By Kyle Sanders Time to talk about the topic no one ever wants to talk about or train on. It always gets pushed off to the side or gets the classic “I’m smarter than that and won’t get in that situation.” This is something that no one expects to happen but can happen to the […]
Over Coming Challenges of Limited Water Areas
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadingunderfire/Water_Supply_1_-_2116_9.08_PM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSThis episode we discuss some items to consider when handling limited or no water area incidents. You have to know where these are in your response area and have a plan to over-come the problem. Each has the potential for being a challenge, but this can […]
Mayday Basics-Podcast
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadingunderfire/EHT_Mayday_Basics_2015_-_1_1_16_8.27_PM.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSThis is a short podcast discussing some basics of calling the Mayday. In this episode we discuss the shift from using LUNAR to the three W’s. Who are you? What happened to you? Where are you? With those three questions, as a firefighter we can provide […]
Company Planning at Buildings–Podcast
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadingunderfire/Company_Planning_at_Buildings_-_12_15_15_2.25_PM.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS Weekly Company Drill Building Familiarization This drill is a size up and familiarization drill. It can be broken up into several parts and get as much information gathered as possible. The objective of this drill is to identify specific hose length stretches for large […]
Ground Ladders Discussion and Podcast
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadingunderfire/2015_Ground_Ladders_EHT_-_12_7_15_6.30_PM.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS This episode is a discussion about ground ladders. It’s a basic piece of equipment that has such a huge value to us on the fire ground, but in many cases, get’s forgotten. They’re forgotten until they are needed, and then it could be a […]
Location, Location, Location!
With all of the debate about exterior versus interior, I wanted to share a video that I use in many of the tactical classes that I teach and offer a few observations. First, this is a video that is used for learning, not to critique the methods or tactics that were or were not deployed […]
Benefits of the Low Prop for Bailout
We have the distinct honor and pleasure to offer our Firefighter Bailout class at FDIC 2015 this year as one of the HOT classes. We feel, like most, that we should train and drill constantly on the basics like engine company operations, search, ventilation, fire behavior, ladder work, forcible and the list goes on, to […]
Some First Due Considerations from the Combo Side
From Captain David Konys Dealing with manpower issues is a problem that I deal with at the department where I work and where I volunteer. I am always looking for ways to maximize our manpower and it starts on the training ground. I usually have a three man engine crew and when we […]
My Take Away From 2014
Since the end of 2014, I have been reading and listening to year end thoughts and data related to the fire service. There has been discussion on types of calls, near misses and, of course, line of duty deaths. Numbers are broken down and categorized for each type of injury or death that is fire […]
Opportunities for Training: Not Just on the Drill Ground
Many times we pass on opportunities to train or learn something although many situations lend themselves to doing so. Look for ways to incorporate the situation or circumstance that you are dealing with into a learning moment. The pictures below are of a company training on aerial ops with a candidate operator. It was a […]