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CLASSROOM SESSIONS
RURAL WATER MOVEMENT OPERATIONS
Captain Bill Adkins, Loveland-Symmes (OH) Fire Department
The focus is on the strategies and tactics for rural water movement
from nurse tankers to rural hitch, drafting operations, and the
jet syphon and the advantages and disadvantages of these
strategies. Flow charts and times illustrate the loss of water in each
of the strategies. Apparatus placement, pump operations, and
assignments are also covered.
ALL LEVELS
ATTIC AND VOID SPACE FIRES: TACTICS, METHODS, AND
TOOLS
Battalion Chief Lars Ågerstrand,
Värnamo Fire & Rescue Service, Sweden
A fre that spreads or starts inside the structure may become a
total loss because it is complicated to access the seat of the fre.
Students are shown how to handle any unoccupied space inside
a house more effectively and effciently. Options presented are
based on research done all over the world and the recommended
actions for each situation.
ALL LEVELS
FIRE SERVICE SUICIDE PREVENTION APPROACH
Lieutenant Dena Ali, Raleigh (NC) Fire Department
Although suicide has been recognized as a problem in the fre
service, no formal prevention or tracking mechanisms are in place;
however, several agencies have begun to establish guidelines for
tracking suicide. Students learn research fndings relative to the
causes of frefghter suicide and methods to take to help prevent
suicide among personnel. Among the objectives of this class are
to identify common causes of frefghter internal struggles and to
encourage agencies to develop a program for recognizing signs
that an employee may be prone to suicide and for intervening so
that suicide is prevented.
ALL LEVELS
REAL-WORLD HYDRAULICS
Chief Kirk Allen, Kansas (IL) Fire Protection District
Students learn major problems associated with hydraulics
and simple solutions to these problems. Topics include the
hazards of having blanket standard operating guidelines for
hydraulics; assessing and verifying information received from the
manufacturers; problems with apparatus plumbing, sensors, and
gauges and simple solutions to fx them; fre hose myths and the
need to measure fow rates with fow equipment; and friction loss
formulas.
ALL LEVELS
DEALING WITH ELECTRICAL INJURIES
Captain (Ret.) Calvin Allison, Lewisville (TX) Fire Department
The excitement of being frst in on a fre often outweighs the
caution of avoiding danger. Of course, we are aware of potential
hazard of being burned, but hardly do we think of the unseen
dangers that can so quickly change or end our lives. In August
2012, the instructor suffered electrical shocks while performing
standard frefghter/paramedic duties and is now disabled. The
objective of this class is to make the students aware of the not-so-obvious dangers that can severely injure them and of the need
to train hard to be able to avoid such injuries. Topics include
the hardships of recovering mentally and physically, the support
available within the fre service, and the personal struggles
involved when overcoming life-altering injuries.
ALL LEVELS
ROUTINE RESCUE BECOMES HAZMAT
Captain Phil Ambrose,
Glendale (CA) Fire Department/ HazMatNation.com
The focus is on increasing awareness in responders that even
those calls that appear to be “humdrum” could present life-threatening hazards and may necessitate immediate risk/gain
decisions. In late 2015, law enforcement and EMS responded to
a routine “check the welfare” of an individual in response to early
morning concerns by the family. On arrival, the law enforcement
offcers were overwhelmed by noxious fumes and backed out
of the doorway. EMS was staged pending hazardous materials
response. Because of the quick decision making of fre personnel,
the victim was removed from the structure and lived. (The
frefghters were wearing self-contained breathing apparatus). The
frst-in company to a drug lab or chemical suicide incident may
not be wearing frefghting personal protective equipment (PPE),
may not have clues such as smoke showing, and will not be a
hazmat team. Among the topics covered in this class are victim
survivability, the rescue decision, PPE, and critical frst-in actions to
aid frst responders while increasing the chance of victim survival.
ALL LEVELS
THE SOCIOECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED
URBAN TRUCK COMPANY
Captain Gabriel Angemi, Camden (NJ) Fire Department
Many times, the urban frefghter is challenged with new
and unforeseen issues that will slow down task and function
accomplishment. This class helps frefghters understand the
many ways of adapting and overcoming. Completeness of task,
coordination with other freground units, and leadership of the
company are discussed as methods for achieving successful
outcomes as often as possible while operating in conditions
ranging from mild to adverse to wild. Students are challenged to
think critically about the situations presented and what they can
and cannot do safely to protect themselves as well as endangered
civilians.
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