Tragedy caught on video

Some of you may have seen this YouTube video post before; I was just sent the link yesterday .I had a few mixed feelings about the video first for the victim and the family. Not sure if I would want this posted if it was a family member of mine. However there it is for the world to see. But I guess out of every tragedy we might be able to gain some knowledge, we can learn from these videos so that in the future similar situations won’t happen some key points came to mind when I watched the video

First it’s a real reminder that we are always or could be under the eye of a camera so watch what you say and do you never know who might be videoing you. You could end up on YouTube and not in a good way

Can and should these videos be used as training tools? Is this a moral issue? what are your thoughts a good idea or not? I sent this video to my guys to watch with the following points for them to consider

Use the right tool for the job
Always always block as you go inch by inch
Understand your actions and potential chain reactions
Don’t rush follow protocols, doing something in hast could have some pretty serious negative results
Communication nothing should happen without the direction of the incident commander
Don’t rush in and think you’re going to be hero it just may back fire on you

Hopefully everyone can learn a little from this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj00M1oCGI4&feature=youtu.be

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Permalink Reply by Chris Moyer on September 9, 2011 at 6:01pm

I think it should be removed.

Permalink Reply by David Hardin on September 9, 2011 at 9:37pm

I find this a good teaching video of what NOT to do. We are a small department and hope never to make the basic mistakes I observed. Simple basic cribbing and proper tools for the job.

Permalink Reply by Olivia Jones on September 13, 2011 at 2:41pm

While I agree it may be tasteless to have it online I believe it is a valuable teaching tool. It is no different than the hundreds of videos that instructors use across the country during our classes. How many of us have seen a video where a firefighter gets battered by an airbag, or a LEO gets hit during a traffic stop, or when we listen to mayday calls. These videos not only show us what not to do, they clearly show that this can happen to any of us regaurdless of department size, calls run, or experiance of the crew.

The video wasnt filmed, nor posted as a possitive thing, however to those of us in this profession we can take something positive from it. And while you may not have caught it with everything else going on in the video one thing I did notice that a lot of us do without thinking but can contribute to a negative view is language. There was more than one profane word from the responders. In todays day and age EVERYTHING we do is magnified.

Permalink Reply by Sarah Tinsley MacKenzie on September 26, 2011 at 12:22am