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The economy has been blamed for many things in the past couple of years; however, one good thing did come out of the economic downturn: Technical rescue training in the Peoria (Ariz.) Fire Department made some positive changes. Tom Pendley describes how he implemented a new model on a trial basis that better defined expectations for rescuers when maintaining skill competency. He also describes the evaluation process rescuers undergo when using the new model.