The crew of any NASCAR pit stop can change four tires, put in two cans of fuel, add or remove a wedge, peel a layer of laminate from the windshield, clean the grill and be done, getting the car out of the pits in under 15 seconds easily. Talk about proficiency and everyone doing their jobs at peak performance!
If you have been assigned to lead or participate in a live fire training exercise, you have a serious responsibility to the people you will train, lead, or supervise. These include a moral obligation and legislative responsibilities, including state laws, local codes, and even the possibility of criminal charges for acts that could be considered malicious or negligent.
Do you have problems deciding what to do for training? Does your department have a yearly comprehensive training calendar?
Host Douglas K. Cline uses this podcast to bring a help you create a comprehensive yearly training calendar. The annual calender helps maximize points for your ISO rating and is focused focused on developing sharp and well-trained personnel.
Cline also provides information on how to keep your training focused on being compliant to national standards.
Cold weather brings new challenges to the fire service. If you mix snow and ice with the cold, a new dimension is created.
Join host Douglas Cline and his guest, Daniel Bernardy, training officer for the Inver Grove Heights, MN, Fire Department, as they explore responses associated with cold and inclimate weather.
Douglas Cline talks with two fire officers about their departments efforts to implement a safety culture after line of duty deaths. Both share their first-hand experiences in the tragic loss of fellow firefighters.
The Salisbury, NC, Fire Department lost two firefighter during a fire in a mill buiding in 2008. Division Chief David Morris walks listeners through the incident and shares how the agency increased safety in every means to prevent another tragedy.
Joining Chief Douglas Cline this month is Derrick Clouston, field supervisor of the fire and rescue training division of the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal's Office. They disucss the Powell Doctrine, created by General Colin Powell as he lead miltary troops into the Gulf War.
On this month's edition of Training & Tactics Talk, Chief Douglas Cline examines hoseline selection and deployment for fire attack. Chief Cline takes a real world approach as both volunteer and career departments are seeing a decrease in manpower. Listen to see how manpower issues can influence the selection and set up of apparatus for hoseline deployment.
This month's edition of Training & Tactics Talk examines the importance of coordinating engine and truck company operations on the fireground. Host Douglas Cline and a panel of fire service veterans discuss the critical components of positioning units and communications.
The old saying of "How well the first hose comes off the apparatus dictates how well the fire will go..." is echoed throughout fire stations and academiesa across the country. The reality is initial arriving engine companies set the tone for how well the incident will go, based upon several key components.
During this month's edition of Training & Tactics Talk, host Douglas Cline covers the critical components needed to start fireground operations off on the right foot.
