Firefighter Survival Techniques: From Prevention to Intervention (DVD)

In the spirit of Tom Brennan's Random Thoughts and Fire Engineering's Training Minutes, Firefighter Survival Techniques covers firefighter survival by the implementation of proper tactics in unison with proper staffing. In this DVD, Frank Ricci and other notable instructors from departments of all sizes cover 28 tactics grouped into four categories (Fire Attack, Self-Rescue, Rescuing a Brother and Safety Precautions).

Tactics covered:

• Size-Up
• Initial attack
• Hose in stairwell
• Flashover
• Situational awareness
• Vertical ventilation
• Clearing the window
• Confining the fire
• Basement fires
• Commercial structure fires
• Mayday
• Air management
• Bail out
• Breach a wall
• Quick release
• Improved filter technology
• Intervention
• RIT
• Area of refuge
• Safety precautions
• Packaging
• Firefighter upstairs
• Denver drill
• Firefighter through floor
• Truss
• Metering
• Fitness and health
• Seatbelts
• Accountability and communications
• Dispatch

by Frank Ricci