Vehicle Extrication Training Ideas from Parker, Colorado Fire College

Firefighters at Parker Fire College are presented with vehicle extrication training ideas. They undergo a series of vehicle extrication techniques including dash roll extrication, rescue extrication and ‘B’ post blowout. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: SAFE THE CAR When we show up on scene, we want to ‘safe the car’. What that means is to try to put it in park or put …

Colorado Firefighters Take Part in Denver Drill Training at Parker Firefighter College

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 …

Rapid Intervention Teams Can Use Basic Rope Rescue Training Techniques to Navigate Smoke

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 …

Recruits Go Through Active Shooter Training for Firefighters in Fort Collins, Colorado

This instructional footage captures Front Range Fire Consortium recruits undergoing annual active shooter training for firefighters. This firefighter training video shows the chain of events of most EMS response to active shooter incidents. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Here is the situation. There are multiple patients down on the side. We got the active shooter barricaded on the Charlie side. Typically, you have …

Instructor Provides Firefighter Forcible Entry Training, Showing Use of Forcible Entry Tools

Fire instructor Rich Cantarella and Interstate Rescue provide firefighter forcible entry training in this fire training video. Cantarella teaches forcible entry techniques with a forcible entry door prop, while discussing the importance of training on simple tasks. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Anytime I do this, I use ‘strike’ or ‘hit’ which means one. We use ‘drive’ to tell the others that we …

Insight Training: Firefighter Thermal Imaging Camera Training Using Max Fire Box

Andy Starnes of Insight Training provides firefighter thermal imaging camera training using a Max Fire Box and a FLIR thermal imaging camera. Using this flashover training device, Starnes shows how to forecast fire behavior and how to use a thermal imaging camera for firefighting decision making at a Interstate Rescue training in Bridgeport, WV. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: My name is Andy …

Instructor Teaches Self-Rescue Techniques for a Firefighter Window Hang and Ladder Bails

In this training video, Jason Abitz recalls an incident when six FDNY firefighters lost their lives while trying to execute a window hang, falling 50 feet onto concrete. Abitz goes on to teach various firefighter self-rescue techniques, including proper firefighter window hang techniques and safe firefighter window bailout skills VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Today, we are learning about firefighter window hanging and …