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Forcible Entry | Prescription Bottles
Cartoon by Sam Wallace
‘”Strike” perpendicularly incase you miss, but try not to miss.’
— Paul Capo, When Things Go Bad, Inc. instructor
FORCIBLE ENTRY
Forcible Entry Two-Man Away | Forcible Entry Tool Training
In this forcible entry fireground training, firefighter two-man crews learn how to force open a heavy, away swinging door using a halligan bar and a fire axe. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Little bit about our Halligan here. A 30 inch pro-bar halligan. It’s got a few notches in it about an inch three quarters. That’s generally the depth on the other side, …
Ladder Window Rescue | Pregnant Lady and Side Step Techniques
This firefighter training video provides firefighter victim rescue training. Firefighter ground ladder training teaches firefighters how to safely move on a ladder while rescuing a victim. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: You got a couple different options here in the ladder, three of them carries two of them identical, just different ways. Third one’s different. but is separate. So when I’m here as …
Brave Heroes Make Brave Victims
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Hug the Rail | Window Rescue Ladder Pass
— Nathan Meulener, When Things Go Bad, Inc. Instructor
WINDOW RESCUES
Swim Move | Ladder Window Rescue
— 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