Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Structure Fire”
In this episode, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Adam Ritsch, explains the history behind the Paxton Drill, dating back to a fire in Chicago where dozens of victims were rescued from ladders upon arrival. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: You shouldn’t just be throwing ladders to windows with no rhyme or reason. You should know exactly what ladders you have and based …
In the final episode of the four-part Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) training video series, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Mike McCarthy, instructs firefighters on how to utilize and read a TIC while in a structure fire environment. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Camera’s on, you’re gonna see that incipient stage quickly transfer to growth, right? Incipient stage. What does that give us? …
In the third episode of the four-part Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) training video series, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Mike McCarthy, instructs firefighters on how to utilize a TIC to determine if a fire is beneath you in a structure. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: So now looking at it, what’s the hottest thing? My hand or the carpet? About equal, right? …
In the second episode of the four-part Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) training video series, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Mike McCarthy, provides tips surrounding the use of a TIC to determine where a fire has been at, where it is at now and where it is going based on the flowpath. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Are we seeing any convective currents …
In the opening episode of the four-part Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) training video series, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Mike McCarthy, provides tips surrounding the use of a TIC for making decisions on the fireground. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: We got everyone looking at the front. Do yourselves a favor. If you’ve got a camera, take a lap around the back. …
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 …
In part 1 of 3 of this training series, Poudre Fire Lieutenant Dan Santillanes provides instruction for Poudre Fire Academy Recruits working through a low visibility environment on a primary search assignment. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: When your tool hits something, it’s gonna go like that, right? So just recognizing that I’m hitting something, I’m in pretty tight quarters. What do we …
In this fire-rescue training video from Colorado State Fire Fighters Association in Brush Colo., firefighters learn how to extend a hose line when working with a limited crew. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: We have three story apartments around here. So if we get at that third story, you don’t want to freakin’ haul a whole charged line all the way up there. …
