Fire training in Arkansas began in 1939 through the Arkansas Fire College in an office in the Old Main Building at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus. The first official training publication of the Fire College, titled "Arkansas Fireman", was issued May 15, 1939. The Arkansas Fire College and its monthly training publication were transferred from the University of Arkansas to the Arkansas Fire Prevention Bureau in Little Rock on September 1, 1942. The Arkansas Fire Prevention Bureau was supported by the Arkansas Inspection and Rating Bureau, later to be known as the Insurance Service Office (ISO). From the time of inception in 1939 to the final publication in on December 1, 1969, the monthly publication was written by Carl S. Smalley, the first state fire instructor.