"The Evolving Fire Ground"

11/19/18 • 90 min

When you’re on the fireground, it often looks like organized chaos. Why? Because, rarely does the situation remain stagnant. Things are always changing. Whether its redirecting a hose line, raising the stick, one crew heads out to rehab, while a fresh one gets ready for entry. Change in wind direction, etc.
My guests on this podcast, Dep. Chief PJ Norwood and Capt. Sean Gray, have seen this occur over and over again through their years of experience. However, more than the simplistic view that I’ve provided above, they have looked at the fireground in a much more focused manner, seeing, “The Evolving Fireground,” which is the name of their current book.
Based on research-based data they use in the text, we discuss key areas such as, “How firefighting activities affect the fire tetrahedron,” “How to stay safe while working in the flow path of the fireground,” “Search methods that isolate the firefighter and victim” and several others.
Their years of experience, together with the data they have culled from numerous research projects, provide them with a solid foundation that they look to share with firefighters, both in the U.S. and around the world. Tune in at www.dalmatianproductions.tv or your favorite podcast streaming service and give them a listen. I think that not only will you understand their ideas, but you will embrace them, as well.

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Size-Up & 360 for First Arriving on Scene

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If you’ve been riding the apparatus for as little as a few months, you already know that there is something special about being on the first arriving piece at a “worker!” That’s the first arriving piece, not the first due piece. Traffic, construction, etc., can and does often get in the way, making the first due the second or even third to arrive.

As our guest, Capt. Joe DeVito points out in this podcast, there is a great deal of responsibility that falls on the shoulders of the first arriving crew, especially the officer. And there are and will be times, that due to staff shortages, this responsibility may fall on the driver/engineer/chauffeur or even someone in a jump seat!

Capt. DeVito explains his new acronym, C.L.U.E.S., as Conditions, Location, Utilities, Exposures and Survival spaces, to help with your size-up and 360. He also makes the important point that whomever is making the size-up, should never leave the TIC (thermal imaging camera) on the apparatus. That device can help you devise your initial attack plan and could make the difference between life and death. Capt. DeVito knows of what he speaks!

As always, tune in to “5-Alarm Task
Force” at www.dalmatianproductions.tv or via your favorite podcast streaming service. Stay Safe & Let’s Make Sure Everyone Goes Home!

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New Water Enhancement Product From "Fire Rein"

When we have one “cookin,” we know we’re going to need water and lots of it. In most cases, if you’re located in an urban or metro area, water will probably not be a problem, but perhaps pressure may. But, what if we could use less water and what we do use, would have a greater effect on our efforts to extinguish the blaze?
My two guests on this podcast, Quincy Emmons and Peter Sells, discuss their product which, they say, can actually accomplish the statement in the last sentence above – “...use less water and what we do use, would have a greater effect on our efforts to extinguish the blasé.” Their Toronto-based company is Fire Rein and their new product is “Eco-Gel.”
Both of these men are or were firefighters, Peter was even a District Chief for training. Together with their science team, they developed a product made entirely of food-grade bio products and approved by UL Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Instead of me trying to tell you about the product here, you’re better off to tune in to the podcast either at www.dalmatianproductions.tv or your favorite podcast streaming service and hear what they have to say. I will add, that I would really like to receive your comments about this product. If you listen on our podcast host site at http://Bit.ly/5AlarmTFPodcast, you can leave a comment there. Otherwise, please send me an email at dalmatprod-at-outlook.com.