Tag Archives: training

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 ...

Each unit will have their own prop to train with next week. Below are pictures of the assembly.

Grant Light and the crew on Rescue 9 in Cincinnati was at it again. They built a roller prop that entraps a hand.

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.

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.

I dropped in to see Battalion Chief Doug Wehmeyer at the main Deerfield Twp firehouse a few days ago. After some command training and dinner, he finally let me see the rescue truck.

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.

There are a lot of moving parts, belts, and chains that create potential for entrapment. Short video and a couple pictures below.

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.

What's your plan for getting to a victim on the top of a car in flood waters? Swift water operations?