Posts Tagged: Tactics
Ready, Set, Go…
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Before Making Entry, while in the street;
Has someone completed or assigned reconned a 360 of the building?
Have you looked at the Building and …
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CLASSES! “Truck Work 101″
Participants will experience HIGH ENERGY, HANDS-ON truck work training. We enhance the traditional LOVERS PLUS truck work model with MODERN skills & knowledge that can be used TODAY on YOUR FIREGROUND!
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A New Years Resolution Mad Lib “On Firefighting”
As firefighters, danger is a part of our job. Ignoring the danger or masking it with blanket statements & safety slogans will almost certainly result in a catastrophic reality check.
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The Fireground is Like Loading a Dishwasher
There are as many ways to operate on the fireground as there are ways to load a dishwasher. Some require a little planning but result is streamlined operations and functional flexibility. Others rely on making the plan as you go and may require a little more work to get the job.
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First Due Friday; Fire in Hell’s Kitchen… Literally (Video)
(VIDEO) You are on the first unit to arrive at this occupied multi-family/ taxpayer fire in NYC. Give us your SIZE-UP, CREW ASSIGNMENTS & RECEO VS considerations. Also, watch the fireground ops and share your constructive criticism. Enjoy!
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Brooklyn Working: First Due Video from Box 1794
First in with one and one and a boat-load of cops.
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CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT! “Street Smart” Forcible Entry
Safe Firefighter, LLC is proud to announce that we'll be back at Irmo Fire District (Columbia, SC) offering 3 DAYS of OPEN ENROLLMENT forcible entry training OCTOBER 23, 24 & 25. 3 training days with 2 class offerings each day. You pick dates and times!
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Brooklyn Working: Supermarket Fire in East Flatbush
Videos from Box 4-4-2303 for 405 Remsen Avenue.
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First Due Friday; How Do You RIC?
How does your FD staff the RIC & what, if anything, are they allowed/expected to do at a fire?
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The Italian Stallion on “Getting It Done”
As budgets shrink and staffing dwindles, our duties and responsibilities remain the same. Rocky Balboa offers some words of wisdom to help us through these tough economic times.
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Fire Training Toolbox
Greetings to all,
I am very excited to tell you about the newest endeavor we have started. Many of the training officers around me already knew that I would do a monthly group email to my list of training folks. Sharing what training outlines and su…
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First Due Friday; Decisions, Decisions
You are first to arrive to find this heavily involved double wide mobile home. IS THIS A GO, NO-GO or SOMETHING ELSE? What are the ATTACK and RESCUE CONSIDERATIONS? Give us your SIZE-UP, CREW ASSIGNMENTS & RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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Shock, Gap, Set, Force- It Works In The “Real World” (Video)
Here is a great video that gives some "street cred" to the SHOCK, GAP, SET, FORCE process of forcing doors.
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Leadership Chart
Some people learn by watching, some by reading others by doing, most by a combination of each. Here's chart we found on Facebook via Tim Nemmers, Lead Instructional Designer for Suburban Fire Development. Enjoy and please share!
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WHAT ARE SIPs?
SIPs is an acronym for Structural Insulated Panel. Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are a high performance building system for residential and light commercial construction. The panels consist of an insulating rigid foam core sandwiched between two st…
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CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT! Street Smart Forcible Entry 1 & 2
Inward, outward irons work, residential & commercial thru-the-lock, saws operations on security bars bolts, chain, hinges and locks. GET MORE FORCIBLE ENTRY REPS IN A DAY THAN YOU HAVE IN YEARS!!!
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First Due Friday; Heavy Fire Top Floor!
Use your knowledge of row/townhouse construction to tell us where the fire is and where it's going. What conditions can you expect in the hallway and/or stairs if interior doors are left open? Also, give us your SIZE-UP, CREW ASSIGNMENTS & RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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First Due Friday; Working Multi-Family w/ “Obvious” Rescues (Video)
Great pre-arrival video of a working multi-family with people choosing not to rescue themselves! Give us your SIZE-UP, CREW ASSIGNMENTS & RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
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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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Fireground Considerations
I am pleased to annouce another free online training module brought to you by Green Maltese & EngineCO22.net .
This training will discuss important fireground considerations that are essential to your success on the fireground.
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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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Uppsala Working:
First Due Engine Footage of Swedish Apartment Fire