Training Minutes: Mask Confidence Training and Firefighter Window Bailouts
Joe Alvarez and company demonstrate a mask confidence training course and offers a tip for bailing out of windows.
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Training Minutes: Door with Panic Hardware
Using a wood door as an example, Joe Alvarez demonstrates how to use a circular saw to defeat a steel door with panic hardware in…
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Training Minutes: Door Removal
Joe Alvarez demonstrates how to remove a door so that it doesn't close behind firefighters, trapping them in a burning building.
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Training Minutes: Ground Ladder Placement
Joe Alvarez demonstrates how to gauge the distance between a ground ladder and structure to get the proper climbing angle for the ladder.
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Training Minutes: Making Windows into Doors
Joe Alvarez reviews how to extend windows to provide greater access to residential structures.
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Training Minutes: Victim Removal from a Second-Floor Window
Joe Alvarez discusses how to apply familiar removal techniques for down firefighters to removing a civilian victim.
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SCBA Quick Tips: Ergonomics
In this SCBA Quick Tips video from MSA, Joe Alvarez looks at some of the ergonomic adaptations of the MSA G1, including features designed to lessen firefighters'…
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SCBA Quick Tips: The Safety Apparatus
In this SCBA Quick Tips video from MSA, Joe Alvarez discusses some of the upgrades that have elevated the MSA G1 from being merely a…
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SCBA Quick Tips: Battery Systems
In this SCBA Quick Tips video from MSA, Joe Alvarez reviews how MSA has centralized its battery systems for its SCBA
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SCBA Quick Tips: Decon for Face Piece, Straps
In this SCBA Quick Tips video from MSA, Joe Alvarez and company review decon procedures for MSA self-contained breathing apparatus components.
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SCBA Quick Tips: Transfill Line and RIT Pack
In this new SCBA Quick Tips video from MSA, Joe Alvarez and company demonstrate MSA's transfill system for SCBA, as well as the interface with…
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SCBA Quick Tips: Buddy Breathing
We're debuting a brand-new series of videos on self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) use, sponsored by MSA. In the first episode, Joe Alvarez and company discuss…
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Training Minutes: Floor Joist Stabilization
03.29.2016
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Training Minutes: Securing Garage Doors
03.01.2016
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