S.A.F.E. Firefighter » Firefighter Safety & Health http://safefirefighter.com Smart, Aggressive, Fundamental & Efficient Firefighting Tue, 15 May 2012 04:25:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Smart, Aggressive, Fundamental & Efficient Firefighting S.A.F.E. Firefighter no Smart, Aggressive, Fundamental & Efficient Firefighting S.A.F.E. Firefighter » Firefighter Safety & Health http://safefirefighter.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://safefirefighter.com/category/firefighter-safety-health/ Class Announcement: Forcible Entry 1 & 2 (THIS MONTH!) http://safefirefighter.com/2012/05/15/class-announcement-forcible-entry-1-2-this-month/ http://safefirefighter.com/2012/05/15/class-announcement-forcible-entry-1-2-this-month/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 04:25:25 +0000 safefirefighter http://safefirefighter.com/?p=1036

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 and Through-the-Lock) and Forcible Entry 2 (Saw Ops, Advanced Irons and High Security).  Each class is 4-hours of intense hands-on training with the best and most realistic scenarios.  Details below:

REGISTRATION PERIOD IS SHORT, DON’T MISS IT!

 

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Share your strategies, tactics and experience!  Every Friday we’ll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.

THE SCENARIO:  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!

  • RESCUE profile
  • EXPOSURE considerations
  • CONFINEMENT issues
  • EXTINGUISHMENT strategies/tactics
  • OVERHAUL considerations
  • VENTILATION strategies/tactics
  • SALVAGE considerations
  • PLEASE REMEMBER… We want to critique this video, however First Due Friday is a CONSTRUCTIVE tool!  Mudslinging comments WILL NOT be posted.  Thanks and enjoy!

Click here to view the embedded video.

NOTE:  This week’s video was recommended by Bill Carey of www.backstepfirefighter.com.  Thanks as always Bill!

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We live in a round world!  Forget the box; forget thinking outside of it, fitting in it or standing on it.  Things change, they always have , they always will.  It’s a cycle.

You’re either an active part of the cycle or you’re standing on your box watching the world change around you!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Thanks and Be Safe!

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Irmo Fire District, in Columbia, SC, will be hosting 2 open enrollment 4-Hour Street Smart Forcible Entry 1 classes on June 27 & 28.  Both sessions will be from 0800-1200 hrs.  Details are below:

Street Smart Forcible Entry 1 (4 Hours)-  Nothings stops a firefighting operation  faster than a tough door.  Keep your fire attack moving by forcing more doors in a day than you may have in years!  This intense hands-on class challenges participants through high repetition forcible entry operations.  Topics include door size-up, inward & outward forcible entry, “baseball swing” method and through-the-lock.

  • BOTH classes limited to 16 students and are filled on first come, first serve basis
  • $35/ student
  • June 27, 2012 from 0800-1200 hrs OR
  • June 28, 2012 from 0800-1200 hrs

Hope to see you there!  Be SAFE!

 

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Share your strategies, tactics and experience!  Every Friday we’ll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.

THE SCENARIO:  This week we’re gonna mix it up a bit!  What can you tell us about this fire from its aftermath!  Based on what you see, what would you do?  Enjoy!

KeyWest_AlphaDelta KeyWest_AlphaBravo
  • PLEASE REMEMBER… We want to critique this video, however First Due Friday is a CONSTRUCTIVE tool!  Mudslinging comments WILL NOT be posted.  Thanks and enjoy!

 

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Share your strategies, tactics and experience!  Every Friday we’ll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.

THE SCENARIO:  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!

  • RESCUE profile
  • EXPOSURE considerations
  • CONFINEMENT issues
  • EXTINGUISHMENT strategies/tactics
  • OVERHAUL considerations
  • VENTILATION strategies/tactics
  • SALVAGE considerations
  • PLEASE REMEMBER… We want to critique this video, however First Due Friday is a CONSTRUCTIVE tool!  Mudslinging comments WILL NOT be posted.  Thanks and enjoy!

Click here to view the embedded video.

 NOTE:  This week’s video was recommended by Bill Carey of www.backstepfirefighter.com.  Thanks as always Bill!
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Safe Firefighter, LLC has been invited to Irmo Fire District in Columbia, SC for 3 days June 26-28, 2012.  We will be doing 4-Hour Street Smart Forcible Entry 1.  

While we’re there, WE/ THEY ARE HOSTING TWO OPEN-ENROLLMENT CLASSES for the same class.  Details are below:

Street Smart Forcible Entry 1 (4 Hours)-  Nothings stops a firefighting operation  faster than a tough door.  Keep your fire attack moving by forcing more doors in a day than you may have in years!  This intense hands-on class challenges participants through high repetition forcible entry operations.  Topics include door size-up, inward & outward forcible entry, “baseball swing” method, hydraulic entry tools and through-the-lock.

  • BOTH classes limited to 16 students and are filled on first come, first serve basis
  • $35/ student
  • June 27, 2012 from 0800-1200 hrs
  • June 28, 2012 from 0800-1200 hrs

Hope to see you there!  Be SAFE!

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Share your strategies, tactics and experience!  Every Friday we’ll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.

THE SCENARIO:  Here We Go!  What would your FD’s operations look like for something like this?   How many and what type of resources, water supply considerations, exposure considerations, etc.?  Enjoy!

  • PLEASE REMEMBER… First Due Friday is a CONSTRUCTIVE tool!  Mudslinging comments WILL NOT be posted.  Thanks and enjoy!
I think this pic came from CMD FD Blog.  It’s a great blog/ FB page, check it out.  If I’m wrong, please let me know!  If I’m right, thanks!
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Sometimes you see something that just gives your morale a kick in the can!  This did it for me.

This is great pic, with a great quote.  It reminds us that no matter how much know (or think we know), no matter how much we learn, no matter how much we “research” on the internet… that THERE IS NO BETTER POINT OF VIEW THAN FIRST HAND & NO BETTER TRAINING THAN REALISTIC & HANDS ON!

Thanks to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaching-The-Front-Lawn/285880336006 for the continued motivating pics.

Thanks and keep it safe out there!

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Share your strategies, tactics and experience!  Every Friday we’ll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.

THE SCENARIO:  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!

  • PLEASE REMEMBER… We want to critique this video, however First Due Friday is a CONSTRUCTIVE tool!  Mudslinging comments WILL NOT be posted.  Thanks and enjoy!

Click here to view the embedded video.

 NOTE:  This week’s video was recommended by Bill Carey of www.backstepfirefighter.com.  Thanks Bill!
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