The Successful Short Staffed Engine
(Room 2B)
21 Feb 20
1:00 PM
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2:45 PM
Tracks:
Strategy and Tactics
In today’s fire service that is ruled by the almighty dollar, staffing reductions and lack of membership response has created a unique set of challenges. Regardless if your department is Career, Volunteer or Combination we have been tasked with doing more with less. Less funding, less equipment and less people. We, as the Fire Department, are still expected to solve every problem that is thrown our way. In order to do that, we must adapt and overcome-change or tactics and operations-to incorporate the increase in responsibility and decrease in staffing. The most common “change” that has been made is to operate with a crew of 3 personnel on the Engine. While this is no doubt less than optimal, it is attainable when you become extremely effective through training and practice. This course reviews some specifics related to the tools, responsibilities, considerations and operations of each of the positions on the Short Staffed Engine.