This week The Firefighter Training Podcast talks about search in the context of the Polk County Florida incident.
Is search always the same, is it the same for every department, what are training and preparing our people for?
Monthly Archives: February 2019
60 Second Safety – Technology
Tactical Problem – Auto Repair Facility
1.) Give your brief C A N report.
2.) List other fire load besides multiple vehicles.
3.) What effect will flame impingement have on the lift?
4.) What do you suppose the roof construction is?
5.) What size attack line and where?
Firefighter Training Podcast – The Human Organizational Triangle
This week The Firefighter Training Podcast takes inspiration from a talk by Reverend Dr. Andrew Foster III and I talk about Fellowship, Follow ship, and Leadership and how you can take individual action and apply this to you organization.
60 Second Safety – History
Tactical Problem – Factory
Describe your initial report and discuss your challenges with this scenario.
How much air will it take for a crew to stretch from the sidewalk to the fire area?
What resources of apparatus and manpower will be required?
Firefighter Training Podcast – The Senior Firefighter – An Interview with David Hesselmeyer
This week on The Firefighter Training Podcast talks about how to be a good senior firefighter, how to aspire to be a good senior firefighter. We also discuss mentoring.
60 Second Safety – Helmet Cams
Tactical Problem – Woodworking Shop
1.) What will be the expected rate of fire spread?
2.) What size line will be needed?
3.) Could there be any entanglement hazards?
4.) How will the fire load affect overhaul?
5.) Could this establishment be found in a residential basement or garage workshop?
Firefighter Training Podcast – The Equipment We Use
This week on The Firefighter Training Podcast we talk about all of the equipment we use including the apparatus.
I discuss What equipment, cost and pricing information, shelf life, maintenance and where do we store it.
I also discuss the purchase and the sales personnel.