Any tips to make this more fun?

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Permalink Reply by Capt. Dixson on January 23, 2009 at 11:04pm

Wow, no ideas????

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Permalink Reply by J Brooks on January 25, 2009 at 8:56am

You could get some old tires for a simulated force station. Have them hit the tire 15-20 times with a sledge. Dummy drags, low profile crawls (plywood over foam pails or five gallon buckets work), start saws, etc. You can be very creative on a limited or non-existent budget with what you have already.

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Permalink Reply by Capt. Dixson on January 27, 2009 at 1:40pm

Thanks, Those are some really good ideas.

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Permalink Reply by Asst. 29 on January 28, 2009 at 3:29pm

Another thing to add to maybe make it a little more interesting would be advancing a charged line approximately 15 to 20 feet and operate the nozzle and give them a stationary target to hit with the water stream to end the drill

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Permalink Reply by Padre Pete on May 5, 2009 at 10:16pm

Capt, If you've got a barn you dont need another playground. Throw up an up-ladder and a down-ladder and stay inside for the whole thing. How about extending it to include that part of a Mask Confidence course where participants just keeping moving, in a circle (maybe 50' diam) through a course of a few (just 3 or 4) simple obsticles . (stepping over something, going up and down 2-3 steps, croutching or crawling under or through something) and just keep going around until the last one runs out of air. He/she is the winner and the one to beat next time. Have a non participant get drill credit by keeping records of everyones time.

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Permalink Reply by Chaplain Mike on September 25, 2009 at 2:01pm

Hey, maybe once they finish the hose carry have them attach the hose into a attack line length and stretch it and do a search of the station or of some building in the response district. If they are going to do a search scenario, get a salemander portable heater and crank it up in the area to be searched, it will allow them to feel some heat and make it a little more realistic. How about maybe making a collapsable floor prop-make a base out of 2x4's and put a plywood sheet on it that will collapse at some point or be "bouncy" enough that they recognize that they may be in a precarious situation. How about adding a MAYDAY scenario, we ALL need to practice that. Good luck, Mike.

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Permalink Reply by TIMOTHY L. WESTBERRY on October 14, 2009 at 1:22pm

Consider getting into clowning, you can include the kids into fire saftey skits,face painting etc.

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