FIRE SPOTLIGHT

In the final part of our firefighter spouse rescue training video series, instructor Valerie Solano shows different techniques used for moving victims of smoke inhalation or other injury in a fire incident. In this training, Valerie shows how to move a firefighter who is wearing an SCBA pack, how to move a child and how to move an adult. VIDEO …

 In this firefighter spouse rescue training video, instructors Valerie Solano and Lauran Franklin show fire service spouses the two tools used in the married pair that are used for forcible entry. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Keep going. Move down a little bit. Move your tool down. There you go. Drive! Keep going until she says stop. If any of y’all sat through …

In this firefighter spouse rescue training video, instructors Valerie Solano and Lauran Franklin demonstrate how fire service members work in pairs to perform forcible entry on doors. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: So, when you come into the door, you’re going to be in partners. Okay. One’s going to have the Halligan. One’s going to have the axe. You’re going to use the …

In this firefighter spouse rescue training video, instructors Valerie Solano and Lauran Franklin demonstrate how fire service members use the three commands strike, drive and stop to communicate when performing a forcible entry. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Three things. We always have three things. I don’t know why, in the fire service, it’s always to three things because that’s all we are …