SAM 105 | Realistic live fire training challenges and opportunities
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English - April 26, 2016 11:00 - 55 minutes - 25.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsEducation Science firedepartment firefighting firstresponder humanfactors incidentcommand safety situationalawareness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Interview questions discussed included:
While conducting live burn evolutions fire instructors are
bound by NFPA 1403 for safety reasons. And while fire instructors
do not want to jeopardize the safety of the students (or fellow
instructors), how can we incorporate fire dynamics demonstrations
to show students what to expect, versus just lecturing students
about dynamics?
How can fire dynamics be taught beyond the classroom?
Are lectures on fire dynamics enough to prepare
firefighters?
During live burns firefighters are taught how to fight fires
that consist of a few wooden pallets and some straw. Then, once the
class is over these firefighters are expected to respond to fires
that react very different than what they saw during training burns.
Do you feel that instructors may be setting students up for failure
on real firegrounds if they are not able to demonstrate the
behaviors of real fires.
How can tactics be taught when training fires are not the same
a real fires?
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