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Permalink Reply by Spencer Tribbick on February 22, 2009 at 1:25pm

Hey Ryan, everybody. Spencer here. I'm Training Officer for Oliver Fire Department in British Columbia. Canada. We're a medium-sized (36 member) volunteer department. I just became T/O in January, and my goal for 2009 is to get more interest in training so I can keep my guys on the ball and safe. Anyway, I've brought into my training cycle a drill that I found surfing around the web. It's called the Pittsburgh Drill. http://www.in.gov/dhs/files/pittsburgh.pdf It has turned into a bit of a competition at my hall, guys teaming up to try to beat each others times, it's great. The part of this drill that I really got a kick out of was the wax paper over the mask. Previously, we'd use newspaper to black out masks to train search techniques, but the wax paper still lets in light, but you cant make out any definition. It really simulates a smoky, foggy mask situation. I just thought I'd pass this along because it was a rel hit at my hall. Good luck, stay safe!
-Spencer

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