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Length: 8-hours
Open Enrollment, HANDS-ON

For the second year, Brotherhood Instructors, LLC owners Nate DeMarse, Andrew Brassard and Kevin LeGacy and several instructors will be assisting Lead Instructor Mike Ciampo and his crew with the Truck Company: Essentials H.O.T. Course for FDIC 2011.

Brotherhood Instructors, LLC forcible entry props and tools will be heavily utilized to bring you the BEST FDIC HOT experience possible.

The following is the course announcement directly from the FDIC 2011 website. Join us at our H.O.T. site, we'd love to have you and work with you!

"Truck Company: Essentials
Lead Instructor: Lieutenant Michael Ciampo, Fire Department of New York
In this interactive class the students will rotate through a series of stations in truck company operational tactics. Station 1, Forcible Entry: Two door frame props will be used to simulate inward and outward door forcing. There will also be a power saw cutting station where metal rebar simulating window bars and a roll-down gate prop will be cut. Station 2, Ladders: Students will learn new leg locks and the arm lock and then perform raises to prepare them for the interactive rescue station. Station 3, Ventilation: Students will perform horizontal and vertical ventilation on the acquired structures. Saw use will include rotary and chain saw with numerous types of cuts. Station 4, Search: Two real life window entry (VES) scenarios will be created with furniture in the dwellings. Students will also operate in teams of three firefighters searching the structure. Station 5, Overhaul: Students will open up the structure with hand tools to search for fire extension.
BASIC/INTERMEDIATE"