In the final part of the fire truck tower ladder training video series, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Steve Ripley, A.K.A. “Rip”, provides tips on how to utilize your equipment on the fireground without hindering operations for your department. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Ground pads. Y’all have policies about ground pads in your department? Always go down. Okay. What about setting, …
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In part 4 of the fire truck tower ladder training video series, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Steve Ripley, A.K.A. “Rip”, features the advantages and limitations of a straight stick aerial. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Steve Ripley. Most people call me rip. Easy to remember. I love ladder truck work. Most of my career has been spent on special pieces. Let’s …
In part 3 of the fire truck tower ladder training video series, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Steve Ripley, A.K.A. “Rip”, instructs firefighters how to navigate hazards when on the fireground. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Let’s talk about the tower. Alright. It’s a beast of a truck. Aluminum ladder. Big bucket. Nice working area. Alright, so we’ll work off this today. …
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In this series of fire truck tower ladder training videos, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Steve Ripley, A.K.A. “Rip”, provides firefighters non-verbal communication skills for the fireground when working with an aerial apparatus. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Hand signals. What do we think this means? Lower or come down. If that mic’s not working, I want to use my hand signals. …
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In this instructional video, Poudre Fire Authority Captain Gallimore and Firefighter Ollilia provide instruction for Fire Academy Recruits working on the Rapid Intervention Crew at a live burn exercise. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Let’s go over results real quick. What are our results? Radio? Yep. And what are we doing with the radio. Make sure we’re on the right fire ground, listening …
In the final part of this training series, Poudre Fire Lieutenant Dan Santillanes provides instruction for Fire Academy Recruits working through a low visibility environment on a primary search assignment while managing their hand tools. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Tools. One thing I did notice a lot is, and it happens a lot once we start getting tired and maybe not even …
In part 2 of 3 in this training series, Poudre Fire Lieutenant Dan Santillanes provides instruction for Fire Academy Recruits working through a low visibility environment on a primary search assignment. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: What do you feel on your left side with your tool? Cabinet? Nope. So you had it like this right? Okay. So what are you in right …
