Another year of Live Fire for Duvall Fire 45

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May 152010
 

Here is a couple of photos that were taken at Live fire this year.

This is the Helicopter prop, and we have to get close to it to get someone out, but also provide adequate protection for us.

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Here is our crew moving onto the prop.

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A picture of me in front of the prop.

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 Posted by Campbell Gunn at 2:10 pm

Learn CPR – You can do it!

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Oct 112009
 

This is great to have this type of application that allows anyone to potentially save a life.

CPRSelection

Free CPR iPhone Application

Download a free CPR training application for your iPhone. Review all the videos you see on this site at the touch of a button where ever you go.

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The videos were produced with the assistance of the University of Washington, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund, The Medic One Foundation, King County Emergency Medical Services, the Seattle Fire Department, and the Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine. They, like us are convinced that teaching these life saving techniques to as many people as possible will save lives.

 

 

 

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 Posted by Campbell Gunn at 2:54 pm

Live Fire Training – this weekend!

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May 012009
 

Well, it is that time of year in our department. Yep, Live Fire training. It is cool, but a little boring. But the important aspect to it is understanding fire behavior. When I was in recruit training and being so tall my helmet face shield melted (it was not down on my face though.) People wonder why firefighters stay so low to the ground, it is because hot gases rise. So closer to the floor the temperature can be only 250 F, whilst at 5″ it could be over 800 F. I will try and get some photos to show more detail.

 Posted by Campbell Gunn at 9:12 am

Wildland Firefighter 2 (Red Card) Course

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Apr 022009
 

This week I went and attended the wildland firefighter 2 (red card) course at Eastside Fire & Rescue Headquarters, in Issaquah, WA.

The course provided the following information:

  • A redcard is needed to safely and legally fight any fire that is deemed a “wildfire” under WAC 296.305 – 07001-19. Classes for your redcard include the following:
  • S130 – Core wildland skills class. This includes classroom and practical application
  • S190 – Basic fire behavior and weather class.
  • L180 – Human factors on the fireline. Includes fireline supervision and communication.
  • I 100 – Introduction to Incident Command. Students will need to take the online course or provide a certificate that they have had the class previous.

 

 

 

The following picture is one of our Brush vehicles (BR66).

 

 

 

Finished the course, which consisted of written and practical test. The practical test was done our at Tiger Mountain.

Out of the course, the main thing to remember ‘safety’. The easiest is the safety seven, which consists of:

  1. L – Lookouts (establish a good observation so that the whole fire area can be viewed).
  2. C – Communications (ensure that the fire line teams have communication in the area and with command).
  3. E – Escape Routes (when you need to get out, there is a safe way to do it, a good idea to have multiple escape routes).
  4. S – Safety Zones (Ensure that there is an area that is safe to go to).
  5. W – Weather (always watch the weather, temperature, wind, and humidity).
  6. F – Fuels (this makes a difference on the intensity of the fire, such as sparse or dense  brush).
  7. T – Topography (is the ground flat, hilly, have a lot of chimney’s where a fire can race up a mountain side).

The main book to take on a wildland fire is the Incident Response Pocket Guide or also known as the “IRPG”

Here are the front and back covers on the IRPG.

 Posted by Campbell Gunn at 12:46 pm
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