5 Week ODP 11-2015 I have been running this class now for over a year and the demand has grown. I am happy to say that this class will be the first for us to use a Learning Management System, Blackboard, to deliver our next offering in November. This will allow the student easier access […]
Engine Elite: America’s 1st Defense
Take a look and get registered for this comprehensive hands on class. We are posting this for some friends of ours, so please read the flyer for registration and details. Engine Elite Class; “America’s 1st Defense”
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 […]
Five Week Officer Development Program–Sept. 2015
This class is becoming very popular and we are almost to a point that we are accommodating entire departments and their company officers–it’s very exciting! The next class is set to start on September 28, 2015. It is all online and is only five weeks. It does take some work and you will get out […]
How Dare You! – We Can No Longer Tolerate Incompetence…
By: Captain Steve Heidbreder As many of you may have done over the Father’s Day weekend, I spent some time thinking about the day and what it means to me as a father. I reflected on my own Father, my Step-Dad, my Grandfathers, and those that were a father figure in my life. I then looked at myself […]
Being the Right Kind of First
I was lucky to have some great officers and leaders influence my career path in the fire service, and in life. They were always offering sound advice and sharing their experiences. Some I heeded right away and others I had to learn the hard way. Either way, their words and actions provided me a template […]
Mind the Hose!
Stretching an attack line dry is a tactic for a set of very specific situations. A couple that come to mind are exterior stairwells, protected interior stairwells, and for tenable halls/corridors from a protected stairwell. With all of these, somebody must be assigned to mind the hose before it’s charged and it must be laid […]
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 […]
Four Simple Rules for the Company Officer
I talk a great deal about the role of the company officers and how they influence the members of your department. When teaching officer development we hit hard on setting and establishing expectations and ensuring that there is follow-through with those expectations. I was recently asked about expectations for my company officers. They aren’t too […]
[Podcast – 005] The Importance of Knowing and Training with Personal Protective Equipment
http://traffic.libsyn.com/flipppedfire/EHT_Episode_5_PPE.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS In this episode Engine House Training LLC Co-Owner and Lead Instructor Gary Graf discusses the importance of knowing your PPE. Every firefighter must practice and train with every aspect of his or her PPE. These basic items that we often take for granted will end […]
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