— Paul Capo, When Things Go Bad, Inc. instructor
FORCIBLE ENTRY
“They have shown that when you give yourself mental messages, your nervous system goes from the threat response, where you want to rip off your mask and get the hell out of there, to the challenge response, where your body is like, ‘F!@k ya, lets do this’. All because of what you say to yourself in your brain.”
— Olivia Mead, CEO and Founder of Yoga for First Responders
MENTAL HEALTH
“You’ve got control of your nervous system if you’ve got control of your breath.”
— Olivia Mead, CEO and Founder of Yoga for First Responders
MENTAL HEALTH
“Search and rescue are not synonymous they shouldn’t even be in the same phrase. It’s search, and then rescue is separate. It’s so often we say search and rescue and never know what to do when we find somebody.”
— Paul Capo, Division Chief Operations and Training, Estes Valley Fire Protection District
“You get them out of that atmosphere as quick as possible and sometimes that is the window. You need to have that plan available from the very beginning.”
Search OR Rescue Awareness
Structure Fire
‘A quarter of the length of the ladder is where you want to be from the building for proper climbing angle.’
Ladder Throwing Tip
Structure Fire
“Don’t call for water until you have (the line) flaked out how you like it.”
Hose Management in 5-Story Stairwell
Hose Management
‘The weight of the coupling will suck this whole line down so we’ve got to tie this off. We’re always gonna tie it off below the coupling.’
Hose Management in 5-Story Stairwell
Hose Management
‘Take the nozzle. Advance and pin the hose to the ground so you don’t lose control of it. Then using your big muscles, pull it up the stairs.’
Two Person Hose Team Upstairs – ‘When Things Go Bad’
Hose Management