SO We Are Ready

For training this week we will be continuing with the theme of readiness and honing our fire-ground skills.  

Weather permitting take this drill outside to test your first due fire operation skills.

In teams of two set your gear up outside of the engine. When timer says go:

1. Dress out 
2. Officer packs up and gives a Blue Card initial radio report
3. Apparatus Operator must engage the pump 

The team of firefighters must then formulate a plan to complete the following tasks in the order of priority as if they were the first due engine on an actual fire scene.  Each of these tasks can be done as an individual or completed as a team.

• Pull 200 feet of 5" from the engine
• Fully stretch a 24' ladder to the hose tower
• Pull a wye line to the exterior man door
• Attach a 100' high rise pack to the gated wye
• Charge the line

1. Both firefighters must meet at the door with SCBA and tools
2. Firefighters must stretch the hose line through the predetermined course in the bay to the mezz.
3. Your Victim must be located and removed from the building
4. Time stops when the victim and both firefighter are clear of the building 

To be successful in this evolution communication and cooperation are paramount.  When the drill is completed, discuss the evolution.  What went good and what could be improved.

To make the drill more challenging replace the 24' ladder with a 35' and incorporate the collapsed floor and wall breach props into the scenario as the week progresses.

Be Safe and BE READY!