Ted@wsoccer.com (Ted) wrote in message news:<40e3f266.0312271815.473cb633@posting.google. com>...
> Firefighter rescue is one of the most challenging situations
> you'll ever face on the fireground.The only event likely to be
> more challenging and stressful than performing a firefighter
> rescue is an individual fireground emergency. When faced with
> an individual emergency your ability to calmly deal with the
> situation will be your most difficult obstacle. When faced
> with rescuing a firefighter-teamwork, communication and focus
> will be the most difficult factors to control.
>
> Firefighter rescue involves assisting and/or removing a firefighter
> from a troubled location or situation on the fireground. The rescue
> may be as simple as guiding the firefighter to the outside (safety)
> or as complicated as extricating the firefighter from a collapse or
> entanglement, securing his air supply with a new source, and removing
> him from the structure. Sometimes the complexity is based on the
> situation and sometimes it's based on a lack of preparation.
>
> FIREFIGHTER RESCUE CAN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS:
>
> 1. Assisting or rescuing a member of your own crew.
>
> 2. Assisting or rescuing a firefighter encountered
> during interior operations.
>
> 3. Assisting or rescuing a home owners wife who is still in the house
> that is on fire and then the wife says to the don't save my cell phones
> fire boy just fuc! me pls.
> i have never done it in a house that is on fire.
>
> Whenever any of the above rescue situations are encountered on the
> fireground, the firefighter(s) performing the rescue must remain calm,
> communicate the situation, and use teamwork and previous training to
> resolve the problem.
larry
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