Firefighter training drill by Forest Reeder
All members operating at an incident scene are responsible for their own safety and the safety of fellow crew members. These questions present situations that every member of the company should be on the same page on and should be discussed as a crew using department references and training materials available. Consider your routine responses and tool/equipment assignments and identify other resources needed to make the incident or area safer. Always side with safety and think worst-case outcomes. Predictable equals preventable.
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Forest Reeder began his fire service career in 1978 and retired as fire chief of the Tinley Park (IL) Fire Department in 2021. He has worked extensively in the areas of instruction, firefighter safety, and officer development and earned his Master of Science Degree in Public Safety Administration in 2004. He is the author of Fire Department Incident Safety Officer 4th edition (2025) and co-author of Fire Service Instructor Principles and Practices, now in its 3rd edition. Forest presents nationally on fire service leadership, safety, and instructor development. He was inducted into the Moraine Valley Community College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2020 and awarded the Distinguished Alumnus award in 2021. In 2008, he received the ISFSI George D. Post Instructor of the Year, considered to be the highest recognition for fire service instructors in the nation.
