Hey Dustin thanks for the advice. I'm pretty confident on the ground ladders its just the arial scares the ever living crap out of me. I'll be sure to find out when the Truck Co has a drill with the arial and I'll be there for it

I'll check it out buddy. Just did a week vacation myself to the sierra nevadas with the local college. Great getaway! I've been doing professional photography for years now. It's amazing what you can capture, if you look. Talk to you soon, Mike

there is such a thing as too much help sometimes. in fact, it can create a safety situation. we do most calls with three guys. we can call in help but we are located on the coast 45 miles North of Santa Barbara in a rural area. fantastic surf spots and state parks but remote never the less... this means that the 2nd due engine is a long way out, maybe as much as 25 minutes that we have to deal with what ever we are responding to...

you only need so many people to run a call... I personally think that your answer is to simulate incidents when you train, do everything the way you should, ie. full PPE, respond in an engine, stop get out and go to work, but do it in smaller groups of people with predetermined and identified assignments for each evolution. yes, you must go at it like rats in a maze. don't think, just do the drill, step by step as identified in the course objectives when you do the training. you will respond to the incident the same way you trained. if it looks like a cluster fuck during training, it will be worse on an incident. have someone videotape your training and have everyone review it. this is a good way to explore where you are and where you need to go. hope this helps buddy. your favorite Fire Captain from Santa Barbara... Mike : )

haha yea i see what u mean by that

Dustin, I think that this is going to work Thanks Be Safe

dustin, I have tried to add you as a brother and I'm having no luck whats up with that ?