“What are you going to do at 3:00 in the morning when you get that call with people hanging out of windows with an active fire?” We’ve all heard or said that in regards to our training and preparation at some point in our career. It’s safe to say that it can be considered cliché […]
With or Without the Hose Line?
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadingunderfire/With_or_Without_the_Hose_Line_-_7_15_16_5.48_PM.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS In the last few weeks I posted about being aggressive. In that post I mentioned that we, our department, will search without a hose line. This seemed to raise some eyebrows and concern about what I said. This podcast addresses what I mean by that […]
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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 […]
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 […]