Training Minutes: Mask Confidence Training and Firefighter Window Bailouts
Joe Alvarez and company demonstrate a mask confidence training course and offers a tip for bailing out of windows.
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Training Minutes: Door with Panic Hardware
Using a wood door as an example, Joe Alvarez demonstrates how to use a circular saw to defeat a steel door with panic hardware in this Training Minutes video.
Training Minutes: Door Removal
Joe Alvarez demonstrates how to remove a door so that it doesn't close behind firefighters, trapping them in a burning building.
Training Minutes: Ground Ladder Placement
Joe Alvarez demonstrates how to gauge the distance between a ground ladder and structure to get the proper climbing angle for the ladder.
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Training Minutes: Victim Removal from a Second-Floor Window
Joe Alvarez discusses how to apply familiar removal techniques for down firefighters to removing a civilian victim.
Training Minutes: Making Windows into Doors
Joe Alvarez reviews how to extend windows to provide greater access to residential structures.
SCBA Quick Tips: Ergonomics
In this SCBA Quick Tips video from MSA, Joe Alvarez looks at some of the ergonomic adaptations of the MSA G1, including features designed to lessen firefighters' back pain and improve maneuverability.
SCBA Quick Tips: The Safety Apparatus
In this SCBA Quick Tips video
from MSA, Joe Alvarez discusses some of the upgrades that have elevated
the MSA G1 from being merely a breathing apparatus to being the "safety
apparatus.
SCBA Quick Tips: Battery Systems
In this SCBA Quick Tips video from MSA, Joe Alvarez reviews how MSA has centralized its battery systems for its SCBA
SCBA Quick Tips: Decon for Face Piece, Straps
In this SCBA Quick Tips video from MSA, Joe Alvarez and company review decon procedures for MSA self-contained breathing apparatus components.
SCBA Quick Tips: Transfill Line and RIT Pack
In this new SCBA Quick Tips video from MSA, Joe Alvarez and company demonstrate MSA's transfill system for SCBA, as well as the interface with the MSA RIT pack.
SCBA Quick Tips: Buddy Breathing
We're debuting a brand-new series of videos on self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) use, sponsored by MSA. In the first episode, Joe Alvarez and company discuss some aspects of buddy breathing.