We are pleased to announce our first open-enrollment engine and ladder company operations hands-on class in the Chicago suburbs. This is a ONE day class.

Morning rotations will consist of primarily ladder company-based functions. The rotations are: Vent, Enter & Search, Conventional Forcible Entry, and Flat-Roof Operations.

VES: All members will conduct a realistic VES search under simulated fire conditions in a zero-visibility environment.

Conventional FE: All members will force inward and outward opening doors of varying levels of difficulty

Flat-Roof Operations: All members will use a power saw to cut a hole in a roof to simulate vertical ventilation.

Afternoon rotations will consist of Engine-based rotations. The rotations are:

Stretching the Initial Attack Line: Members will be shown several variations of attack beds and will stretch attack lines to varying locations in the building.

Advancing the Initial Attack Line: For a given scenario, members will advance an 1 3/4" attack line under simulated fire conditions to the seat of the fire

Aggressive 2 1/2" Attack Line Operations: Members will be shown how to utilize two or three firefighters to efficiently advance a 2 1/2" line through multiple rooms WHILE FLOWING WATER. This rotation will defuse the well-known "We can't do that here!" theory.

If you have any questions, feel free to call or email at the information provided below. Registration is open now!

Flier & Enrollment information here.

Here is an online photo gallery to a very similar class we conducted in Oakville, Ontario last year. Most of the rotations will be the same.