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Ron Becknell
- Male
- Fort Mill, SC
- United States
- Blog Posts (2)
- Discussions (98)
- Groups (16)
- Photos (81)
- Photo Albums (2)
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Ron Becknell's Groups
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Calling all Volunteer's
63 members
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Technical Rope Rescue
61 members
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Rescuing the Rescuers
139 members
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Suburban Fire Tactics
52 members
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Heavy Rescue
182 members
Ron Becknell's Discussions
Exterior and Interior Operations, Fire Behavior
Started Oct 25, 2017
New SCBA low air alarms, good or bad
Started Nov 23, 2013
Incident Command, are we doing it wrong?
3 Replies
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lynn Ervin May 30, 2013.
Welcome to Ron Becknell's Page
Profile Information
- Lives in:
- Fort Mill, SC
- Department:
- Riverview Fire Dept.
- Title/rank:
- Lt.
- Years of public service:
- 22
- Agency structure:
- Volunteer fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Training
- Professional Qualifications:
- Fire Officer I, Fire Instructor I, Haz-Mat Technician, Advanced Auto Extrication, Confined Space Rescue
- Topics you provide training for:
- Positive Pressure Ventilation,Vehicle Firefighting, CPR/First Aid, Auto Extrication, Fundamentals of Firefighting, Firefighter I, Firefighter II, Incident Safety Officer, NIMS, Leadership I, Preparation for Initial Company Operations, HazMat Operations, Rescuing the Rescuer, Politics and the White Helmet, The New Fire Chief I, Rope Rescue Low Angle, Confined Space Entry, Confined Space Rescue
- Areas of expertise:
- HVAC systems and ventilation
- Bio:
- Joined the Fire Dept. in 1991 at the age of 16. Elected to Captain in 2002. Elected to Asst. Chief in 2004. Started my own business in 2004 servicing commercial HVAC equipment and installing/servicing building automation controls. I now work for Apple as a Data Center Operations Technician
Ron Becknell's Photos
Ron Becknell's Blog
Are you an Instructor? Why NOT?
I completed my Instructor several years ago and at the time I was only interested in teaching short, hands-on classes if any at all. I always liked passing on information to my members at the station. I started teaching (assisting) some basic firefighter classes and quickly found how much I enjoyed it. Not only was it fun and fulfilling to see a new firefighter go from learning to don gear to making actual fire attacks; but it is also a great way to stay current on basic skills and new…
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Thanks for adding me to your friend list. I would be happy to work with you on your social network policy when redy
Have a safe day
John
If you would like,i can email you the car fire video & you can burn it onto a dvd for training use
Thanks for your kind words. I've been teaching at that conference for years and love it. What a great rgoup of folks. See ya there!
Be safe,
Rick
This group will focus on aggressive interior firefighting. We will address tactics that increase your chance of not getting jammed up and cover what actions to undertake if you do.We will cover some big issues as well as small tactical tips
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