Join us Sunday night February 2, 2014 at 8:00 PM EST for our weekly Roundtable discussion. This week we are talking about tips and tricks that might be passed on from the senior folks, retired folks, or senior chiefs you may have had in your career.
Watch the episode live on YouTube.
Or you can watch us at the google + events page HERE.
Also take a minute to check Firefighting Today our new site for all of our video work but especially all of the Roundtable discussions. Click the link in the left hand menu for past episodes.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
The Firefighter Training Podcast - Vehicle Extrication - Interview with Mike Smith Boron Extrication
This week we look at vehicle extrication, vehicle construction with Michael Smith from Boron extrication.
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
60 Second Safety - Driving Basics
This week we look at some basic driving techniques.
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Tactical Fire Problem - Dry cleaning store
This week we look at a very common occupancy that is found in many communities, a dry cleaning establishment.
1.) What do you know about the dry cleaning process in general? How is it done, what chemicals and products are used?
2.) Think about the fire load caused by clothes hanging on movable racks suspended off the floor, wrapped in flimsy lightweight plastic bags. What do you think that will do to flame spread and rapid fire growth?
3.) Think about smoke, mixed with steam, (maybe high pressure steam) and chemical vapor. A little more dangerous then our "normal" hostile environment.
4.) Based upon the conditions shown in the scenario, what are your actions? How many lines and where, how do you search this establishment, how do you vent, what do think your access is like from the rear of this building?
5.) When does a building fire transition into a Haz mat incident? Have you ever had this experience? Have you ever thought about it?
Stay safe, and stay thinking!
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
1.) What do you know about the dry cleaning process in general? How is it done, what chemicals and products are used?
2.) Think about the fire load caused by clothes hanging on movable racks suspended off the floor, wrapped in flimsy lightweight plastic bags. What do you think that will do to flame spread and rapid fire growth?
3.) Think about smoke, mixed with steam, (maybe high pressure steam) and chemical vapor. A little more dangerous then our "normal" hostile environment.
4.) Based upon the conditions shown in the scenario, what are your actions? How many lines and where, how do you search this establishment, how do you vent, what do think your access is like from the rear of this building?
5.) When does a building fire transition into a Haz mat incident? Have you ever had this experience? Have you ever thought about it?
Stay safe, and stay thinking!
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
Some structure fire safety considerations
This week I will discuss structure fires and some very basic safety procedures and considerations.
Please feel free to make this page information into an actual checksheet you can use on the fireground. Train all members what you expect and everyone will be involved in the safety process.
This is not a tactical worksheet to be used by an incident commander, but a secondary sheet to be used by a safety person after the fact.
The order of the activities can be adjusted or enhanced for your own departmental needs.
Structure Fires
Establish staging area and operating area. ( Hot zone and cold zone)
Establish on scene accountability.
Control building utilities.
Complete survey of all sides of the building for hazard potential.
Establish the need for and set up collapse safety zones.
Determine if adequate lighting is available.
Establish and EMS presence on scene for suppression crews.
Establish a REHAB area for operating crews.
Establish refreshments and re-hydration capabilities.
Determine if there is adequate manpower to support current operations.
Determine if there is adequate water supply for current operations.
What can I do, when I spot an unsafe action?
Can the action continue safely as is and be corrected after the fact? Someone who does not have a helmet on in the middle of rescue, should continue the rescue without intervention and be corrected after the fact., etc..
If it is a building safety, collapse type hazard the following 10 progressive steps might be employed. These steps have been summarized from Collapse of Burning Buildings by Vincent Dunn.
1.) Acknowledge the report and take no further immediate action.
2.) Provide additional lighting to the area of concern.
3.) Assign an experienced officer to inspect the area of concern.
4.) Increase overall supervision in the area of concern.
5.) Assign an officer to monitor the defect to say if danger is increasing.
6.) Rope / Tape off the area.
7.) Assign a danger area and restrict access and enforce.
8.) Command for an orderly withdrawal from the area.
9.) Withdraw firefighting operations.
10.) Order a rapid emergency evacuation.
Conduct an accountability check at any and all points of these steps as necessary.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
Please feel free to make this page information into an actual checksheet you can use on the fireground. Train all members what you expect and everyone will be involved in the safety process.
This is not a tactical worksheet to be used by an incident commander, but a secondary sheet to be used by a safety person after the fact.
The order of the activities can be adjusted or enhanced for your own departmental needs.
Structure Fires
Establish staging area and operating area. ( Hot zone and cold zone)
Establish on scene accountability.
Control building utilities.
Complete survey of all sides of the building for hazard potential.
Establish the need for and set up collapse safety zones.
Determine if adequate lighting is available.
Establish and EMS presence on scene for suppression crews.
Establish a REHAB area for operating crews.
Establish refreshments and re-hydration capabilities.
Determine if there is adequate manpower to support current operations.
Determine if there is adequate water supply for current operations.
What can I do, when I spot an unsafe action?
Can the action continue safely as is and be corrected after the fact? Someone who does not have a helmet on in the middle of rescue, should continue the rescue without intervention and be corrected after the fact., etc..
If it is a building safety, collapse type hazard the following 10 progressive steps might be employed. These steps have been summarized from Collapse of Burning Buildings by Vincent Dunn.
1.) Acknowledge the report and take no further immediate action.
2.) Provide additional lighting to the area of concern.
3.) Assign an experienced officer to inspect the area of concern.
4.) Increase overall supervision in the area of concern.
5.) Assign an officer to monitor the defect to say if danger is increasing.
6.) Rope / Tape off the area.
7.) Assign a danger area and restrict access and enforce.
8.) Command for an orderly withdrawal from the area.
9.) Withdraw firefighting operations.
10.) Order a rapid emergency evacuation.
Conduct an accountability check at any and all points of these steps as necessary.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
Firefighting Weekly Roundtable - Training discussion
Join us Sunday evening at 8:00 PM EST for our discussion on fire service training. What are you training on, what should you be training on? Who is giving the training? What resources outside your department can you use? These topics, and whatever else we stumble into!
View it on the google events page HERE.
View it live on YouTube HERE.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
View it on the google events page HERE.
View it live on YouTube HERE.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
Sunday, January 19, 2014
The Firefighter Training Podcast - Unanticipated Fireground Events ...Murphy's Law
This week we speak about incidents that go wrong for a variety of reasons on the fireground. These have little to do with the building on fire and more to do with operations.
Problems with drafting from water sources
Falls on the fireground due to unseen hazards
Laying hose inadvertently
Pumpers chocking on smoke and stalling
LDH hose being run over in dual wheels
Members falling ill upon arrival
Aerial frozen
Supply lines not charged and burning
Wrong direction, wrong address
Missed calls and more
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
Problems with drafting from water sources
Falls on the fireground due to unseen hazards
Laying hose inadvertently
Pumpers chocking on smoke and stalling
LDH hose being run over in dual wheels
Members falling ill upon arrival
Aerial frozen
Supply lines not charged and burning
Wrong direction, wrong address
Missed calls and more
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.
Pete Lamb
Copyright 2013
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