Posts Categorized: Educationtraining
RIT and a little challenge tossed in.
Ok folks, here we go. We all or most have been hit by less manpower, because we all know we can do more with less. For those of that run with a 3 person company, (Driver, Boss, and a Firefighter) no real challenge here. For those who have 5 or 6 member…
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Tactics Tuesday
Discuss your Size- up Incident operations. Tell us where you would place your apparatus
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Basic Competition Drill
Here is a quick and easy drill that we found on the internet a little while back. It is fun and promotes friendly competition between all members. All you will need is full P.P.E with SCBA, tape tools, a cone and a stop watch or other timing device.
Set…
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Flashover Friday
The topic for Flashover Friday is: Marginal Firefighter
1 . How do you deal with them
2. Tips for improvement
3. How to handle the rest of the crew tired of the marginal firefighter
We want to hear from the Senior Man all the way up to the Officer's
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Truck Company Daily Checks
Like always, I'm not here to tell you your job. Do what's in your SOP's and what you're told to do by your bosses. I've been bouncing around the city in my half a$$ promotional status and I've had the pleasure and displeasure of working with a variet…
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Water rescue Basics
So, after another frustration round of training where everybody knows everything and the boss gets shouted to the back row, I've come to a conclusion (again). You need to have an SOP that outlines what companies should do at different incident types.…
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Fire Alarm activation drill
Ok Brothers and Sisters, we all run these things regularly. The drill portion of this is quick and easy, well maybe. We all have policies for AFA's do we follow them the same at 2 in the afternoon or 2 in the morning? We all need a refresher from time t…
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Building hazard identification
Let's take a look at identifying hazards in different structures. This drill is great because it can be used in-house or on the street and really should be used by officers and firefighters alike. This drill is gaged to make us think and use our common …
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Tactics Tuesday
Double House Fire. Give your Size up and Incident Operations.1. Any Special Considerations you would make.2. How many alarms?
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Dumpster Fire To go along with Drill
Please see drill below
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Dumpster fire
Ok, while I'm not great at getting all the pretty visuals in here yet, this is another good drill for everyone, boss to probie.
Your company is dispatched to a dumpster fire at 01:30 in your apartment complex, your dispatcher notifies you that PD is on …
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Happy Birthday Dave Leblanc
On Wednesday Dave Celebrated his birthday with our Copy Editor Kelly and it was an oversight on my part. Dave thanks for all you do and a Very Happy Birthday to you. Hope it was a great day!
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Flashover Friday-officers
I'm going to complain about officers today.
In the last week I've run into 2 different officers that are poisoning my department from the inside.
1st was a central station alarm. The engine arrived first and investigated with all their gear on. (The ri…
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Portable radio Drill
Here is a quick a simple little drill for improving our knowledge of our portable radios, without even picking one up. Needed for the drill: Piece of blank paper for each member, a pencil, and hopefully, the memory is up to the test.
Every member gets t…
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Happy Birthday to Our Copy Editor Kelly Bush
Happy Birthday to our Copy Editor Kelly Bush. Kelly works hard for us when we actually submit our post in to get edited. We hope she has a very special day and want to say thanks for all you do.
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What's wrong with this picture?
Ok so I am not claiming to be an expert on loading LDH or anything but to see this makes me wonder. What are people thinking when they load hose? This is the rear of the hose bed. Who was in charge of the process? Paying attention to details can go a lon…
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Tactics Tuesday
Give your Size Up, and Incident actions
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Drill Time
Hello all I'm Drillmaster, Fire Student asked me to keep the site in drills for basic company operations. I will be putting up drills regularly to give firefighters and company officers alike, a place to grab a drill for the shift. We train everyday, we …
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Fire Vocabulary: Balloon Frame Constrution
Answer the following questions.
1. What is Balloon Frame Construction
2. What are the Hazards associated with Balloon Frame construction
3. What Classification does Balloon Frame construction fall under meaning Type
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Tactics Tuesday
Give your Size up and Fire Ground Operations
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Give the best saying or phrase you use or have heard by Jeff Schwering
Many quotes and sayings, whether by well known Brother firefighters or the guy on the next due company, seem to play a part in who we are as firefighters and as Brothers! Lets see how many we can come up with. Since I'm tossing the gauntlet, I'll be firs…
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Drill: Practice your Mayday Procedures
Review your procedures for calling a mayday
Discuss the parameters of when you would call a mayday like the pic below.
Get your gloves and radio and call a mayday using whichever mnemonic your department uses ex LUNAR, UNCAN
Also practice activating…
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Flashover Fridays
Sorry this isn't where we show you a video of flashovers. The ticker tape was pretty popular so we will expand on that. Everybody loves to complain, myself included. We'll start with some general things and then see where we go from there.
Complai…
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Apparatus Chevroning? Non Effective Reaction or About Damn Time
While enjoying the discussion on Personal Escape Systems. Bill Carey from BackstepFirefighter really got me to thinking. Why are we always so reactionary to problems and want to fix them with gadgets when the problem does boil down to training. Don't t…
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Firefighter fitness
According to USFA, as of May 31, 2110 there were 31 LODDs. Of those, 17 were heart attack.
More than 54%.
More than half.
I guess that begs the question; Why?
I'll spare you the firehouse routine. Here are the factors that USFA uses-Tobacco use, …
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