In this weeks podcast its time to direct some of our energy
away from debating pushing fire and spend it toward pushing
firefighters. Pushing firefighters to improve themselves.
Whether you are the superstar in you house or the snot nosed
new guy we all should lean on each other to improve our
performance. The days of standing around watching the “new”
firefighters are gone.
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So todays podcast title Pushing Firefighters is going to be
about the 5 skills you should be practicing everyday you pull on
your fire boots. they are essential for your success as a
firefighter, officer, or chief,
PPE Donning and Doffing
often overlooked and complacent
Seems to be a skill that provides frustrations
Can KILL YOU.
Can slow you down on the foreground… share rookie
story
Portable ladders
Knowing their capabilities of reach
one,2, 3 person throwing,,, balance points….
deployment speed
Stretching
Identifying all loads
Know how to deploy each
How to compensate for snags, bad stretches, and
obstacles
Doing this with PPE ON
Catching a Hydrant
Should I have to explain this one
This skill can be overlooked
Add in problems, Stuck cap, close fence, broken
wrench
Knowing your rig
I can’t explain what its like working on 4 different rigs on 4
different days
knowing all the details
Just because you have been riding on it a while don’t
complacent
All of the previous topics can be often overlooked and taken
for granted. If we take together as a crew and push each
other to keep practicing, drilling, and heck even having challenges
between firefighters we can make our company into the Best company
.
About the Podcast
Jumpseat Radio is a firefighter podcast that brings you the perspective of the "Jumpseat" or "Street Level" Firefighter. In the fire service we all start, day 1, in the Jumpseat!