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Course Outlines
The Art of Reading Smoke
Reading Smoke and the Art of First-Due
Incident Safety Officer Academy
Improving Incident Safety Officer
Effectiveness
Preventing Command Dysfunction
The 21st Century Building – Look Out!
Course Logistics
The Art of Reading Smoke
This one-day class is the most-popular
class offered by Response Solutions. Often, smoke issuing from a
building is the only clue available to predict fire behavior and the
likelihood of a flashover or rapid fire spread. First-arriving
officers, Incident Commanders, and Safety Officers MUST know how to
rapidly read smoke – this class explains the reading-smoke process and
gives participants lots of practice using actual fire ground video.
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Why do we Read Smoke?
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The “Advanced” Basics of Reading Smoke
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Hostile
Fire Events and Warning Signs
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The Four-Step Process
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Video Practice
Note:
Response Solutions also offers a half-day version of this class for
those that need to rotate crews through the material. Additionally, a
two-day “Train-the-Trainer” program for Reading Smoke is available.
Reading Smoke and the Art of First-Due
This course is
1-day (7-hour) and provides focus for any fire officer that is tasked
with rapid assessment as a first-arriving decision-maker at
incidents. It has been said: “So goes first-due, so goes the
incident.” Our incidents are changing in scope, impact, and
complexity – and so must our ability to rapidly survey and decide the
right course of action when first arriving. This is not your
TYPICAL size-up Class!
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First-Due challenges – things have
changed!
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Video ice-breakers
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Improving your rapid decision-making
Reading Buildings
Reading Smoke
Capturing the “environment”
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Group Projects and 10 video examples
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The
First-Due Decision Model
Inventory the Known
Define the Risk (time-size-value thinking)
Declare a Risk/Ops Mode
Scenario Practice
3
scenarios
Incident Safety Officer Academy
This is
a two-day (16-hour) course derived from the book: “Fire Department
Incident Safety Officer” (Delmar, 1999) and addresses ISO components
of NFPA 1521 (2002 ed.). The course is a realistic, street-applicable
approach to performing the functions of the Incident Safety Officer at
fires and other working incidents. The class serves as an excellent
study tool for those challenging the ISO Certification test for the
National Professional Qualifications Board. This class is far more
detailed than the National Fire Academy’s two-day ISO field course!
Unit 1: Roles
and Responsibilities of the ISO
*includes a video discussion
Unit 2: The
Nuts and Bolts
Classic Risk Management
Predicting Collapse
The Art of Reading Smoke
Discovering Hazardous Energy
Firefighter Physiology and Rehab
*includes 3 group projects and 10 video examples
Unit 3:
Finding & Addressing Command Dysfunction
Includes a video-based group project
Unit 4: The ISO
On-Scene – Being Effective
Triggers and Traps
Working with the IC
The ISO Action Model
Scenario Practice
3 scenarios
Improving Incident Safety Officer
Effectiveness
This is
a one-day (7-hour) course that hits the highlights of the two day
academy (above). The course is a realistic, street-applicable
approach to performing the functions of the Incident Safety Officer at
fires and other working incidents.
Unit 1: Roles
and Responsibilities of the ISO
*includes one video discussion
Unit 2: The
Nuts and Bolts
Reading Smoke
Reading Buildings
Reading Firefighters
*includes 2 group projects and 5 video examples
Unit 3: The ISO
On-Scene – Being Effective
The ISO Action Model
Scenario Practice
2 scenarios
Preventing Command Dysfunction
One of
the leading contributing factors to firefighter fatalities at working
fires is the under-studied notion of command dysfunction. This class,
co-developed by Dave Daniels (Chief, Fulton County, GA) and Dave
Dodson, explores command dysfunction and ways to best prevent command
breakdown. A MUST class for initial and gaining Incident Commanders!
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Dysfunction – Defined (one
video group discussion)
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Signs
and Symptoms of Command Dysfunction
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Prevention Strategies – the IAP
Where
IAPs Fail
The
role of Companies – changing the “auto-pilot” syndrome
Components of a good IAP
Communication hierarchy
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Group
Practice (3
group scenarios)
The 21st Century Building – Look Out!
The
window of opportunity to launch an aggressive interior fire attack is
diminishing. This half-day class looks at new building construction
materials and methods and underscores the dangers inherent to
lightweight constriction. Materials technologies, alternative
assembly methods, and anticipated reaction of these to fire are all
discussed.
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The
Set-Up
The
1950’s Building
1950’s Tactics
The
21st Century Building
21st
Century Tactics?
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Material Technologies
Terms
and Definitions
Engineered Wood
EPS,
CCBs, and AAC
Factory Assemblies
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Alternative Construction Methods
Lightweight Steel
Lightweight Wood
SIPs
ICFs
Sod/Hay Bale
Modern Post and Beam
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Anticipated Fire Spread and Collapse Concerns
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21st
Century tactics? - An open discussion
Course Logistics
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Scheduling is typically the toughest part – most scheduling is a
year in advance. Everything is first-come, first-serve.
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Adjunct Instructors area available for all courses if a sooner date
is required. Contact Response Solutions for adjunct
correspondence.
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Course
fees include a hand-out master for reproduction by the host.
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The
host is required to provide a facility with comfortable seating and
note-taking tables for day-long and multiple day sessions.
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The
host also needs to provide a digital projector with plug in for the
instructor-provided laptop. A DVD player and “pause” remote toggled
through the digital projector is also needed – the courses use many
raw, fireground tapes for scenario practice. Refreshments,
certificates, and other amenities are at the optional discretion of
the host.
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The
host may charge participants as much as they want – and can make
money for their respective associations, training needs, etc.
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There
is no maximum number of students as long as the facility is
comfortable and participants have a good view of the AVs used.
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Instructional fees are negotiated individually based on needs,
schedule, and incurred expenses. The 2006 standard rate is $2400
per teaching day plus expenses (air, hotel, car).
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