There is only so much radio space to communicate strategic/tactical/task assignments, status changes, and priority traffic. Think about the extra useless words we use on the radio when communicating and make it a practice to eliminate them from the airwaves. Sometimes years of habit need reset. For example, At This Time… and Be Advised… are two crutches used all too ...
Read More »Company Drills
Hand Stuck In A Floor Drain Prop
Each unit will have their own prop to train with next week. Below are pictures of the assembly.
Read More »Roller Prop – Hand Entrapment
Grant Light and the crew on Rescue 9 in Cincinnati was at it again. They built a roller prop that entraps a hand.
Read More »Indoor Radio Tower Prop
Grant Light and his crew from Cincinnati Fire Heavy Rescue 9 put a little work into making this old scrap steel into a great indoor training prop.
Read More »Lifting and Moving Rat Maze
Andrew Brassard made a maze prop that weighs a couple hundred pounds. The idea is to use pry bars, airbags, wedges, cribbing, rabbit tools, spreaders, and other tools to manipulate the box and get a small ball from one end to the other.
Read More »Estimating Concrete Weight
Cincinnati Rescue 9 Lt. Grant Light has the mic last month in the Heavy Rescue class at BGSU State Fire School.
Read More »Columbus Fire Heavy Rescue 16
I dropped in on Station 16 in Columbus this afternoon. Below are some pictures of Rescue 16. It is the busiest or one of the busiest rescues in the country, year in - year out.
Read More »Hydrogen Gas From A Cafe2Go Box
This run information is from Assistant Chief John Ryan, City of Newburgh Fire Department. Something to keep in mind when your struggling for a source.
Read More »Bowling Pin Machine
There are a lot of moving parts, belts, and chains that create potential for entrapment. Short video and a couple pictures below.
Read More »Things You Find While VCSing It
Here's a quick one on the importance of preplanning and getting out in your district. First, VCSing stands for Various Courses and Speeds. It might not be the politically correct definition, but if you don't get out in your district more often than not you will miss what's going on.
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