WHO NEEDS TO TRAIN

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on March 23, 2008 at 2:03pm

It may be an issue where you reside and across some parts of the world, but is not the general rule everywhere. The way to stop it is simple. If they don't attend a certain ammount of training (SCBA is a must have) they don't get to do anything inside the building. Once they understand they become a support person on scene and they can't participate, they will attend.
Perhaps I am blessed by having a great training officer, and great leadership in my department. People willingly attend training and look forward to being together to train on Tuesdays. Perhaps a change in your modus operadi will help.

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Permalink Reply by donald patton on March 25, 2008 at 8:37pm

here they dont care just to say their firefighters is all they want.we tryed that to

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Permalink Reply by Todd on March 23, 2008 at 10:12pm

Dave we need at least one drill a month, so you cant get them done in 4 months. I do agree with everything else you said though.

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Permalink Reply by lutan1 on March 23, 2008 at 5:48pm

Definietly agree with the others- set a mandatory amount of training. MAke it harder. The crap about "I'm a volunteer" is such rubbish! Vol or career, the training standard and skill levels should be the same.

And to David- I'd suggest your dept needs to change it's idea of drills. Washing the truck is not a drill!

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Permalink Reply by donald patton on March 25, 2008 at 8:38pm

we try it dont work they just quit right know theirs only two of us running calls me and one other guy.very hard with only two but manage

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Permalink Reply by Phil Tretton on March 23, 2008 at 8:37pm

i love training it really makes my week better when i do train

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Permalink Reply by donald patton on March 25, 2008 at 8:38pm

i wish i had more people who thought like you

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Permalink Reply by Tony Marchitelli on March 23, 2008 at 9:30pm

Yes i would tend to agree with that one! For instance we had a fully invloved house fire last friday & the deparment i just left 7 months back was first one secene @ 4:30A THEY PULLED THE BUSTER LINE OFF AND STARTED TO FIGHT THE FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When i got word of this I wasnt very happy about it because none of them hit a pulg & I was one of the few in the deparment that wanted to get everyone to train....BUT knowone showed up!
And now look at them they don't know how to use their equipment what a shame!
But I will say there are still a few guys left that want to do the right thing but are just out numbered! But thats a whole another story

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Permalink Reply by donald patton on March 25, 2008 at 8:40pm

my old department went through same thing someone called mayor said that they didnt even know how to draft so i trained them on it they had know more problems.i left they quit trainig

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Permalink Reply by O'Kitty on March 23, 2008 at 10:13pm

Sometimes I feel like I'm making more training than calls. In January and February I did 50 some hours of training. Have a class to attend next week. Will do fire school in the fall ... and those are actual classes with a certificate ... that is not including my dept's in house training. I'm half way through that new bazillion hour Delmar essentials program, module 1 n 2 down ... 3 n 4 to go. Ugh!

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Permalink Reply by donald patton on March 25, 2008 at 8:41pm

good work knoledge is king u never stop learning.i do inhouse and state cert classes here

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Permalink Reply by Chief Thomas Maahs on March 23, 2008 at 10:17pm

In my company we have included training in our bylaws as follows;1. Active members are required to attend the Firematic/Emergency Medical and business activities of the Company. A member must attend a minimum of twenty four (24) drills per calendar year with a minimum of six (6) drills per quarter.
Training is a very important part of what all Firefighters do! If you are not continually training then you really should not be in the business we are in.

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