Drill of the Week: Initial Attack Operation

Drill of the Week: Blitz Attack

It takes time to complete an operation. Once you arrive at the scene of an emergency, your initial decisions are based on what you see coupled with where the incident is going. To be effective in your decision making, make sure you know how long it will take to get your plan into action. An effective company knows how long basic operations take. Work everyday to improve your companies’ ability to complete basic tasks, the fireground will benefit from your efforts. Train on the basic initial attack operations that make or break your initial operation.


This drill is downloadable as a PDF HERE.

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.