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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Ahhh the Dreaded Rapid Intervention Assignment - "Beyond the Textbook!"
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 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 Program"
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.
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Coordinating Aggressive Fireground Operations - "With
a Safety Culture Mindset"
Fireground Management has never been more critical.
We are placing good men and women with good intentions into some very bad or dangerous situations. Functioning in a traditional
fire command structure is not affording an equally matched safety net. How can we mange the "traditional"
interior extinguishment mindset while affording the department with a greater margin of safety? FETC has a unique program
with a new approach to fireground command and control. We will explain the process of implementing CRM - Crew Resource
Management which was endorsed by the International Association of Fire Chief's. Let FETC provide you with that margin!
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Engine Company Operations - "Stretching that Critical First Line"
Engine company operations are 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 Hazards, Choosing a Strategic Plan (offensive
/ marginal / defensive) Fire Stream Selection (GPM vs. BTU) Deploying the Proper Hose Line for maximum effectiveness
on the fire, speed deployment considerations, progressive hose line handling thats not in the textbook, and much more.
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Ladder Company Operations - "Vent Enter Search" 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 Ladder Operations; Timeline/Techniques for Vertical vs. Horizontal Ventilation, S & R considerations
using Vent-Enter-Search for rapid searches above the fire. Can your truck company rescue a civilian victim
from a third floor window within 120 seconds of arrival? Using our FETC exclusive system called "The Quick Set" Truck
Company Training along with minimum company standards, your crew can make that grab at the next fire!
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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? 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.
