Posts Tagged: Search
Alameda County Working: Rescue Company Helmet Cam Captures Rescues and More
Video from Rescue Officer answers critics about delay in getting water on the fire and shows that chasing kinks is everyone's job. Where is that firm benchmark that says you must have water on the fire by __ time?
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So Much for That “It’s Not Vacant Until We Search” Ideology
Aggressive and Safety each took a hit in Toledo.
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Toledo Fire Department issues report on man’s body found after demolition of burned apartment building. Provides details of search done after initial evacuation order.
Firefighters had already rescued five as fire traveled from second floor to the attic.
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Why We Search, 2012
We are not saying you should be reckless, unsafe. We are saying you should be realistic.
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First Due Friday; Heavy Smoke from a Commercial
Check out this "soupy" commercial job in PG County, MD. Give us your RECEO breakdown, initial actions and initial rig placement. Ready...Go!
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The Pressurized Water Extinguisher,
aka “The Can”
We all know searching past fire without the protection of a charged hoseline can have some very bad consequences, but lets face it; for a confirmed life saving effort, we’ll do what we can to get the job done.
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First Due Friday; 2-Story Balloon Frame Rockin’ on the Peninsula
Watch the video of this heavily involved 2-story balloon frame house. Note the wind and the exposures. Give us your RECEO breakdown, initial actions and initial rig placement. Have fun!
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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; Truck Arrives First at a House Fire
Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we'll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation. This week, you are the Officer on the 4 person TRUCK company who ARRIVES FIRST at this single-family house fire. Due to other call volume, the FIRST DUE ENGINE is 5 minutes away.
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“Absolutely Not!” Rebuffing Refusing to Search for Occupants in Collyer Mansion Conditions
Shared Post from CMD-FD
You feel comfortable role playing god and saying this is out of the question? Then god Bless you. Writing off jobs, property and lives before you even try?
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Judge Not….
I've done it and you've done it. It is going to happen again and it's going to happen soon. With every line of duty death the Monday morning quarterbacks come out and tell us all what they should have or should not have done. We preach and teach to le…
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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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The Path You Chose
Are you sure this is the job for you? Do your actions tell you something different?
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A Tale of Two Fires
VSP will never save a firefighter that fails to wear his seatbelt, that drives like an Indy car racer, or eats his double cheeseburger on a jelly donut.
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Two and Three-Man Crews Entry No.2:
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Ladder-1 is the only company in the department that gets a green light on every fire.
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Why We Search: Detroit Extra-Credit
Detroit firefighter Dan Adams does a bit of extra credit before heading in for lessons at the academy.
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The Daily Drill 2: VES
Notice how the roof ladder projects into the window slightly. However, the ladder is already at a very low angle that could result in the butt kicking out. Should the ladder tip be removed from the window to allow for easier emergency exit/victim removal or does the angle of the ladder preclude this? What are possible solutions?
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Grocery Store Search
Have you ever thought about how you would search your local grocery store? Or better yet have you ever trained on how you would search it?
Almost every small town or suburb has at least one or two grocery stores simply because we all must EAT! Out of the first two questions just asked , I would say most have thought about it but very few have trained on it because it not a everyday occasion that we have a grocery store fire.
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The future of firefighting: Carnegie Mellon thinks helicopters could someday conduct searches inside burning buildings.
Dave has as couple of questions about this one, as I am sure you will.
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The Floor Above. Why a game changer demands different training
By making mental note of this hazard and beginning to train with this mindset we may prevent the mental breakdown of running back down stairs when it stuff hits the fan.
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Basics for Understaffed Truck Work: Search
By searching for victims and fire, we can increase the speed of fire attack and extinguishment which creates a safer fireground for everyone. This post will detail how to get the most out of your search despite various staffing levels.
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Search and Rescue Separation for Initial Training. A Shared Post
We can't let this ‘walk before we crawl’ training happen anymore, teaching our new firefighters how to search before we tell them what they are looking for. Brian Brush
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Why We Search: Atlanta
Homeless Woman Reportedly Killed In Demolition
“I was watching the backhoe turn and as he turned I heard a woman moan.”
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Victim Survivability Profiling.
A Clarification
“Every situation is a situation” and the fire you are responding to is one that you are seeing for the first time.
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