Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Rapid Intervention”
In this escape window training video, Citizens First Fire Training discusses tactics for safely rescuing individuals from windows in emergency situations, including the preferred method of exiting through doors, but with a focus on the 6% of rescues that require window exits, emphasizing the importance of having at least two rescuers outside and utilizing ground ladders for ease of transition, …
In this structure fire training, When Things Go Bad, Inc. Instructor, Paul Capo teaches firefighters how to safely headfirst bailout of a building using a hook 2 grab 4 firefighter ladder technique. Proper firefighter ladder maneuvering technique results in quicker escape from the building avoiding a firefighter rit team response. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: This is called the hook 2 grab 4, …
This rapid intervention training teaches firefighters how to use a hasty harness to quickly rescue injured firefighters without needing a full rapid intervention team response. Instructor Paul Capo takes firefighters through step-by-step instruction on how to create a class 3 harness while leaving room to use your hands at the CSFFA Fire College 2023 in Gunnison, CO VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: So, …
This firefighter rit training teaches firefighters how to use a hasty harness to quickly rescue injured firefighters without needing a full rapid intervention team response. When Things Go Bad, Inc instructor, Paul Capo takes firefighters through step-by-step instruction on the halo hasty harness application at the CSFFA Fire College 2023 in Gunnison, CO VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: I like doing what I …
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 …
NYFP Firefighter Vinnie Fowler died in 1999 because firefighters couldn’t get him up seven steps. This stairwell rescue training video demonstrates how to rescue a down firefighter in a stairwell with one-man, two-man and three-man rescue techniques. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Vinnie Fowler, 1999, 250 pounds died because they couldn’t get him up seven steps. He was a husband, and he was …
RIT instructors from When Things Go Bad Inc. put a group of Colorado firefighters through the “Denver Drilling Training” exercise during a recent Colorado State Firefighters Association training event in Parker, Colo. The exercise was created in honor of Mark LangVardt, a Denver firefighter who died from carbon monoxide poisoning when crews could not extricate him quickly from a two-story …
Firefighter rope rescue training teaches firefighters how to rescue a downed firefighter in a structure fire. Typically, a smoke-filled structure can be dangerous to navigate, and Colorado firefighters learn rescue techniques to navigate the smoke-filled rooms. By laying designated rope lines, firefighters are able to retrieve multiple downed firefighters. Below is a transcription of the video: VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: We have …
