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The Traditions Training group provides a video meant to provoke positive discussion about tactics and duties of a firefighter placed into a similar situation.
Effective in-service EMS training is one very critical yet overlooked element in fire service-based EMS organizations.
Through repetitions, the advancing of fire attack, the setting up of RIC, and establishing a water supply can become truly routine and the time required to accomplish these functions will be reduced.
The best SCBA in the world is nothing but a mechanical device, a wonderful tool that is subject to failure. I started asking crews, "What would you do?" Too often the only reply was a blank stare or a method used a decade ago with different SCBA's. We need to think about this before it happens.
Firefighters will feel that an officer who is shirking his or her leadership or teaching duties will not have the commitment to be their supervisor on the emergency scene when their lives are at risk.
We are not evaluating all the attributes required to be a good officer. To that end, the "Leadership Tetrahedron" has developed and added another facet that we should incorporate into our promotional processes.
The safety officer is an integral component of winning the firefight by continually processing information throughout the incident.
Hands-on training is the key to making a Stand Down day special. For the 2006 Stand Down exercise, an advanced-skill evolution proved memorable and valuable to all participants.
