Other training materials produced by IFSTA include curricula, study guides, videos, apps, and the ResourceOne course management system.

Fire Protection Publications is an outreach program of the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT) a division in Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater.

Committees of technical experts meet and work at the conference addressing the current standards of the National Fire Protection Association and other standards-making groups as they apply to IFSTA-validated manuals.

IFSTA technical committees meet and work at the conference addressing the current standards of the National Fire Protection Association and other standards-making groups as they apply to IFSTA-validated manuals.

Committee members are technical experts who review all manual drafts (produced by the FPP editorial staff) and verify that the content is valid.

Committee members are not paid, and IFSTA or Fire Protection Publications only reimburses them for their expenses associated with attending January meetings.

The participants determined that there was a great need to compile instructional manuals on the basics of fire fighting so that training would become more consistent.

The discussions and decisions that resulted from this group formed the basis for procedures that are followed today and represented what was then called “The Fire Service Training Association (FSTA).” (“International” was added when Canada became a participant in 1955.)

W. Fred Heisler, a teacher, trainer, and director of Fire Service Training at Oklahoma A&M from 1934 to 1951, was the author, coordinator, and editor of the “Redbooks” for the next 20 years.

After Heisler's retirement, Everett Hudiburg became editor of the publication of the “Redbooks” – this operation was housed in the OSU Campus Fire Station.

By 1965, the staff of FPP outgrew the fire station, and the people involved in the writing and publishing of the manuals were moved into Quonset Hut #2 – a World War II temporary building on the OSU campus.

FPP operates out of one recently enlarged office building and a warehouse distribution center in the northwest portion of the OSU campus.