, diagrams, logos, or other material unless the contributor has permission or a clear legal right to share it.
- Dangerous, discriminatory, harassing, defamatory, sexually explicit, illegal, intentionally misleading, or malicious content.
- Material presented as official certification, legal, medical, emergency-dispatch, or life-safety direction when it is not authorized to serve that purpose.
3. Submission and moderation
Before submitting, the contributor must review the complete item, agree to these guidelines, and confirm that the department is authorized to share it. A platform reviewer may approve, reject, or later retire an item. Approval means the item may be copied by participating departments; it is not an endorsement, certification, or guarantee of accuracy.
4. Reporting and removal
Eligible users can open a published item and choose Report Community Item. Reports enter the platform moderation queue. Reviewers may investigate, request clarification, retire content, preserve relevant audit information, or take action against repeated or serious misuse. Copies already imported by departments are independent records and may require separate department review.
5. Contributor responsibility
Contributors must verify training accuracy through qualified subject-matter review before operational use. Departments decide whether copied material is appropriate for their policies, equipment, staffing, laws, and local conditions.
6. Contact
Questions about these guidelines may be submitted through Report a Problem in the application or by email to rthomann@northchathamvfd.com.