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Permalink Reply by Todd Rockwell on April 17, 2010 at 9:16pm

I'm not sure how bizzare it s but every fall our department ges to the community park. We string a rope from one end of the large wooden play scape to the other. We do this at night. Then we all don our full ppe and scba with masks blacked out. We then split the group in half, we start at oppisite ends and follow the rope guide to the oppisite end. The path takes you up into a 3 level wooden play area with twists and turns, low clearences and tight, tight spaces. When you pass someone from the other way you have go go over, under or through them The first team done wins braggin rights till next year.Fun time, great workout!

Permalink Reply by Bob Kolva on April 17, 2010 at 11:54pm

That's good. A friend's department jumps in the city pool with full turnouts and SCBA to simulate breaking through a floor and landing in a flooded basement. They claim that SCBAs work great underwater; I just not to sure about that.

Permalink Reply by Todd Rockwell on April 18, 2010 at 9:24am

Nice, I would consider that a bit bizzare! Good way to find air leaks!

Permalink Reply by Bob Kolva on May 5, 2010 at 12:09am

That playground training looks fun and challenging.

Permalink Reply by Michael J. Stipa on May 7, 2010 at 6:12am

Yes it does. One of the fire companies here in Pitman, NJ, constructed a maze out of wood. It simulated crawling over roof rafters, lowering yourself thru an attic opening, a simulated collapse with wires, and very tight turns and openings. We had to do it with full gear, and wax paper inside our masks. It was VERY intense, and quite a workout too.

Permalink Reply by Bryan Phillips on July 4, 2010 at 2:50pm

Once a year, just after new years, my dept. plays Dodge Ball. We do it for fun, the team work, and to keep us fit

Permalink Reply by Capt2bydahbay on August 9, 2010 at 12:57pm

I guess its sink or swim...LOL

Permalink Reply by Mike Doucette on August 10, 2010 at 4:57pm

No injury or destruction of property?!! You are taking the fun out of training :-)
Nothing more bizzare in trainign than our regular calls. We do tours of "high risk" occupancies once or twice a year including homelss shelters and tenaments, senior residences, hospitals etc. We alway have lots of fun meeting the people and come back with interesting comments from the residents.

Permalink Reply by Robbie Light on August 13, 2010 at 9:34am

One of my friends did this after basic class. He got drunk and wanted to see if it would work. He ended up in the pool at Holiday Inn wearing full turnout gear trying out his SCBA under water... but he forgot to turn his air on before he jumped in the pool and the guests had to assist him out. Then when he was rescued he turned his air on and tried it again. It worked for him for 15 minutes, then he said it got difficult to breathe. And he was not a guest at that hotel, so the employees were not exactly happy...

Permalink Reply by DAVID GONZALEZ on February 26, 2013 at 10:15pm

At mine we flip each other over full ppe and scba until our air runs out you never know what type of IDLH you may run into.