Five people died and six others were injured when a fire tore through a farmhouse early Monday in rural Boone County.
Firefighters were called out around 2:30 a.m. and response time to the fire was hampered by bad weather. Once at the scene, firefighters found flames coming out of every window in the house, and they had to lay a half-mile of hose to get water to the fire. In addition to the house, fire has also spread to several vehicles and nearby buildings.
Six people were able to self-extricate from the fire and were taken to the hospital, two of them in critical condition. An adult and four children perished in the fire.
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Description
Learn the techniques and thought processes necessary for successfully conducting vent-enter-isolate-search. Live fire and a series of visual and audible stressors that are part of this class will prepare you to rapidly solve problems you are likely to encounter on today’s fireground, including security features on windows, large and obese victims, rapid fire spread, hoarding conditions, flow path management, and the use of thermal imaging cameras.
Methodology
This class is taught using six separate skills stations. The course will be delivered under live fire conditions using scenarios based on the real world experiences of the instructors. In addition to live fire, a series of visual and audible distractions will be incorporated to create stressful and realistic evolutions. The students will experience situations designed to challenge their decision making skills. Topics taught will include: dealing with high security windows, diminished and limited window access, converting a window into a door, thermal imaging, VEIS in hoarder conditions, managing the large/obese victim.
Learning Objectives
Vent Enter Isolate Search
Building size-up
Rapid decision making
Hand tool and power tool usage
Ladder selection and placement
Victim profiling
Managing large/obese victims
VEIS in hoarding conditions
Removal and access through security windows
