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Anacortes Floor 2 Bathroom
Great video to discuss with your crew from a burn done for the Anacortes Fire Department. I think a good way to break down drills for an engine company is to break down characteristics of on plane, above and below grade fires and then keep the focus of the drill
Anacortes Living Room
In this video, we have a fire in the far corner of the living room and somewhat shielded from the reach of the stream both due to distance and the fact that the room is L shaped. The fire was allowed to grow to the point that it filled the
Fight fire like you’re naked.
A good interior helmet camera example of gas flame moving through the inside of a residential space. Often times even though houses can appear heavily involved from outside, the broken-up nature of many residential floor plans lends itself to there being many spaces, even in close proximity to the fire,
Take a Hot Second
“Take a hot second or else you turn into hot garbage” Both of these videos are good examples of the nozzleman setting up shop, getting water downrange and in the off angles, letting the water work for a second, then starting their advance. That does at least a couple things:1:
Rebound vs. Stuffing it
“Hit and Move” (hit it, shut it, move it) on the left, “Push” (flowing while moving) on the right. We’ve gone through a process of trying to articulate what conditions necessitate a push in our recruit academy, which has expanded to our county now. We are trying to dial in
Ferndale Kitchen Split View
This is a side by side view synched up of what a good patient attack looks like. Control is gained before he starts moving forward and once the nozzle is on the fire area it does not come back up and off unless there is a compelling reason. The more