Eric Dreiman
Chief of Training
Indianapolis (IN) Fire Department
Monday, April 08, 2019: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Monday, April 08, 2019: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday, April 09, 2019: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tuesday, April 09, 2019: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The tactic of Vent-Enter-Isolate-Search (VEIS) has been around for several decades. Its roots are securely anchored in East Coast firefighting. The original tactic of Vent-Enter-Search (VES) was developed and perfected to allow firefighters alternative means to access and remove victims trapped in burning buildings. Many of the concepts associated with VEIS draw on the original skills and abilities developed with VES. Given the latest scientific research and the significant differences between the modern fireground and the firegrounds of the past, it has become necessary to update this rescue tactic. Four basic factors have contributed to the development of VEIS: modern building construction, occupancy layouts, fire loads, and scientific research.
This program is designed to be a hands-on program that is broken into six different skills stations. Each skills station will cover different components of the VEIS process. Stations will include: first floor VEIS, second floor VEIS, victim Carries and drags, Victim removal from a second floor window, Thermal imagery use, Fireground communications. Each station will combine several of these skills and give the students opportunities to use these skills in different scenarios. A combination of realistic window props that allow the student to actually break out the panes and sash and simulated smoke will make these training scenarios as close to a real fireground as possible without the live fire.
