This week's training drill pits our firefighting veterans against our rookies and challenges them to identify some basic terms and principles.
In this multi-part vehicle extrication drill, firefighters must demonstrate the use, care, and maintenance of extrication tools; name structural components of a vehicle; and develop a stabilization and rescue plan for a vehicle turned on its side.
In this week's firefighter training drill, refer to your department's standard operating guidelines and discuss your response to reports of gas leaks
Use apparatus mounted lights and portable lights to accomplish the task required in this featured firefighter training drill. Review procedures for applying portable lighting to the incident area.
In this week's firefighter training drill, review your department policy for the use of an incident safety officer at incidents.
This week's firefighter training drill is a quiz on building construction principles and terms that will help you recall or learn information about building construction principles. This information could save your life by helping you understand what happens when the construction is attacked by fire.
This week's firefighter training drill is a review quiz on fire behavior. Using local definitions and reference sources, check your knowledge of basic fire behavior terms and principles.
When fire extends into structural elements of this type of construction, it adds many dimensions of fire extension and travel that may not occur in other construction types. Consider the type of challenges firefighters may face when fighting a fire at this type of construction.
This small occupancy that is the subject of this week's firefighter training drill presents itself as a bread-and-butter situation, but you will quickly see that there is potential for a greater fire problem.
The construction type in this week's firefighter training drill is a challenge in that it hides many void spaces and areas where fire can travel through concealed spaces. Discuss these tactical questions when reviewing this drill.
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