Save a life...Go back to basics

Hi all...Here's a question for everyone.....Do you train on the basics or are you wrapped up on the latest greatest ? When is the last time you blacked out a mask and had to follow a hoseline "out of a structure"? When was the last time you practiced "mayday" drills ? When was the last time you practices "hooking a hydrant" ? I ask this as I just read that Ohio had 2 Firefighters killed in a structure fire.....according to the story they entered the structure without charging the handline first (remember that discussion) and got trapped by flames in the basement...they failed to follow guidelines and follow the hoseline out became disoriented and perished....Makes one think a bit....

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Permalink Reply by Dwayne on July 1, 2010 at 12:59am

"ALS kills."

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Permalink Reply by Bekks on July 1, 2010 at 3:25am

The good thing is that you are still drilling the basics... yah, you do it at an alarm and not in the house... I call that 'effective time management'. Do what works for your own situation.

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Permalink Reply by Bekks on July 1, 2010 at 3:44am

Oh, trust me, we thought it was silly recerting CPR for a 45min class when we had done 20 hours of compressions in the month's prior. But ANNUAL CPR recert is manditory on the job here... no CPR card = no work.

Of course you are not gonna forget how to do chest compressions. The point I was making is that it gave us the chance to drill a little used basic skill (Heimlich Maneuver) which is part of the CPR course material (but rarely used on the job) here in Canada.

The annual refresher in this one small skill made a WORLD of difference for me (and my Dad)!

When and how you fit the training is is not the issue... it's the getting back to basics aspect (the theme of this thread) that I was speaking to, which you seem to do, but on alarm calls instead of in the house. Like I said earlier, you are excelling in effective time management by merging your basic drills during alarm calls. Which is awsome.