— Lieutenant Nathan Meulener, When Things Go Bad, Inc.
WINDOW RESCUES
“They have shown that when you give yourself mental messages, your nervous system goes from the threat response, where you want to rip off your mask and get the hell out of there, to the challenge response, where your body is like, ‘F!@k ya, lets do this’. All because of what you say to yourself in your brain.”
— Olivia Mead, CEO and Founder of Yoga for First Responders
MENTAL HEALTH
“You’ve got control of your nervous system if you’ve got control of your breath.”
— Olivia Mead, CEO and Founder of Yoga for First Responders
MENTAL HEALTH
Tactical Mental Training | Yoga Breathing for First Responders
This firefighter training video provides mental health training designed specifically for first responders. Tactical Yoga breathing helps firefighters’ learn to control their mental state and nervous system in high-pressure situations. This breath work has also been proven to extend airtime on your bottle and air management. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Your nervous system is just like mine. It’s just like everyone else’s. …
Labor Day Weekend Laborers
Cartoon by Sam Wallace
Passing Safely on a Firefighter Ground Ladder
This firefighter ground ladder training teaches firefighters to navigate passing each other safely on the ladder while also training them on how to carry a baby down a ladder. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: What happens if I climb up this ladder,mom yelling at me, “Save my baby, save my baby!”You’re up there and you’re down here. So I’m up here on the …
Decibullz Custom Molded Acoustic Tube Surveillance Radio Earpieces
When communication is critical and time is of the essence, your team needs a reliable, clear, and safe way to stay in contact. Not only that, you need a two-way radio earpiece designed for the job at hand, whether it calls for more awareness or more isolation. Decibullz offers both. With custom moldable radio earpiece adapters at the ready, you …
Structure Fire Rescue Plan
Cartoon by Sam Wallace
“Search and rescue are not synonymous they shouldn’t even be in the same phrase. It’s search, and then rescue is separate. It’s so often we say search and rescue and never know what to do when we find somebody.”
— Paul Capo, Division Chief Operations and Training, Estes Valley Fire Protection District
“You get them out of that atmosphere as quick as possible and sometimes that is the window. You need to have that plan available from the very beginning.”
Search OR Rescue Awareness
Structure Fire