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Tom Kiurski tells how his fire department made use of a home that was slated to be demolished to train their firefighters on primary search and positive pressure ventilation (PPV).
On this training day, we did a wall breach maneuver. The need to breach a wall can come from situations where door access has been cut off and there are no windows from which to exit. With bad conditions in the room, an adjoining room may give refuge long enough for help to arrive or for another plan to be put into place, such as accessible doors and/or windows.
On this training day, we did a wall breach maneuver. The need to breach a wall can come from situations where door access has been cut off and there are no windows from which to exit. With bad conditions in the room, an adjoining room may give refuge long enough for help to arrive or for another plan to be put into place, such as accessible doors and/or windows.
Firefighters must know how to reduce their profile to navigate structures during incidents. Tom Kiurski discusses a fire training drill he performed with his department that took reduced-profile training to the next level.
Firefighters must know what to do if they happen to fall into a body of water wearing full turnout gear. Tom Kiurski describes fire training in his department that teaches firefighters about the buoyancy of their gear.