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Drill of the Week: Fireground Safety -- Forecasting Problems, Finding Solutions
There are many indicators on the fireground that things aren't going as planned. Learn to identify "triggers" that something may not be right with what's happening at structural fires.
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Drill of the Week: Setting Up Safe Operational Zones
In this week's drill, determine what persons and activities can take place in each zone of operation at different fireground scenarios.
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Drill of the Week: Radio Communications
Understanding the communications procedures used by your department are essential to safety and survival as well as making the operation run smoother. Test your skills with this drill.
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Drill of the Week: Apparatus Tools and Equipment
This training session is a test of your knowledge of the vehicle specifications and equipment locations and usage for apparatus you are assigned to operate.
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Drill of the week: Leadership and management
Officers and aspiring officers alike need to develop and posses leadership and management skills. Determine your best course of action in dealing with these leadership and management challenges.
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Drill of the Week: On-Scene Reporting
Practice your size-up and on-scene reporting skills with this week's drill.
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Drill of the Week: SCBA Donning Drill
Improve and refine skills in donning SCBA units from a ready position to operational mode with this drill.
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Drill of the Week: Water Supply Methods
This drill will test your department's water supply decision-making capabilities.
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Drill of the Week: Foam Operations
The objective of this week's drill is to perform the proper sequence of steps to safely place an initial foam line in service, using units and staffing of the average number of personnel that ordinarily respond. foam at desired rate/concentration/amount in a simulated initial attack operation.
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Drill of the Week: Initial Drills for Volunteer Departments
In a volunteer department, too many factors influence when firefighters attend drills: Firefighter availability, having the money to attend training schools or hire outside speakers, and an ever-changing group of members are just some factors that may affect the continuity of a training program.
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Corbett's Trivia
This sample intersection accident allows your crew to discuss and prepare an incident response to a head-on accident.
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FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES
Robert A. Hales of the Scappoose Rural Fire District in Scappoose, OR has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2008-08-17.
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