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Drills 2006 pg. 4

• Drill Of The Week: Company Level Drill - Hose Advancement
  This week's drill involves the following knowledge/skills: hose lead out evolutions, advancing hoselines up staircases, types of streams and capabilities, methods of fire attack, fire behavior, use of nozzles and streams, and fire stream operations.
• Drill Of The Week: Company Level Drill - Ladder Rescue
  This week's drill involves the following skills: Ladder carries, ladder raises, placement of ladders, removal of unconscious victims down ground ladders, tying halyard, all leading up to performing a ladder rescue.
• Drill Of The Week: Two In/Two Out
  Review your department's two in/two out policy or SOG to answer the drill's discussion questions. Also, discuss the difference between this stand-by rescue team and a true Rapid Intervention Team (RIT).
• Drill Of The Week: Initial Fire Attack - Attached Garage Fire
  This week's drill presents a garage fire scenario you can use to discuss tactics with your crew.
• Drill Of The Week: NFPA 1410 Engine Evolution #4
  The object of this week's drill is to use a 2 1/2" gated wye appliance, place an initial attack line (1 3/4") of at least 150 feet and back-up line (2 1/2") of at least 150 feet in service using units and staffing of the average number of personnel that ordinarily respond.
• Drill Of The Week: What's For Drill Today?
  Company drills should be planned in advance and the training officer/company officer should always be prepared when the day's/week's drill commences.
• Drill Of The Week: NFPA Engine Evolution #3
  Instructors/officers should substitute their department standard hose sizes, manpower, and procedures for the evolution.
• Drill Of The Week: Disentanglement
  A typical dropped ceiling full of electrical wire, flexible ducting, television cable, etc. is over your head and out of sight on the way in. But on your way out, it's now a virtual fisherman's net.
• Drill Of The Week: Hydrant Connections
  During this week's drill, a firefighter will be able to secure a water supply using a hydrant water source and appropriate appliances and hoselines.
• Drill Of The Week: Fireground Observations And Safety
  This week's drill identifies some of the conditions present at structural fires that can serve as indicators that something may not be right with what's happening at a fire.

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