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Chris Leier
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How your company handles their turnover process...
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- Department:
- College Park Vol. Fire Dept.
- Title/rank:
- Asst. Engineer Firefighter/EMT
- Years of public service:
- 6
- Agency structure:
- Combination fire department
- Bio:
- Chris Leier is a member of the College Park Vol. Fire Dept. in College Park, MD as well as a Fire Protection Engineering major at the University of Maryland. Before he moved down here to Prince George's County he lived in New Milford, CT and was a member at the Northville Vol. Fire Dept. He is currently employed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the Fire Fighter Technology group, located in Gaithersburg, MD.
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yes vertical ventilation does work. At my department we don't vent all that much or see that much fire for that matter. but we do train on it all the time. We have deen going away from the recuit school method of doing a 4 x 4 cut and started teac...
As far as does it work, yes it does! As Michael said you have to meet certian requirements though. When dealing with opening size, I teach to open up an area equivalant to approx. 10% of the roof size. This may require multiple openings which are ...
yes, vertical ventilation does work. 4x4 holes can change conditions for the interior members quickly. not all situations call for vertical ventilation. many situations demand horizontal ventilation, but this is where good size up comes into play.
Chris-
I have noticed the 4 x 4 hole go by the wayside. The amount of BTU's being generated with synthetics just doesn't allow for the traditional size cut. You have to assess the amount of fire and smoke being produced from the hole. Is it coming...
maybe a ladder truck like secondary route scape...
I agree with your points.
-Esteban, this is indeed an interesting video though I'm not sure where the video was shot. It is most certainly not the city of Boston, Massachusetts.
-Given the fire conditions showing and the condition of the structure I believe that roof opera...
Look that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BeEG9LEzjU
Boston Fire I think..
Vertical ventilation does work, if this really needed. If don't, you waste time and threat the firefighter with roof collapse.
For other hand, look the windows on any s...
-The technique does in fact work. That being said, there are some very specific parameters that must be meet in order for vertical venting to work properly.
-First and foremost is that the truck company must be on the roof and completing the vent ...
Chris, yeah it works. A lot of departments got away from vertical ventilation for various reasons but most departments that still do it know the benefits. There is a good video on you tube that illustrates the effectiveness of vertical ventilation...
My question to everyone here is, what is your opinion on vertical ventilation? For years and years we preach that venting the roof is a way to let the hot gases escape to prevent flash over and improve conditions inside. Does this really work? Or ...
This is mostly for the volunteer/combine departments, but any input is welcome. At my station here in College Park, MD the process of becoming an interior firemen is very intense as you have to have FF1, EMT-B, and go through our station in house ...
Very interesting, a lot of knowledge that us smoothbore people already know, but really lays it out there in the open in a very simplistic way. Thanks for the links!
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 7:54am on June 15, 2009,
Gerald "Jerry" Tracy said…
- Hi
It was good to see you too! I am proud of Steve and his accomplishments. He has a great future ahead of him. I had to make the trip to wish him well. Hope to see you in the future as well.
Stay safe Jerry
- At 9:14pm on April 26, 2009,
Jeff Betz said… - Hey thanks Chris. It was cool seeing you and Dave as well. Kinda funny, I recognized his voice before I looked at him. I guess the old guy isn't completely goofy...yet.
- At 8:07am on March 9, 2009,
Dave Stacy said… - hey nice post on pass assisted maydays
How your company handles their turnover process.
This is mostly for the volunteer/combine departments, but any input is welcome. At my station here in College Park, MD the process of becoming an interior firemen is very intense as you have to have FF1, EMT-B, and go through our station in house training. The in house training is very demanding and is pretty much equivalent to FF1 and FF2 according to how we do things at our station. This process usually takes about 3 months over the summer, training every night. I am just looking to see what other companies out there are doing. Training is something that is imperative to success as a firemen and is taken very seriously here. What do you guys do? Or is it just FF1 and you are good to go?
Stay safe, Chris
Stay safe, Chris
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