RIC for REAL: Lessons Learned from Realistic Rapid Intervention Training
(Room 1D)
24 Feb 17
3:00 PM
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5:00 PM
Tracks:
Leadership and Management Symposium (Day 2)
This class is about the detailed lessons learned from realistic, hands-on, rapid intervention training. 400 firefighters were put to the test in stressful training environments that challenged everything they have ever been taught. Firefighters were challenged in their basic skills, officers challenged in critical decision-making, and crews were challenged in their efficiency, choreography, and coordination all under realistic stress. This class provides the best practices on how to increase the possibility of a successful rescue by paying attention to the details in our training approach to RIC. The objectives for this class are to find the details that you, your crew, and your department need to enhance to improve your training and preparation for a firefighter rescue. Seconds matter to the trapped firefighter. This class will show how 400 firefighters from 16 departments learned how to shave valuable time by operating more efficiently. We will also discuss how to approach rapid intervention training properly and to dump old habits that are setting you up for failure. This class is presented as best practices from lessons learned through training that does not occur enough in our fire service - realistic, elevated stress training. The target audience for this class is everyone from the rookie firefighter to policy makers. The lessons learned pertain to basic firefighter skills, effective policies, appropriate departmental training procedures, equipment, leadership, and much more. Firefighters have very little experience in rescuing other firefighters so it is imperative that we train properly.