This interactive live training course will prepare both new and veteran firefighters to act confidently, quickly and effectively during the “first SCBA cylinder” at typical scenarios in our most common building types.

Drawing on real world experience, you’ll learn fireground proven strategies and tactics for fires in single-family dwellings, multiple-family dwellings, and commercial buildings. We will discuss the tactical options for the most common fire scenarios in these structures and outline decision making models for rapidly selecting the most appropriate engine and truck company operations at these fires.

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Many training programs will discuss how to do things, but leave you unprepared for when to apply which skill for maximum success on the fireground. The goal of this program is to develop and hone a methodical decision-making process that incident commanders and company officers can rely on to guide their initial actions at any structure fire.

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This course utilizes incident studies from the instructor's own experience, real fireground video scenes, and a lot of motivation to ignite passion for the job. It is delivered from the perspective of street-smart firefighting, and provides proven mindsets, strategies, and tactics that can be implemented tonight to improve your fireground and stop the fire where you found it.

KEY LESSONS INCLUDE:

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• The top 14 actions that are critical to success on any fireground.
   

• 5 key areas of tactical decision-making. We'll cover what tools are available to us in our engine and truck company arsenal and how to determine when each is most effective. 
   

• Demonstrations of these decision-making models using real-world fire scenarios.