“SAVING OUR OWN” TRAINING AND REINFORCEMENT
Back in the “Ohio State Fire Instructor” course I took in 1984, I was taught, “Statistically, 75 percent of what you learn is lost (forgotten) if you don’t reinforce it within two weeks.
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Drill of the Week: Saving Our Own: Moving The Downed Firefighter Up A Stairwell
The difficulty involved with removing a downed firefighters via a stairwell is evident when you consider the different types of staircases in your response area.
SAVING OUR OWN: DESIGNING A FIREFIGHTER SURVIVAL TRAINING AID
The need to train our firefighters to survive on the fireground will always rank at the top of our training priorities list. However, the realism…
“Saving Our Own”: learning from the past
Lieutenant Eddie Buchanan hit the nail right on the head (Letters to the Editor, January 1998) in reference to the "Saving Our Own" program. I,…
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SAVING OUR OWN: THE FIREFIGHTER WHO HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE FLOOR
Firefighters may fall through floors for a variety of reasons. If you should fall through a weakened floor and have not been seriously injured, try…
SAVING OUR OWN: THE RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM CHECKLIST
The officer of the rapid intervention team, or RIT (see "The Rapid Intervention Team Officer, July 1997), should be "in touch" with the behavior of…
SAVING OUR OWN: MOVING THE DOWNED FIREFIGHTER UP A STAIRWELL
When considering the different types of situations involving the rescue of a firefighter, we might take for granted that of moving a downed firefighter up…
SAVING OUR OWN: APPROACHING A DOWNED FIREFIGHTER
Throughout our fire service careers, we will continually train in several essential areas, such as the search for and removal of trapped occupants. Our goal…
SAVING OUR OWN: THE RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM OFFICER
One question relative to the rapid intervention team (RIT) keeps coming up in personal conversations and the classroom: "What is expected of the officer assigned…
SAVING OUR OWN: TECHNIQUES FOR FIREFIGHTER RESCUES
Several years ago, I lost a good friend "in the line of duty." As often happens, it was at a single-family dwelling fire. This had…
