Sean Gray
Lieutenant
Cobb County (GA) Fire and Emergency Services
Monday, April 23, 2018 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
This class demonstrates how to operate efficiently using firefighter safety research to enhance fireground tactics. Controlling the flow path is the cornerstone of the course. Students receive instruction on fire attack with door control, search, and fire behavior. Three rotating stations provide a high-fidelity interactive experience with an experienced international instructor group from Cobb County (GA) Fire; Los Angeles County Fire; Fire Department of New York; East Haven (CT) Fire Department; and Sweden. The student gains firsthand experience of the skills developed from evidence based tactics, what the research is revealing, and how to implement the new information into their evolving firegrounds.
This class is based off of Firefighter Safety Research combined with real fire-ground experience. This is a challenging hands on class developed from the research and experience of the Instructor Cadre. This class will provide the student the opportunity to learn intelligently aggressive tactics. Station #1-Fire Attack Station will focus on Interior and Exterior Fire Streams with an emphasis on Door Control and managing pinch points for efficient hose movement. Students will have to the opportunity to make intelligent decisions on the priority of extinguishment. Station #2 will focus on Searching in the Flow path. Students will be shown Search skills such as walking the walls, numbering the walls, and door isolation in order to conduct a safe and aggressive interior search. Station#3 will cover all topics Fire Attack, Door Control, and Fire Behavior. A small-scale 4-compartment fire behavior box will be used as a visual demonstration along with other Live Fire Demonstrations.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss, Identify and Interpret Fire Behavior
- Distinguish Smoke conditions through Volume, Velocity, Density, and Color.
- Create a visual presentation of proper hose stream placement during Interior and Exterior Fire Attack rotations.
- Demonstrate controlling the flow path with the use of door control and smoke control devices.
- Show Search procedures for working in the Flow Path
