Posts Categorized: Training Development
Don’t Be That Firefighter
Are you this kind of firefighter? We hope not.
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Making Paramedicine a Profession
The 2009 EMS Educational Standards vaults paramedicine out of the vocational training arena. Need to build our professional educational resources.
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VES with Ladder Bail
This is a video of a drill we do. It starts as a VES drill with the firefighter ascending the ladder and then clearing a window. The space is smoked up and the fierfighter enters, starting his search for the door. While he’s searching we throw a rug …
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Identify Basics
There is always talk of the basics and what they mean to the fire ground. Basics are the Key to preventing fire ground emergencies. Every week we will look at a fire not to poke fun or disrespect the agency in the photo or video, but in an effort to use …
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Congratulation EHS Graduates!
Mike recognizes the Emergency Health Services class of 2012 graduates.
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Kill The Flashover
Transitional attack is something you might see in our department, but you probably wouldn't hear anyone using the terminology "Transitional Attack". It would merely be a case of cooling the fire prior to heading inside if needed.
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Best of the Rest – Learning to Crawl, Fingerprints, Chicago Fire, All My Rowdy Friends…and More
Best of the Rest - Learning to Crawl, Fingerprints, Fireground Flowthrough, Chicago Fire, All My Rowdy Friends, Terrifying Secrets About Riding in an Ambulance, Training, and much more!
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Class Announcement: Forcible Entry 1 & 2 (THIS MONTH!)
FORCE MORE DOORS IN A DAY THAN YOU HAVE IN YEARS! The Bluffton Twp. Fire District will be hosting a FORCIBLE ENTRY DAY at their fire HQ. We will be putting on a Forcible Entry 1 (Irons & Through-the-Lock) & Forcible Entry 2 (Saw Ops, Advanced Irons & High Security). REGISTRATION PERIOD IS SHORT... DON'T MISS IT!
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First Due Friday; You Arrive on the Truck… (Video)
First thing you see is a Truck pulling up to the scene. YOU'RE ON THAT TRUCK! Based on what you see with the building, the conditions, the Engine Co. and other crews' operations, WHAT ARE YOUR ASSIGNMENTS FOR YOUR CREW? Compare this FD's ops to your FD and give us your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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Down South Trucking!
Often times fire ground operations dictate aggressive engine work and the situation will get better for everyone, but who is looking out for the firefighters making the push. We are condition to make excuses or rely on the Fast/RIT teams to do basics fir…
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Ohio Close Calls
Blaming Radios and Remembering Past Tragedy
Relying blindly on technology without incorporating behavioral changes is like giving an M40 to someone who has never fired a rifle in their lives and expecting them to put every round in the 10-ring. It’s not going to happen.
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Best of the Rest – Training, News, Golfing, Pride, Rescues, Social Media, Detroit debacle, and much more!
Best of the Rest - Training, News, Golfing, Pride, Rescues, Social Media, Detroit debacle, and much more!
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Thought For The Day… It’s a Circle!
Things change, they always have , they always will.
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R.I.T Friend or Foe
The discussion of Rapid Intervention continued to come up among various groups.
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Kensington Working:
Basement Fires, Ladders and Kinks
"[The fireground] moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. " Ferris Bueller, kinda.
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Class Announcement! Street Smart Forcible Entry
Irmo Fire District, in Columbia, SC, will be hosting 2 open enrollment 4-Hour Street Smart Forcible Entry 1 classes
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Globe’s WASP
Physiological and Location Monitoring on the Fireground
Just before he presses the button on his handie-talkie the EMS duty officer reaches out to him, “Check this out, Ladder 104 Can, he’s spiked his heart rate and respiration.”
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Noobs
Rookie Partner and I have a student, and because it is a female student she is "technically" under the control of RP. Not that I have any fears about RP not being able to do this. She's smart. She's good. But she's sooooo impressionable. If I'm grouchy a…
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Detroit Fire Commissioner – Let Some Buildings Burn To The Ground
I might take the policy a step further. Put the 10,000 abandoned homes designated for demolition on a list and have the fire department identify all the structures on the list that could be burned safely.
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How a structural engineer/firefighter looks at buildings
A structural engineer and firefighter shares his view on building construction at FDIC
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Globe WASP
Getting Closer to Better Firefighter Tracking and Monitoring
Firefighter tracking, health monitoring and PPE combine to offer a proactive approach to your safety on the fireground.
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Technician Kyle Wilson and the lessons we can never forget
Commemorate the fifth anniversary of Technician Kyle Wilson's line-of-duty death by doing a drill on the lessons learned.
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First Due Friday; Heavy Fire, Standpipe Ops & Mayday! (Video)
This video is a great training tool for size-up, radio comms & Command presence. This FD sounds very professional despite difficult fire conditions. This week we've got heavy fire & smoke on an upper floor w/ standpipe ops in progress and a Mayday called while transitioning to Defensive Ops. Compare this FD's ops to your FD and give us your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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The First Responders of Television
A must-have TV reference book
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The Long Stretch and Push
When looking at this type of building we need to consider the construction type, occupancy, access and egress points and any special hazards. What are our initial resources and what should we have coming on the way? This building is four stories and is a dormartory at a college. The corridor length is 225 from stairwell to stairwell. As you look at the building in the picture, the stairwell on the right is more remote from a parking surface than the one on the left.
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