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Drill of the Week: Portable Water Supply Single Engine Attack

Mon, Apr 9, 2007 This evolution uses one engine operating from draft at a portable tank to supply an attack line and back-up line.

Drill of the Week: Engine Forward Lead-out

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 This week's drill features a two-engine fire attack with both engines completing forward lead-outs from the hydrant to the fire area.

Drill of the Week: Single Engine Reverse Lead-out

Mon, Mar 26, 2007 This evolution features a single engine fire attack using a reverse lead-out feeding a wye. It's a challenging evolution for a limited manpower company, but with practice, most companies should be able to beat the NFPA standard.

Drill of the Week: Reverse Lead-out

Mon, Mar 19, 2007 In this NFPA 1410 evolution, deploy an initial attack line and backup line from an engine, and use a second engine to perform a reverse lay for water supply.

Drill of the Week: Forward Lead-out

Mon, Mar 12, 2007 Place an initial attack line and back-up line into service, performing a forward lead-out on a hydrant in this NFPA 1410 evolution.

Drill of the Week: Personnel Accountability Reports

Mon, Mar 5, 2007 Review your procedures for conducting a Personnel Accountability Report when the situation arises during an incident.

Drill of the Week: Forcible Entry

Mon, Feb 26, 2007 Your company needs to get inside a structure right away. Review your SOGs for forcible entry and discuss how you'd go about gaining access to the doorway under various scenarios.

Drill of the Week: Line movement

Mon, Feb 19, 2007 Discuss how your company would advance lines on ladders and in various other exterior scenarios with this week's drill.

Drill of the Week: Self-Survival Skills Training

Mon, Feb 12, 2007 This week's drill covers 10 survival skills for all firefighters, from donning SCBA to wall breeching/escapes.

Drill of the Week: Overhaul Safety

Mon, Feb 5, 2007 Don't become complacent about the dangers inside a fire building after a successful knockdown. Discuss overhaul plans using the photos in this week's drill and review your SOGs on overhaul.

Drill of the Week: Standpipe Operations

Sun, Jan 28, 2007 Standpipe operations often involve some of the most complex operations for a fire department. Review your department's SOGs on high-rise pack and standpipe operations.

Drill of the Week: Size-up questions

Mon, Jan 22, 2007 Proper size-up of the fireground is everyone's job. Use your department's procedures for performing size-up when answering the size-up questions in this week's drill.

Drill of the Week: Technical Rescue Support Operations

Sun, Jan 14, 2007 Develop your own incident size-up procedure for first responder technical rescue response with this week's drill.

Drill of the Week: Basics of Department Discipline

Mon, Jan 8, 2007 A basic management function for officers may include the discipline of members who fail to meet department expectations or standards. Review your department's discipline policy with this week's drill.

Drill of the Week: Selecting the Correct Ground Ladder

Tue, Jan 2, 2007 Test your knowledge of the types and sizes of all of the ground ladders available to you prior to hav-ing to put one into service.

Drill of the Week: Knots

Mon, Jan 1, 2007 The purpose of this drill is to improve the skills necessary to tie and use knots for standard fireground operations in a variety of conditions, and to identify the use of each knot.

Drill of the Week: Fireground Safety -- Forecasting Problems, Finding Solutions

Mon, Dec 25, 2006 There are many indicators on the fireground that things aren't going as planned. Learn to identify "triggers" that something may not be right with what's happening at structural fires.

Drill of the Week: Setting Up Safe Operational Zones

Mon, Dec 18, 2006 In this week's drill, determine what persons and activities can take place in each zone of operation at different fireground scenarios.

Drill of the Week: Radio Communications

Mon, Dec 11, 2006 Understanding the communications procedures used by your department are essential to safety and survival as well as making the operation run smoother. Test your skills with this drill.

Drill of the Week: Apparatus Tools and Equipment

Mon, Dec 4, 2006 This training session is a test of your knowledge of the vehicle specifications and equipment locations and usage for apparatus you are assigned to operate.

From The Jumpseat: Spotting Talent

Mon, Aug 21, 2006 Being able to think and solve problems are great assets; teaching those skills is much, much harder, and holding onto those who already exhibit such attributes is vital.