Deploying Hose Grip | Training to Perform Under Pressure

In this training video, instructor Melissa McKiernan teaches firefighters how to secure impalements and stabilize a person who fell from a roof in an EMS training scenario, at Carolina Fire Days 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In this episode, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Chris Theobald provides insight for how to quickly and efficiently grip a hose.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION:

We do two down in an ear, two down in an ear. I have two drag ears. I’ll put the thumb in the bottom one and four fingers in the top. I don’t do the Spock thing. I wasn’t a trackie to split my fingers, but I know this one pulls tight pretty quick and it popped right off my thumb, and then I got a better grip on the other one.

So that’s my act, right? I get this all on my shoulder, step out in the way, backing over. I grab these and I’m off to the rigs.

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