Training Officer’s Toolbox: Air Consumption

Firefighter training: Air consumption drill

Considering the fact that it’s Health and Safety Week: How well do you know your crew’s air consumption capabilities? In this week’s training bulletin, we provide two air consumption drills for you and your firefighters.

Download this training bulletin as a PDF HERE (345 KB).

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BRIAN WARD is chief of emergency operations for Georgia Pacific–Madison, Georgia. He serves on the ISFSI board of directors and is a lead live fire credentialing instructor. He was the past Chairman of the Metro Atlanta Training Officers Association and is currently the Everyone Goes Home State of Georgia Advocate. He has a bachelor’s degree in safety and technology engineering, is a member of Georgia Smoke Diver #741, and is the founder of FireServiceSLT.com.

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