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Drills 2008 pg. 3

• Drill of the Week: 12 Essential Skills
  This week's drill features a short list of 12 essential skills that every firefighter should master in order to operate safer and perform your job more effectively.
• Drill of the Week: Structural Collapse Indicators
  The possibility of collapse is present at virtually every fire scene, and early identification of these hazards is an essential function of everyone on the fireground.
• Drill of the Week: Fire Extinguishers
  Identify the types and uses of portable fire extinguishers that are available to suppression personnel.
• Drill of the Week: Target Hazards
  Review your local target hazards classifications and review response components such as water supply location, installed systems, and apparatus positioning locations with your crew.
• Drill of the Week: Basic Firefighting Skills Evaluation
  Evaluate your current skill level based on your ability to peform each task, knowledge of your local SOPs, the equipment used, and appropriate safety actions for each task identified.
• Drill of the Week: Smoke Ejectors
  In this week's firefighter training drill, review your companies smoke ejector equipment and set up a simulated exhaust fan operation using your SOGs and manufacturer instructions.
• Initial Attack Operations: 15 Questions
  Test your initial attack knowledge on these questions about hoseline operations, water supply and initial attack operations.
• Tool Assignments
  As a company, review the tool assignments for each riding position and discuss the use of each tool.
• Top Responsibilities of the Pumper Operator
  Each pumper operator must be able to be proficient and able to perform the following tasks in order to fulfill the Job Performance Requirements (JPR's) of pumper operator.
• Safety Around the Apparatus
  Don't be complacent with safety around the apparatus--accidents, injuries, and fatalities can occur here, too.

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