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NO RETURN

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  1. This PowerPoint presentation is constructed and provided free of cost by “The Seattle Guys” and EFST inc. for the use of Fire Service Professionals to provide training. It is intended for use in non-commercial enterprises working to improve firefighter safety. This presentation has many tools for the instructor including “Instructor Notes” (View/notes page) for each slide, reference material, and links to on-line material available when this presentation was produced. Instructors should take the time to read and understand all referenced material. For further information or insight please check our website and/or contact us at www.manageyourair.com. GOOD LUCK!! Mike, Steve, Casey, and Phil “The Seattle Guys”

  2. THE POINT OF NORETURN THE NEED, THE MANDATE, THE SOLUTION

  3. NEED

  4. Intervention vs Prevention

  5. Worcester, MA • One of the lost teams from Rescue 1 radios command that, “We need air, we need air. I’m sharing a tank off me right now. We are lost…” • 4 of the 6 firefighters died of “inhalation of smoke, soot, and hot gases.”

  6. Worcester, MA

  7. When Were We Taught To Leave The Fire Building? • Recruit training • 30-minute cylinder low-air warning alarm time • These assumptions are completely wrong

  8. Where Are Most of Our Fires? • Single-family dwellings or apartment houses • Common characteristics? • These fires have dictated how we train to use our SCBAs

  9. Commercial Structures, Ships & Large Structures • How do these differ from residential occupancies? • Firefighters cannot assume that they can work until their low-air warning alarm activates

  10. Working Into Your Low-Air Warning Alarm • Has cost some firefighters their lives • Close Calls are happening every day

  11. Near Miss Case Studies Chris Yob Case Study

  12. Video link available at www.manageyourair.com Look for “Firefighter Survival Video” Link

  13. Near Miss Case Studies Observations or Questions ?

  14. SMART Drill #60-01Download at www.manageyourair.com S Sixty M Minutes A Available for R Real T Training

  15. SMART Drill #60-01

  16. SMART Drill #60-01

  17. MANDATE

  18. History as Teacher • SCBA is first introduced – resistance, change, positive result? • NIOSH report and Pass and Integrated Pass Devices • NIOSH report and Air Management • Change in Behavior instead of technology

  19. History as Teacher Behavior vs Technology

  20. NFPA 1404 Standard for Fire Service Respiratory Protection Training • NFPA 1404 states: • Training SHALL include: • Identification of the various types • Proper face piece fit • When to use • Emergency procedures

  21. NFPA 1404 Standard for Fire Service Respiratory Protection Training Training SHALL include: NEW: Identification of the factors that affect the duration of the air supply. Individual Air Management Program • Exit BEFORE reserve air use. • Low air alarm = reserve air use. • Low air alarm = IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEM

  22. NFPA 1404 - 2007 ed. EFFECTIVE January 1, 2007 Are YOU compliant?

  23. Bret Tarver Case Study • The Southwest Supermarket was constructed in 1956, and was 20,123 square feet • Steel columns and beams with open-web steel trusses • Panelized plywood roof

  24. Bret Tarver Case Study • How many of you have buildings like this in your district? • The fire started as a debris fire outside the building • Occupied structure – a righteous entry

  25. Bret Tarver Case Study • Tarver: • Low air • Disoriented • Lost • Out of air • Removes face-piece

  26. Bret Tarver Case Study • 2 other firefighters run out of air • There are 12 other “Maydays” • Tarver dies from CO poisoning • As a result, PFD adopt an Air Management policy

  27. SMART Drill #60-02Download at www.manageyourair.com S Sixty M Minutes A Available for R Real T Training

  28. Department standard length 1 3/4” charged line. Entry Light Stick Light Stick Pallets/Debris Instructors safe area, sheet rock storage Barrels/Debris Light Stick Nozzle with bail secured closed Wall Breach - 4’section Light Stick

  29. SOLUTION

  30. The Rule Of Air Management Know how much air you have in your SCBA, and manage that air so that you leave the hazardous environment before your low-air warning alarm activates The ROAM says:

  31. Firefighters and SCUBA Divers • What do firefighters in an IDLH environment and SCUBA divers under water have in common? • SCUBA training • Dive Masters • Fire Service applications

  32. Near Miss Case Studies MacDougall Case Study

  33. Video link available at www.manageyourair.com Look for “Firefighter Survival Video” Link

  34. Near Miss Case Studies Observations or Questions ?

  35. Low-Air Warning Alarm • If you went to a fire right now • Do you react? • False alarm mentality kills firefighters • Working into your low-air warning alarm -- you are betting your life that everything will go right on your way out of the IDLHenvironment

  36. The ROAM says Know how much air you have in your SCBA, and manage that air so that you leave the hazardous environment beforeyour low-air warning alarm activates

  37. ROAM • The Rule of Air Management holds true for any fire building or hazardous atmosphere. Firefighters must follow this rule at all times: bread-and-butter room fires house fires apartment house fires commercial fires high rise fires ship fires confined space rescues at any incident where you are wearing your SCBA

  38. ROAM • The Rule of Air Management sounds simple, but it takes discipline • The ROAM is the new, basic firefighting skill

  39. SMART Drill #60-03Download at www.manageyourair.com S Sixty M Minutes A Available for R Real T Training

  40. 200’ of 2 ½” Hose to second floor. First Floor UP Instructor Area Entry Door Backup Line, 200’ of 1 ¾” hose with nozzle secured closed Instructor area 1 ¾” Hose, laid, charged, nozzle secured closed.

  41. SMART Drill #60-03 S Sixty M Minutes A Available for R Real T Training

  42. Change = Resistance = Change • The ROAM has been used by the Dive industry for decades • Fire Departments in England and Hong Kong are serious about Air Management • The ROAM may take time to implement in your department • Train as if you life depends on it

  43. Like to Gamble? • Remember, close calls are happening every day in the US fire service due to the lack of air management • If you fail to follow the Rule of Air Management and work into your reserve air, working until your low-air alarm activates… • “You are betting your life” that nothing will go wrong on your way out.

  44. manageyourair.com Special Thanks • Allan Simmons Productions/Firestorm Videos www.firestormvideos.com • Pete Smith of Venture Media www.venture-media.com • David Jensen from Pelican Products • Scott Krushak, Phoenix Fire Department

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