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The Outside Vent Position for Suburban Departments

Many larger fire departments have successfully utilized an outside vent position for years, however for many smaller suburban departments the use of this valuable position has never been explored. We implemented this position in Lewisville and The Colony, Texas and have had great success with it. Attached is a training power point for the suburban OV.

Attachments:

THE OUTSIDE VENT POSITION 2012.pptx, 1.4 MB

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Permalink Reply by brandon earley on January 18, 2012 at 3:55pm

thankyou for the power point. its a great idea and i agree its under utilized

Permalink Reply by Mark Lee on January 18, 2012 at 6:25pm

Great stuff, as always Chief.

The difference with a good ov as a hose team was terrific. Yet, as a search team, I had no idea how beneficial the OV could be until we experienced it.

Thanks for sharing.

Permalink Reply by Timothy Bullard on January 18, 2012 at 10:40pm

Good Stuff Bro. I have been looking at this as an additional duty of the Engineer in a three man Engine. Great powerpoint.

Permalink Reply by Tom Bradley on January 19, 2012 at 7:28pm

Very nice presentation. Here is one that I put together for a similar purpose.

Attachments:

Outside Vent Man.pdf, 1.9 MB

Permalink Reply by Scott Thompson on January 19, 2012 at 8:12pm

Tom -

Great! One of the better ones that I have seen. Great info. on VES. Thanks for sharing

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