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FireHouse software help
Good day boys and girls.I have a question/favor to ask.My department just got FireHouse software for records and reporting. For those of you that already use it, I am sure you remember how overwhelming all the options were. Well, I am there.Does anyone have any 'cheat sheets', or any other avenues…
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Training Facilities
We are in the process of building our first ever training facility in my volunteer outfit. We've looked at a lot of options and due to cost and being able to do a lot of the work ourselves have decided on building our facility out of metal shipping containers. Have any of you ever built or worked…
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Gemtor Harness
HELP!!!! I am looking for a policy and the use of Gemtor Harness. We have purchased this harness for our personnel and I have no direction other than you. I am in need of some direction.
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Skills Requirments
What do you (or your department) do with firemen that are unable to complete/pass the drills/skills you teach?? Do you have a policy/program in place for firemen that fail to meet the standard your department requires (i.e.: FF I / II skills, EMS skills, Self rescue, FAST, Tactical Rescue, Vehicle…
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Top Firefighter Survival Skills
What are the top survival skills taught by your department to all of your members? I have been advocating the following as MUST KNOW skills for all firefighters for a while now and am curious to see if anyone is adding to this list or doing anything more. Attached is a Fire Engineering Company…
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Sofa Super Store audio
I am putting together a PowerPoint to present to our department in June to review the Sofa Super Store fire and the lessons learned from it. I want to incorporate some on-scene audio into the presentation but everything I have located online is in QuickTime format. I am having trouble converting…
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Schooling Issues
The department that I am on only allows 3 personnel off per shift for vacations, personal days, school, etc. If more than 3 call off, then a call back situation goes into affect so our staffing level stays the same. Most of the year, we have 3 people off. Right now, our department and local are…
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WWYD (What Would You Do) Disruptive Student/FF in Class
A student in your class is distrupting the flow of the class. (Feet up on table or reading newspaper, texting or talking) Consider this in two scenarios:1. A in-house class made up of your department members2. An academy style class with members from many departmentsDo you approach or handle this…
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propane training
i am looking for some help to get a propane training session for my guys at a lunch hour coffee break training session. any ideas on what to focus on? and looking to countine our own coffee break training sessions, any idea on what to discuss and what to keep focus on?thanks the bob "the rookie"…
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Shore Based Water Rescue
Does anyone have any short & to the point shore based SOG's or SOP's for engine company level "FIRST IN" water rescue operations? If so would you mind sharring information. Looking to re-do our current SOP & focuse on "Shore Based" "Awareness" level operations with a paractical apporach to…
