Humpday Hangout: Ground Ladders
Rick Lasky, John Salka, and Paulie Capo talk with Clearwater (FL) Battalion Chief Brian Schonborn about ground ladders.
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Humpday Hangout: Putting Together the Best Training Program
Rick Lasky, John Salka, and Scott Thompson talk with guest Paulie Capo about firefighter training programs.
Training Minutes: Overcoming Entanglement Hazards
Paulie Capo discusses using wire cutters to overcome entanglement and contending with your instinctual response on the fireground.
Training Minutes: Corkscrew Lowering of Down Firefighter
Paulie Capo and crew demonstrate lowering an injured firefighter in a multistory building with the corkscrew lowering method.
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Training Minutes: Wall Breaching
Paulie Capo demonstrates wall breaching on a prop that simulates an interior wall made of drywall.
Training Minutes: Headfirst Ladder Bail
Paulie Capo and the crew demonstrate the headfirst ladder bail out and discusses how to separate the technique into distinct tasks.
Training Minutes: Searching a Crib
In this Training Minutes video,
Paulie Capo and company demonstrate an alternate method to searching a
crib that could minimize a young patient's exposure to the products of
combustion.
Training Minutes: Calling the Mayday
In this Training Minutes video, Paulie Capo and company discuss a simple and straightforward way of calling the Mayday and demonstrate "skip breathing" for the down firefighter.
Training Minutes: Bunk Bed Search
How do you ensure you're not missing the presence of a bunk bed where you're searching a room? In this Training Minutes video, Paulie Capo and company describe and demonstrate a way to make sure firefighters are looking out for bunk beds during search operations.
Training Minutes: Stimulus Response Training
In this Training Minutes video, Paulie Capo and company discuss the benefits of stimulus response training--namely, developing automatic responses for firefighters, in this case when it comes to completing a quick, efficient search.
Training Minutes: Lone-Firefighter Technique to Remove Down Member
In this Training Minutes video, Paulie Capo and company demonstrate a technique that can enable a single firefighter to remove a down colleague from a confined-space on the fireground.
Training Minutes: Confined Space Window Lift
In this Training Minutes video, Paulie Capo and company focus on a particular aspect of the Denver Drill: the lifting and removal of a down firefighter through a window.