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Aaron Robbins: Male
Asheboro, United States

Residence.: Asheboro, NC

Department:: Ulah Vol. Fire Dept.

Title/rank:: Jr. Firefighter

Years of public service:: 1

Agency structure:: Combination fire department

Professional Qualifications:: Alot

Bio:: Love firefighting my Grandpa and my Dad is and i have a girlfriend named Shelburne

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Using Fire Engineering Simulations: (42 members)
Created by Jonathan Kaye

The Photographers of the Fire Engineering Magazine/Training Network: (33 members)
Created by Nate DeMarse

Fireground Photography: (12 members)
Created by Brian

Our Next Generation......The Rookie: (27 members)
Created by Jerry Wells

Thermal Imaging in the Fire Service: (28 members)
Created by Eric Hankins

Tactical Building Blocks & Air Management: (307 members)
Created by Frank Ricci

NC Fire Traning: (5 members)
Created by Aaron Robbins

Tools and Tricks: (71 members)
Created by J. Spaulding

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Hydraulic Ventilation

Added May 14 by Aaron Robbins.

Ulah Vol. Fire Department

Added May 10 by Aaron Robbins.

Drop Tank Traning

Added May 10 by Aaron Robbins.

Vent Hole

Added May 10 by Aaron Robbins.

Traning Fire

Added May 10 by Aaron Robbins.

Traning Fire

Added May 8 by Aaron Robbins.

Traning Fire

Added May 8 by Aaron Robbins.

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Aaron Robbins replied to the discussion Pump Operator 101 Simulation Jun 10

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At 4:20pm on May 29th, 2008, Brent Sanger said…: Aaron. I got the disk today with the videos. Thanks a bunch. I will let you know how they turn out in the presentation

At 3:03pm on May 17th, 2008, John Bierling said…: Hello Aaron, I live in Pittsboro, NC. Please send your email address, I would like to send you an email. Thanks, John

At 10:41pm on May 16th, 2008, Brent Sanger said…: artic_gypsy@yahoo.com

At 5:20pm on May 16th, 2008, Brent Sanger said…: Yeah, the Vent Hole video and the Horizontal Vent video. If you include your department info when you send them, and who took them, I will give credit for them, as is proper to do.

At 2:36pm on May 15th, 2008, Brent Sanger said…: Aaron, I would like to get copies of a couple of your videos from you if I can. I am conducting a class in a couple months to about 50 or so firefighters on ventilation, and you have a couple videos that demonstrate some techniques we won't be able to practice.

At 10:12am on May 13th, 2008, Keith Addie said…: Aaron, I see you are posting alot of live burn training videos on here that contain acquired vacant structures. Think about this for a few minutes... If your fire department got called for a reported fire in a structure similar to those in your videos, is there a chance that one of the firefighters entering the building could be seriously injured or killed due to rapid deteriorating conditions? The answer is "YES". That is because it is an uncontrolled environment and anything can happened without notice. This raises another question... Why would you send firefighters into this type of environment for training purposes and risk serious injury or death? Someone would definately hang if something like that ever happened... I hope it never does.

At 1:10pm on May 12th, 2008, Keith Addie said…: I know that your training video is a perfect environment and realistic for training. Being this realistic is not necessarily the answer. What is important is that the proper tactics and techniques are taught, not how realistic you can get the training environment. What I'm trying to say is that this type of structure is no different from a single family dwelling fire with the exception of the contents. Firefighters are responding everyday to dwelling fires and are being seriously injured or killed. Why put yourself at risk in a training excercise that is very similar to an actual incident you could be responding to? Please, take the time to really think about this.

At 6:17am on May 12th, 2008, Stan Mettinger Jr. said…: Aaron....you look rather young and I was that way once myself. We used to build fires like that for training and it was as unsafe then as it is now. We need to learn from the past and work toward the goal that "everyone goes home." The fact remains that no matter how "big" you think that fire may have been, the location of the fire and the fact that it was coming out the window over their heads, was dangerous.

At 9:07pm on May 11th, 2008, Ron Smith (a.k.a. G-Ron) said…: You gotta have thick skin Bro.
If you post a pic or a vid that has anything even close to what others may percieve as unsafe, they will smoke you for it. Some of it will be right on the money.....others, "not so much".
The point I was trying to make is that REALISTIC training will save Brothers lives, and if you train correctly you will perform the task correctly.
Keep training.....you may need it someday.

At 8:22am on May 11th, 2008, Larry Glover said…: Belmont is located between Gastonia and Charlotte. Thanks for making the group. Stay Safe

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