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Jason Hoevelmann's Blog – July 2013 Archive (2)

Drilling for the Prevention of Bad Things

Drilling for effectiveness cannot be overstated enough. In posts and articles firefighters and officers are imploring that we, as a fire service, put a heavy emphasis on drilling and training on a regular basis.

Not just when training is scheduled, but everyday we are at the fire house, we must use the equipment and techniques to master our craft and to know the capabilities and intricacies of our equipment and that of ourselves. What have we forgotten?…

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Added by Jason Hoevelmann on July 30, 2013 at 11:07am — No Comments

Are You Ladder Ready?

A few months ago I posted about operating on a quint and the idea of reverse laying for first due engines that run with quints. A great deal of us are operating on these apparatus everyday and don't have a single designation as an engine or a truck, rather we are assigned based on our order of arrival and on what tasks need to be done. Most of the time we are not assigned by what type of apparatus we arrive in.

We are also running thin in regards to…

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Added by Jason Hoevelmann on July 27, 2013 at 8:23pm — No Comments

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