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LIVE STRUCTURAL TRAINING BURN…

 FireCompanies    March 7, 2006    No Comments

 Who is qualified? Who is trained? WHO is in charge?The STANDARDS are out there-we just have to WANT to respect them. My partner and I were placed in charge of lighting the fire in a practice burn.  It was a one story older home, approximately, 3000sq. feet.  … [Read more...]

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MINUTE BY MINUTE, FIRE SCENE GOT WORSE

 FireCompanies    February 20, 2006    No Comments

By Willoughby Mariano and Susan Jacobson Sentinel Staff Writer(FireFighterCloseCalls.com NOTES: This article has been re-posted due to requests 2/06)November 24, 2002KISSIMMEE -- For the first 10 minutes, the training exercise seemed so ordinary.Osceola and Orlando firefighters … [Read more...]

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TRAINING CLOSE CALLS FROM A PROBIE!

 FireCompanies    September 22, 2005    No Comments

As a new FF recruit (about 8 mos) we read the site religiously in order to get whatever tips I can, since we have small department with not much fire volume. The below close calls were all part of a live smoke training in an abandoned house we did last week. While they weren't … [Read more...]

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LIVE FIRE TRAINING? FOLLOW 1403 TO AVOID PROBLEMS!

 FireCompanies    August 6, 2005    No Comments

...the senior officer in charge said the room we were in was just a few seconds away from flashover... Last Fall my department had a training burn at a house that was slated for demolition. This was the first night of the burn and my company was first up to burn. We lit the fire … [Read more...]

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“………HOT SMOKE AND GASES HIT ME IN THE FACE AND BEGAN TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS…”

     April 24, 2005    No Comments

My Ladder company arrived to a 2 story residential fire with heavy charged smoke coming from the second floor. As the D/O (Driver/Operator) on our Ladder company it was my duty to establish a secondary means of egress for interior companies that were gaining entry. Per our … [Read more...]

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"………HOT SMOKE AND GASES HIT ME IN THE FACE AND BEGAN TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS…"

 FireCompanies    April 24, 2005    No Comments

My Ladder company arrived to a 2 story residential fire with heavy charged smoke coming from the second floor. As the D/O (Driver/Operator) on our Ladder company it was my duty to establish a secondary means of egress for interior companies that were gaining entry. Per our … [Read more...]

 News, TRAINING/DRILLS

TRAINING BURN: BUT WE WERE STILL INSIDE!

 FireCompanies    April 10, 2005    No Comments

It was during a training of structure fire and I was inside the middle of doing the training when my partner passed out in the middle of searching part of our training.He was claustrophobic and forgot to tell me about it. So we"re in the middle of doing a search of a two … [Read more...]

 News, TRAINING/DRILLS

KILLED FIRE CADET'S FAMILY SPEAKS OUT FOR CHANGES IN TRAINING

 FireCompanies    December 25, 2004    No Comments

Sun Sentinal July 25, 2004Just days before a firefighter recruit died during a training exercise, he told his sister he was concerned about how the instructors were treating his class. The recruits had to wear their bunker gear all day, she recalled him saying. The instructors … [Read more...]

 News, TRAINING/DRILLS

TWO PARAMEDICS HURT IN AMBULANCE TRAINING MISHAP!

 FireCompanies    December 25, 2004    No Comments

Two paramedics were hurt when one of Collier County's (Florida) new ambulances overturned Thursday during a training exercise at the vehicle test track in Golden Gate Estates. The paramedics were taken to Lee Memorial Hospital after the 10:30 a.m. rollover. They were released … [Read more...]

 News, TRAINING/DRILLS

FIREFIGHTER UNIFORM PANTS IGNITE!

 FireCompanies    December 25, 2004    No Comments

TO: Firefighter Close Calls.comHopefully I won't get into too much trouble for releasing this but I had a "close call" of my own yesterday. We were doing shift training on using the K-12 saw w/ a metal blade. We were wearing gloves and goggles as well as helmets but we didn't … [Read more...]

 News, TRAINING/DRILLS

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