Firefighters, Air, and Survival: Technology and the Firefighter Air Coalition
The Firefighter Air Coalition stresses the importance of air management training and technology when it comes to structural firefighting.
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Mayday Monday: Managing Your Air
How long can you make your air last? Tony Carroll offers a drill in honor of fallen Pineville-Morrow (NC) Firefighter Richard Sheltra.
Mayday Monday: Out-of-Air Emergencies
This month's skill-drill looks at lessons learned from the tragic line-of-duty death of New Haven (CT) Firefighter Rico Torres Jr.
Video: RIC Bag Connections
This video reviews a number of tactics, including low-pressure connections, full mask replacement, and high-pressure connections.
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Mayday Monday: Air Management and the Mayday
Lessons learned from the 2016 arson fire that killed Wilmington (DE) Fire Department Lieutenant Christopher Leach, Firefighter Jerry Fickes, and Firefighter Ardythe Hope.
Firefighter Basics: Low-Air Alarms
Mark van der Feyst reviews some fundamental aspects of firefighter SCBA low-air alarms and air management.
Webcast: Your Last Breath: Strategies for Success
Join us for a Webcast on breathing techniques and air management presented by David Gillespie.
Count Off! Personnel Accountability When Advancing Hoselines
Bill Gustin reviews a method for maintaining accountability when advancing hoselines deep into buildings.
Mayday, Two Chicago Firefighters Run Low on Air
Two Chicago firefighters were injured and taken to the hospital after they ran low on air and sent out a mayday call, reports CBS Chicago.…
Humpday Hangout: Air Management and Crew Accountability
In this week's Humpday Hangout,
Mike Gagliano of Seattle (WA) Fire Department joins Bill Gustin, Mike
Dugan, and the rest of the crew as they discuss the measures their
departments have taken to maintain accountability and keep personnel
from running out of air in large commercial buildings.
Mayday Monday: Air Management
Tony Carroll has some thoughts on training on out-of-air emergencies and air management practices for this month's drill.
Training Minutes: Extending Your Air
In this firefighter training video,
Ric Jorge and company demonstrate a technique to increase a
firefighter's chance of surviving a low-air situation during a Mayday.