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Permalink Reply by Chief 29 on January 14, 2009 at 6:09pm

You could try a basic RIT /Fast class. Even if you are not on a RIT team the techniques and tips that you pick up are priceless.

Permalink Reply by Don Vuletic on January 15, 2009 at 11:51am

Your a Four wheeler fan, In wellsburgh W Va they offer a two day class on four wheeler rescue and operation. I have a guy who is taking it next month I believe. Let me knoe if you want info on this

Permalink Reply by Marshall Flick on January 15, 2009 at 2:55pm

Mandi,
My battalion love to train. We have set up an obstical course in our station where you have to put on your gear, connect a hose, climb a ladder, (utilizing inflatable extracation pads)lift a three yard dumpster and crib it, properly tie an axe onto some rope climb another ladder, raise the axe, run along a catwalk, crawl through a maze, find rescue Randy, drag him down the hall (40 feet) then end it going down stairs. We started timing ourselves and documenting a few things, If you take your time and walk it you can do it in a little over five minutes. our Lt. can do it with the fastest time of 2 min. 7 seconds. But there are some that cant even make it. We also learn alot about ourselves, like some of the guys suck air from their SCBA's like clydesdales while others utilize skip breathing to an artform. play with the idea.

Permalink Reply by Mandi on January 17, 2009 at 12:29pm

Those are all great ideas:) you guys have been very helpful!thanks a lot.

Permalink Reply by justin on January 21, 2009 at 11:58pm

another thing you could do is get some speaker wire or some smaller wire and hang it in the maze that is one thing you come in contact with in house fires is some burnt up wires that you always hang up in while trying to go in or get out

Permalink Reply by Doug on January 25, 2009 at 9:02am

You could try farm machinery disentanglement & farm chemicals, chainsaw safety & responding to trees down, managing emergency incidents on roadways, basic rigging for rope rescue, evoc, street survival for ems, ventilation practices, structure burn session, pump 1 & 2, scba.

Permalink Reply by Randy Fales on May 1, 2009 at 12:25am

I just joined about a week ago so I'm a little behind. I'm sure you already had your training so here is an idea for next year. If you havent done this already get your local life flight involved. Have them come in and show how to make a landing zone for the bird. you know what to look for when making a landing zone. we try to do this about once a year so we can get a refresher and keep a good relation with them.

Permalink Reply by Martin on May 1, 2009 at 1:36am

Hi,
New as well, so sorry for the lateness.
I would like to suggest marching drills, as not everyone is part of their Honor Guard group or have a military background. As FFs, we often have the opportunity to participate in marches and parades, but do we all know how to properly do it? How to start and stop, saluting, making a 90 or 180 degree turn while in place, a 90 degree turn while in a march, etc. I'm sure your local Honor Guard drill sergent or nearby military personel or even someone in the ranks with a military background, would be more than willing to run the crew through a few drills for a couple of hours.

As for hands-on, may I suggest setting up inclines (roofs) in the back of the station to practice vertical ventilation. There's the issue of getting the materials, but where there's a will, there's a way :)

Good luck,
Martin

Permalink Reply by paul michael komandt on May 2, 2009 at 8:23pm

If your budget allows it a travelling instuctor for your school buss and heavy rescue. Our county put on a class last fall. budget was abaout $4.000. Great class but it takes a bunch of planning. i have the instructor contacts as he is out of one of the carolinas.

Permalink Reply by Rick on May 5, 2009 at 8:18am

Another one that is somewhat cheap and easy to do is some forced entry classes, etc. Many local stores (think HD, Lowes, etc), will give damaged doors, etc to depts (or at least severely slash the price) for training purposes. Also, depending on your department and the businesses it serves, many of them will allow you to conduct trainings after hours (such as simulated search and rescue in a warehouse). The mazes/obstacle courses listed below are always a fun one as well and can be made slightly more challenging with the simple addition of some wax paper covering the lens of the SCBA masks.

Permalink Reply by Jerry on June 5, 2009 at 9:38pm

Low Angle Rope Rescue.

Permalink Reply by Eddie Rogers on June 7, 2009 at 5:14am

One that's is often overlooked is drafting. Learning the proper techniques without killing your pump and primer pump. Disaster drills are always good if you can get your county or area EMA director or organiation involved. RIT is another good one that can be as simple as one department practicing the techeniques to mutual aid calls where one department is called in as a RIT team.

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