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Joe Berchtold, an instructor at the Bergen County (NJ) Fire Academy, discusses considerations for advancing the hoseline into a burning structure.
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.
Teamwork is essential to hoseline advancement . It's needed not only between ventilation crews and the hose team, and the search and rescue crew and the hose team, but it
Ray McCormack gives important tips on proper movement and technique by the backup firefighter during hoseline advancement .
officer during each evolution. The past competencies have involved individual skills tests in SCBA donning, hoseline advancement , hydrant hook up, ventilation, and roof ladder deployment. The goal was to build on individual skills and
firefighters from entering through a door so they were forced to enter via a window. This debris also slowed hoseline advancement through the structure, forcing firefighters to find their way around obstacle after obstacle. The occupant
occupancy; numerous locked doors that deny areas of refuge to firefighters; huge fire loads resulting from delayed hoseline advancement , slower search operations, a greater number of occupants with their furniture/belongings, and a lack of proper
high-rise building. The IC should evaluate the use of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) to facilitate hoseline advancement as well as the vertical movement of air out of the roof monitor as a tactical procedure. PPV can provide a
and account for everyone on each shift. Earlier that same day, these same members were in the yard training on hoseline advancement . On a Sunday! That’s the kind of culture we need (photo 2)! (2) Photo by Stuart Grant. FIRE ADMINISTRATION
need to move it about the fireground, the IC should consider “marrying” two engine crews together for hoseline advancement , management, and relief. 19 Big fires require big water: Deliver it in a big way! When you are confronted with