Humpday Hangout: Safe and Effective Search Tactics

Part I

Part II

In this week’s Humpday Hangout, Frank Ricci is joined by guests “RJ” James of Capitol Fire Training and Chris Tobin of the St. Louis (MO) Fire Department to discuss search tactics. They will look at how various companies undertake search operations, search at working house fires with entrapped occupants, tactics for searching vacants, survivable spaces, and more.

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