VFCA2017

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SLAB Savers (Room 3D & 3E)

24 Feb 17
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This program first looks at the SLAB (Safety Profile, Life Profile, Air Track and Building) and utilizes the information to come up with a strategy. More importantly, a decision will be made whether the fire is offensive or defensive based on this situational awareness and 360 walk around. This program is aligned with the IAFC’s Rules of Engagement and the NFFF Everyone Goes Home Program and works through a risk versus gain process.  The program will discuss how to develop tasks and tactics for this strategy using the division of labor. The tactics are assigned based on SAVERS: search and rescue;  attack; ventilation; extension and exposures; rapid intervention crew (RIC) and salvage. This interactive course utilizes digital simulation and dash cam videos to enhance the rapid decision making process. This course reviews basic command elements during structure fires with a focus on new fire behavior, reading smoke, risk assessment and control of resources. It focuses on condition reports using the UBELOWME method.