Playground_Drill

This is the "playground drill".

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Comment by joe mcmanus on June 2, 2008 at 1:48pm: heyy good video and idea i like it and i think i might tell my capt about it

Comment by Oldman on June 2, 2008 at 10:40am: For added realism, take old hose which may not be suitable for interior firefighting. Plug and cap both ends with a valve and air connection at the female coupling. "Charge" the hose with air, using just enough to expand it a little. Especially useful if you utilize a "spaghetti bowl" and the have to reverse direction to find their way back out. Helps you remember how to read the couplings.

Comment by Engine 32 Capt. on June 2, 2008 at 12:16am: Thanks for the reply Crystal. You'll see in an earlier post that we are career department. It's easier to gather rope than it is to gathetr hose. Cover their masks with press-n-seal and it doesn't matter what time fo day it is. Covering their masks with hoods doesn't work here.

We want to train but be response ready - that's the key. Thanks for looking and hope this works for you.

Comment by Engine 32 Capt. on June 2, 2008 at 12:04am: Response to Mader-

we didn't do the drill with tools because we don't want to tear up the playground equipment.

This drill can be performed numerous times on the same playground depending on how you run the rope. Using tools and damaging stuff will get you kicked off...

Comment by Engine 32 Capt. on June 1, 2008 at 11:59pm: Bean -

Thanks for the compliment. We are a company that believes in the men first. Follow us in/out...you will never be left alone.

Comment by Bryan Goustos on June 1, 2008 at 10:49pm: Great idea. Have to try it some day.

Comment by Crystal on June 1, 2008 at 4:48pm: Here's an idea for good Firefighter Safety...This would be an awesome drill in the evening if you put a hoseline through it and put your SCBA on live air, placed your hood backwards over your face mask and helmet on. Turn loose your firefighters. From experience, they'll be a little disoriented (especially if they don't see the playground all set up for the drill). You could use several hand lines and over lap the main line, try to confuse them... make them do their survival technique of Long Lug Out, use a right or left hand search!!!!!! GREAT IDEA! Thanks!

Comment by Jim Brunelle Jr. on June 1, 2008 at 4:39pm: Thats a great training drill thanks for the idea,my guys have been wanting a new challange, any opposition from the kids wanting to play while you were training? LOL.

Comment by Chaplain Gerta Coetzee on June 1, 2008 at 12:08pm: Hi Guys. At our station we have something similar. Difference is.... They use a smokeroom. It is dark and they set the temperature "very" high''(one day it was set so high the concrete floor cracked-hahaha. The room is the also filled with smoke. "Patients" dummies are then hidden in the room. There are obstacles everywhere. When the guys come out of there they have blisters everywhere. Maybe you guys should come over and play here for some fun.