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Comment by Danny Schaeffer on October 7, 2008 at 8:33pm

Firefighter drills are endless on the internet. Just type it in! Use your imagination when it comes to training and you will find that you have the ability to create great training drills.

Comment by mike mcintyre (mac) on October 7, 2008 at 1:57pm

hi everyone im from a small town we dont get nearly enough training anyone have any ideas

Comment by Karl Campbell on October 6, 2008 at 7:41am

Hi everyone, my name is Karl Campbell and I am from Sydney, NS and have been an active Volunteer FF for 14 years I currently hold the position of chief and look forward to hearing from all of you on the various training topics and exercises.

Comment by Firehouse Dolls on September 25, 2008 at 7:26pm

I'm in Denver and if any of you need pictures of the box let me know. Also have a great "Entanglement" trainer built much the same way.

John

Comment by AssChief7 on September 15, 2008 at 10:27am

From a posting on Firehouse.com
http://forums.firehouse.com/showthread.php?t=92576

The entire prop is 10' long, 28" wide (inside dimension) and the window has a sill height of 42" from the interior floor.

It is constructed out of 2X4 framing with 1/2" plywood walls and 3/4" plywood flooring.

I made it so that there are a total of only 14-5/16" carriage bolts and about 8-3" deck screws that hold the walls, floor and support braces together. That way it can easily be broken down into 4 separate pieces and can easily be transported or stored as needed. It can be fully assembled in about 5-10 minutes by just one person.

When fully assembled, it is extremely rigid and should hopefully last for many years.

The only thing that I think they didn't put on there is that the window is only 20" wide. I forget the height.


This is from
http://www.cityofvancouver.us/fire.asp?fireID=20445&fireSub=20475&itemid=21184&training=21823

The hallway was only 11 feet long. Because of a shelving unit and a file cabinet, the end of the hallway was only 28 inches wide. The window looking out onto the street was 20 inches wide and the windowsill was 42 inches off the floor. He was 6'1" and dressed in full turnouts. We don't know how much he weighed, but with the wet turnouts, it must have been between 250 and 300 pounds.

The one from Vancouver has some background on the incident that is good to use also.

Comment by Jason on September 15, 2008 at 6:47am

hello all,
I am going to build a denver training box. Iam going to need the size of the box and how tall it should be. Can any one help me. And i would like to have any ideas on a maze thanks

Comment by Andy on September 13, 2008 at 12:26am

We have training for our volunteers twice a month... as we all know we have to cover some of the necesary boring stuff... insteed of just sitting in a tatics class falling asleep I had everyone wear thier SCBA and be "On Air". It helped out alot with communication (speaking with the SCBA on and also.. by the end of class most student still had lots of air. It suprised them just how long a "30 minute bottle" would last

Comment by Wolfy Lang on September 13, 2008 at 12:13am

With the introduction of Hybrid and Electric cars lately, a very simple and public service oriented idea is to contact your local car dealerships and ask their Service Managers and Mechanics if they would be willing to bring a car or two out to the station and go over the hazard points of these cars. There is numerous articles online about the high voltage hazards for extrication cutting as well as the placement of side curtain air bags. Talk to the ones who know it "by the book" and have them teach what they know.

Comment by Terrell Long on September 11, 2008 at 12:36pm

Need new training ideas for the crew!!! We do alot of training but some stuff is very repetative. Any ideas??

Comment by jdstamp on September 8, 2008 at 9:16pm

Hey Everyone,
Does anyone have a good tactical operations training outline.
I have been searching for a relatively detailed outline for a while now.
If you have one or know where to find one please let me know


Thank You

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