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Out-Of-The-Box Training Ideas
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Lately, my department has been having the problem of firefighters complaining that drills are getting boring and stale. We are a volunteer dept. that trains once a week, and one of our main problems…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by DJ Stone Jul 4, 2012.
Community Outreach
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Hello all, I am volunteer Lieutenant in a NJ fire department. I am also head of community involvment in our fire department. I was wondering if you guys had any ideas on how to strengthen the…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dave Stacy Feb 18, 2012.
Looking for sample SOPs/SOGs for Gators/Quads/ATVs
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My department just purchased a 4 seat Husqvarna Gator that is supposed to be used for all terrain search/rescue and possibly brush fires. We are trying to make SOP's/SOG's for it but do not know…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Elliot Belote Dec 23, 2011.
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" I attended a class where the instructor broke it down to 2 categories; interior and exterior. It goes along the same lines as what you mentioned, you can fight an offensive exterior fire. He stated that there were multiple different…"
"Volvos and VW definately has alot of magnesium. Alot of cars have magnesium in the steering column, as well as in the driver foot area / fire wall....from what i've learned, they key is to definately take advantage of the stream and use foam"
"As Mr. Huston states, I would definately treat it as a truss. Another problem I see is the use of TICs creating false images, along with any tolls / couplings / hose streams breaking the glass
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"Great video to use for training.
From the intial size-up, my first action would be to assign the first 1-3/4" to C exposure. It seems like that is the way the wind/heat is going. The goal of that is to contain the fire to the original fire…"
Training fire gone wrong
"From the quick picture of the After-Action Report, it looked like they were doin the same kind of training that the FDNY has been doin recently regarding PPV. The only difference that is evident from this news story is that firefighters were inside."
DJ Stone replied to Elliot Belote's discussion Out-Of-The-Box Training Ideas"What I did was assign each member of my crew a fire realted topic to discuss for a minimum of 30 minutes. I gave the options of classroom, computer assisted, H.O.T. or any combination of those. I also required a basic format to build on of…"
Jonah Smith replied to Elliot Belote's discussion Out-Of-The-Box Training Ideas"I am a big fan of timing drills. Adding the element of timing and certain set objectives allows firefighters to have some friendly competition and learn all at the same time. The important part of that is maintaining the objectives and not allowing…"
P.J. Norwood replied to Elliot Belote's discussion Out-Of-The-Box Training Ideas"Elliot, have you considered the Fire Engineering Handbook? The handbook has a great additional resource call the Skill Drill book. You can use as a stand alone item or in conjunction with the Handbook's powerpoints and then go out and…"
Don Catenacci replied to Elliot Belote's discussion Out-Of-The-Box Training Ideas"What I have been doing lately is building on basic skills by using scenario based drills.
Most recently I used a forcible entry prop in conjunction with an entry, hose line advnace and PPV vent scenario. I had the first 2 crew…"
Bobby Halton replied to Elliot Belote's discussion Out-Of-The-Box Training Ideas"Elliot,
I get a lot of notes from training officers who are using the Training Minutes videos and say they are getting amazing responses!
Bobby"
Jonathan Kaye replied to Elliot Belote's discussion Out-Of-The-Box Training Ideas"One possible avenue is to get them involved in the training process itself, by having them spot possible incidents and bringing it in for training discussions.
To help in this regard, we introduced a new free mobile tool (Android) for taking…"
"No we have not, but I will definately look into it.
I like the idea of healthy competition while training. I feel like, like you said, it adds to the proficiency while having fun."
Keith Damm replied to Elliot Belote's discussion Out-Of-The-Box Training Ideas"Have you done the NFPA 1410 drills? I have had competition between our 3 shifts and our volunteer/paid-on-call staff in seeing who had the best time in the drills. It added a bit of flavor (competition) to the drills while accomplishing water supply…"
Out-Of-The-Box Training Ideas
Lately, my department has been having the problem of firefighters complaining that drills are getting boring and stale. We are a volunteer dept. that trains once a week, and one of our main problems is firefighters getting complacent at drills; which made lead to complacency on the fireground. I also believe that by taking firefighters out of their "normal" element, they will be able to take more knowledge and skills away from a drill.I was looking for any ideas of fun training evolutions that…See More
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- At 7:17pm on December 21, 2011,
Art "Chief Reason" Goodrich said… I like your profile pic.
I have one exactly like it from when I visited Emmitsburg.
Thanks for the add.
Merry Christmas.
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