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Firefighter
Personal Safety - Interior Benchmarking - "Firefighter Situational Awareness"
It
is unacceptable that firefighters are still dying in the same unnecessary ways on the fireground. This dynamic firefighter
situational awareness driven presentation was published in Fire Engineering Magazine, February 2007 and will outline the FETC
exclusive "Interior Benchmarkinging Concept" Let FETC show how Firefighter Orientation and Pro-active
Air Management is an essential component of firefighter safety and survival. Teaching firefighters to use our Interior
Benchmarking Concept, along with identifying the point of no return during air management is critical. This is FETC Advanced SCBA training!
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Rapid Intervention Team Training - "How to maximize your manpower for a safer
fireground!"
Progressive RIT can reduce fireground injuries and fatalities
long before a Mayday is declared. Are your firefighters dreading the assignment of RIT? The fireground is no place for a complacent
Rapid Intervention Team. If they are just leaning against the bumper are they really ready? Let FETC provide them with greater
knowledge and real world experiences that can create a more positive and safer fireground! Class will review: Hi-Profile LODD's,
National Standards Review of NFPA and OSHA's 2-in 2-out, RIT Statistics, The RIT Officer's Risk Analysis, Fire Ground Operational
Considerations for Maximum Utilization of your RIT, Empowering the RIT upon arrival, Manpower Requirements, Roles and Responsibilities
of each RIT Member, Radio Communications and RIT Command-ICS. Incredible Audio / Video and PowerPoint program.
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Mayday Management for Incident Command - "Strategic Commander Considerations Unfolded"
The mere broadcast of the term "Mayday" has changed the lives of many good
fireground commanders forever! Have you prepared your Incident Commanders for battle or are they going to shoot from the hip?
This FETC program will shed some dramatic light on the complexity of "Managing a Mayday". We will
review the leading causes of the Mayday, RIT Operations Timetable and Statistics, Fireground Discipline, Risk vs. Gain, Communications
- Analyze Audio from recent missed Mayday Calls, Real Video Footage of Near-Misses of LODD, Command and Operational Templates
for better Mayday Management, Do you have even have enough manpower for a Mayday? Learn how to front load your RIT / Alarm
Assignment and Command Team with "CRM" (Crew Resource Management) for a more powerfully managed fireground!
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The Courage to be Safe - 16 Life Safety Initiatives - "National Fallen Firefighters Foundation" This provocative and moving presentation is designed to change the
culture of accepting the loss of firefighters as normal consequences. Building on the untold story of line of death survivors,
it will reveal how family members live with the consequences of a firefighter death and provides a focus on the need for firefighters
and fire officers to change our fundamental attitudes and behaviors in order to prevent line of duty deaths.
The 16 Life Safety Initiatives will be covered so everyone goes home. ____________________________________________________ Engine Company Operations - "Listen Up... Now your in
the Hot Seat!"
Setting the stage for the overall fire operation is extremely
critical but do we really prepare our firefighters to be in the hot seat? Multi-Step Incident Action Planning on how to safely
initiate an effective interior fire attack including; Building size-up, Identifying the Hazards, Choosing a Strategic Plan
(offensive / marginal / defensive) Fire Stream Selection (GPM vs. BTU) Deploying the Proper Hose Line for maximum effectiveness
and speed, progress reporting, and much more.
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Ladder Company Operations - "Vent Enter Search - Operational Considerations and FETC
Exclusive "The Quick Set" How can we get all the important ladder company functions done in a timely fashion? This
class will provide firefighters with an "outside the box" mentality when your responding manpower
is minimal. Reviewing: Proper Apparatus Placement, Training your members with Minimum Company Standards for Operations;
Timeline/Techniques for Vertical vs. Horizontal Ventilation, S and R considerations with Vent-Enter-Search Ops for
rapid primary searches above the fire. Can your truck company rescue a civilian victim from a third floor window within
120 seconds of arrival? FETC's exclusive "Quick Set" Truck Company Training and Company Standards can
make your company ready to make the grab!
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TIC - Thermal Imager Training - Do we really understand how this thing works? Recently purchase a TIC? Does your personnel truly understand what they are seeing in that image?
The thermal imager has empowered many fire departments to see once again but have your personnel been trained to operate it
safely? FETC will review size-ups, search techniques, firefighters vs. fire officer use of the TIC, operational considerations
for lead assisted searches. When the camera fails, will your firefighters know how to overcome the complexity of being blind
again? The victim and your firefighters deserve training that will keep them alive.
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Personal Development Toolbox - Self Leadership Skills
for positive Success
Firefighter/Officer Development: Unique look at one's
self to better understand and develop the skills needed for greater success! A look at interpersonal dynamics to create positive
and effective communication within a Fire or EMS Company.
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Most important job in the Firehouse - The Company Officer - "21-Characteristics of a Great
Leader"
Officer Development: Whether you desire to be a great officer or have
been promoted already, do you have the characteristics, traits, education and the discipline to become a great leader? This
program breaks down a great leader and shows how the FD Company Officer can effect the entire firehouse culture.
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Leadership v. Management - Do you understand the differences?
This
program will break down the differences and define the two. Are you a Leader or a Manager? Review the "Law of the Edge"
- when given two equally talented companies/shifts, the one with the best leadership will always rise to the top. Discuss
the theory, gain the Law of the Edge and empower your subordinates to bring out the leader in them.
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