Posts Tagged: Ownership
First Due Friday; A Small Fire In A Strip Mall
You are dispatched to a smoke detector and burglar alarm activation in a strip center. You arrive to find this! What do you do?
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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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Thought For The Day… It’s a Circle!
Things change, they always have , they always will.
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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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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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First Due Friday; Transitional Attack? Pre-Arrival Video
Here is a great pre-arrival video of a house fire transitioning from serious to worse. This would be a great size-up tool for anyone riding the seat. Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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This Ain’t The Burn Building
DO WE TRAIN OURSELVES INTO MEDIOCRITY? I see more pack rat houses than "Better Homes and Gardens" houses. Yet we train in nearly empty buildings. Is this the root of complacency? Are you and your crew trained to identify and overcome obstacles in our path to complete the task at hand?
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First Due Friday; We’ve Got a Hot One in the Desert (Video)
What would your FD do for this attached garage fire? Would your FD make entry through the front door and push the fire out OR knock it down from the outside, then go in? What would you do to address the extension issues? Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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VES Class Wrap Up
This past weekend, we were fortunate to be able to teach our "Ventilation, Entry & Search Techniques" class at the South Carolina Fire Academy's annual Southeastern Fire School. We had a great weekend both teaching (& learning), spending time with old friends and making new ones. Here are some of the highlights...
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Thinking Outside The Box May Kill You
Thinking “outside the box” is a perfectly appropriate goal for someone when faced with a unique challenge. Yet firefighters get hurt and killed at what some would consider less-than unique fires. Sometimes we have to keep it simple and put people in areas not only to perform efficiently, but also get us the most accurate information prior to making a dangerous decision. There are six sides to every fire and it is our job to see them all.
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First Due Friday; “Houston” We Have a Problem!
THE SCENARIO: HEAVY FIRE from the attic w/ extension to TWO other houses! If this one doesn't test the strength and discipline of your crews and alarm assignments, congratulations! Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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Thoughts On “Size 10″ Forcible Entry
Forcible Entry is always a popular topic in the blogisphere as well as the kitchen table. While we consider ourselves forcible entry purists (i.e. using the right tool for the right job in the right manner), you can't help but appreciate this how-to poster:
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2012 Class and Event Planning In Progress
Make training, professionalism and pride part of your New Year's resolution! We're in the process of building our 2012 calendar with intense, realistic hands-on training, interactive classroom events and good old-fashioned brotherhood.
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First Due Friday: “Big Box” Search
Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we'll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.
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RIC Refresher Breakdown
Saws, irons, ladders and rescues were the flavor of week for our brothers in Bluffton, SC. Safe Firefighter, LLC just wrapped up a RIC Refresher for the Bluffton Township Fire District. Training included calling the Mayday, self-rescue, rapid intervention crew assignments and operations and performing proactive RIC tasks.
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Change the Way You Train
Are you looking for quality, cost-effective Fire Service training options? I’m excited to be a part of a new training event series that will bring first-rate education and hands-on training to affordable, regional locations. There are two events this fall from Go>Forward Training...
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Another Custom Firehouse Kitchen Table. Share Yours With The Fire Critic
Attached are a couple of photos of our new dining table. It was designed and constructed by one of our firefighters here at our station, FF Charles Osvold. This table is located at Marion County Fire Rescue Station #21 “The Sleepless Knights”, the busiest house in Marion County, Florida. We are listed in Firehouse magazine as one of the nation’s top 100 busiest stations. The table measures twelve feet long by four feet wide.
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“The Academy” and the Culture
Reality Show helps to remind us why we do this job!
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Brotherhood 101
BROTHERHOOD 101 (CLICK HERE)
I found this Powerpoint on the Indy Metro FOOLS website and thought that it needed to be shared. It talks about pride, integrity and mentoring in the fire service. It questions how we do the job. Do we take the good …
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Understaffed Truck Work: Ladders
Most fire departments, if they are even lucky enough to staff a truck company, often struggle with how to maximize the tasks that the truck can accomplish on the fireground. Since times are tough and budgets are tougher, increasing staffing is unlikely…
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Fire Attack: Nozzle Firefighter Basics
Once you’ve scene the video from the “Straight Stream vs. Fog” post (January 13, 2009), you may have a new appreciation for using a straight stream during interior fire attack. Next we’ll look at a few ways to make the interior fire attack more…
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New SCBA Technology
Check out this link! This is a prototype for a new SCBA design that could significantly improve firefighter safety while operating at building fires and, hopefully, improve firefighter health through stress reduction.
As we all know, the only reason…
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