how well do you know your truck? - Fire Engineering Training Community2024-03-29T15:06:36Zhttps://community.fireengineering.com/forum/topic/show?commentId=1219672%3AComment%3A158673&id=1219672%3ATopic%3A157985&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThose are some great ideas!!…tag:community.fireengineering.com,2009-09-13:1219672:Comment:1586732009-09-13T14:39:50.684ZEric Standleyhttps://community.fireengineering.com/profile/EricStandley
Those are some great ideas!! We are supposed to inventory our rigs at least once a month, so to start with newer folks, when they come in to hang out, we will often have them do an inventory on a certain truck. Our rescue squad is the tool box and has more on it, so usually thats a challenge for them. Doing an inventory forces them to find EVERY tool on each truck. From there we play "stump the new guy" which inevitably stumps an older guy as we take turns picking a tool for the newbie to…
Those are some great ideas!! We are supposed to inventory our rigs at least once a month, so to start with newer folks, when they come in to hang out, we will often have them do an inventory on a certain truck. Our rescue squad is the tool box and has more on it, so usually thats a challenge for them. Doing an inventory forces them to find EVERY tool on each truck. From there we play "stump the new guy" which inevitably stumps an older guy as we take turns picking a tool for the newbie to find....only slamming 1 compartment door. Its always a good refresher for us too...everyone forgets SOMETHING. Its by no means a perfect system, but it gets guys thinking, and keeps ones from just coming in and plopping down in front of the idiot box....hopefully they remember something during their ventures. Good way to get people famili…tag:community.fireengineering.com,2009-09-02:1219672:Comment:1580022009-09-02T15:08:22.971ZLarry Lasichhttps://community.fireengineering.com/profile/Larry77
Good way to get people familiar with their rigs. Try playing scavenger hunt in your district. Send out crews with a list of things that are out of the ordinary. Houses with FDCs, out of service hydrants, houses that need a reverse lay, where are the utilities on the big box store, etc. Then give them digital cameras and the last back buys ice cream.<br />
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Train! Train! And then train some more!! (but have fun:-))
Good way to get people familiar with their rigs. Try playing scavenger hunt in your district. Send out crews with a list of things that are out of the ordinary. Houses with FDCs, out of service hydrants, houses that need a reverse lay, where are the utilities on the big box store, etc. Then give them digital cameras and the last back buys ice cream.<br />
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Train! Train! And then train some more!! (but have fun:-))