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Jonah Smith's Blog – August 2012 Archive (2)

Training For Fun or Training for the Fight

As firefighters, we all know the common apprehensions associated with in house or even academy sponsored training. Many firefighters fear they will fail, feel that they will learn nothing, or that it is only for people who haven't been there and done that. One problem I see is that many departments or companies decide to train only to "check the box". We all know ISO, NFPA or the CFAI require a certain commitment to company level or department sanctioned training in order to remain compliant,… Continue

Added by Jonah Smith on August 18, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

3 for 1 deal

While surfing the endless world wide web not long ago, I came across this video of a very challenging fire that some firefighters encountered. The point of me posting this video is to make each of you think about your actions if you were first in. How would you address the multiple challenges that show themselves in this video. In both my career and volunteer departments we have the exact same structures and could have the exact same fire occur in our area. This post is meant to cause…

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Added by Jonah Smith on August 2, 2012 at 8:33am — 1 Comment

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