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Tuesday Hands-On Training 2009

October 27, 2009
8:00 AM	CANCELLED -- HT1 - Residential and Commercial Forcible Entry John Cambareri, FAO, Johns Creek FD; George Nour, Firefighter, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department; Marty VanDrisse, FAO, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department.; all with Professional Rescue and Fire Training What do you do when you can?t just ?kick it open?? This is a physically demanding course designed to provide the student real world, proven methods to gain entry into residential and commercial structures. Utilizing an acquired structure, students will learn techniques to defeat doors, locks, frames and other obstructions efficiently to ?GET IN.? This course is centered on the proper use of ?IRONS?, as well as other hand tools and power tools used in the fire service. The techniques taught in this class have been developed through experience from incidents with the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, as well as other surrounding departments. Required: Full Turnout Gear (NFPA P.P.E.)
8:00 AM	CANCELLED -- HT2 - Vent, Enter, Search Team Concepts John Cambareri, FAO, Johns Creek FD; George Nour, Firefighter, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department; Marty VanDrisse, FAO, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department; all with Professional Rescue and Fire Training ??to protect LIFE and PROPERTY.? This phrase resides in all mission statements in the fire service around the world but often gets overlooked. This course focuses on this aspect of fighting fires. Utilizing an acquired structure, fire department tools and a team approach, the student will learn methods of simultaneously venting a structure, forcing entry, and searching for victims. These three skills will be taught at individual stations, then teams will be assembled to perform them in an effective, coordinated method. This is an exciting course that will provide the student with information to take back and share with their department. The techniques taught in this class have been developed through experience from incidents with the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, as well as other surrounding departments. Required: Full Turnout Gear (NFPA P.P.E.), SCBA & Spare Bottle
8:00 AM	CANCELLED -- PRE25: Firefighter Survival Jody Reece, Lt, Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services Training Division Marietta, GA This is a hands-on Preconference class that will be held at the Convention Center. Firefighters face many hazards in the line of duty. Structural firefighting presents unique hazards that firefighters must face daily. Among these hazards are: structural collapse, sudden fire extension, explosion, becoming lost and becoming entangled. In some cases, firefighters find themselves in situations where they have to rely on their own skills to survive and escape. This course is designed to prepare firefighters to perform self rescue when things go wrong. The Firefighter Survival Course consists of four segments: ? May Day Classroom - Here students learn the basic concept of initiating a ?May Day? call and the concepts of self rescue. ? May Day Drill (using Survival Maze) - Firefighters develop and practice the skills necessary to initiate a May Day call, and then perform self rescue in a maze designed to duplicate the hazards encountered in an actual structure fire. ? Disentanglement - Firefighters learn about common entanglement hazards encountered in structure fires, how to avoid them, and how to escape them. ? Window Bailouts ? Firefighters learn and practice techniques to escape upper floors of structures. Required: Full Turnout Gear (NFPA P.P.E.) and SCBA.
1:00 PM	CANCELLED -- PRE26: Firefighter Survival Jody Reece, Lt, Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services Training Division Marietta, GA This is a hands-on Preconference class that will be held at the Convention Center. Firefighters face many hazards in the line of duty. Structural firefighting presents unique hazards that firefighters must face daily. Among these hazards are: structural collapse, sudden fire extension, explosion, becoming lost and becoming entangled. In some cases, firefighters find themselves in situations where they have to rely on their own skills to survive and escape. This course is designed to prepare firefighters to perform self rescue when things go wrong. The Firefighter Survival Course consists of four segments: ? May Day Classroom - Here students learn the basic concept of initiating a ?May Day? call and the concepts of self rescue. ? May Day Drill (using Survival Maze) - Firefighters develop and practice the skills necessary to initiate a May Day call, and then perform self rescue in a maze designed to duplicate the hazards encountered in an actual structure fire. ? Disentanglement - Firefighters learn about common entanglement hazards encountered in structure fires, how to avoid them, and how to escape them. ? Window Bailouts ? Firefighters learn and practice techniques to escape upper floors of structures. Required: Full Turnout Gear (NFPA P.P.E.) and SCBA.