Taking it Home An Extrication Training Plan

1. Taking it Home An Extrication Training Plan By: Steve Kidd

2. Popular Excuses • We’re overwhelmed by “mandatory” training • Multiple subjects and disciplines • Heavy alarm load • We don’t need to train because we already to a good job • We can’t go out of service for a drill

3. What did you learn this weekend?

4. Why Train? • Training is a powerful symbol and sends a powerful message about what is important.

5. Heritage and Tradition Training will help you to have 25-years of experience, not 1-year of experience repeated 25 times.

6. In-House Training • Usually more pertinent and often times more effective than “formal” training • Seldom certified, but usually tailored for the crew or individual • Allows you to practice with the tools and equipment you use daily

7. FACT 1 Human beings are at their best when allowed and encouraged to be innovative and creative.

8. FACT 2 The most confident and secure leaders empower their subordinates, train them and then get out of their way.

9. FACT 3 The least confident and secure leaders gradually withdraw most delegated functions to themselves and then become ineffective because they are buried in detail.

10. Generational Differences The gap between generations is very real. For the first time in history we now have four generations of people in the workforce and/or volunteering.

11. Chances are today’s rescuer… • Never worked in the trades • Has never tuned up a car • Has never driven a stick-shift • Is used to learning in short chunks, not in a linear fashion

12. Chance are today’s rescuer… • Is intelligent • More likely to question • Wants to know the quickest way • Can grasp theory, but needs help with application • Didn’t trust you at first

13. Technical Needs • Don’t assume that everyone knows how to start a simple motor • Work on mechanical theory and ability • Focus on how things work and how they are built • A clothes dryer can be a car too

14. Chance are that an old fart… • Is wise • May like being a grunt, not an officer • Will step back and “let the kid do it” • Can help apply the lesson to real life • Wants to know how to do it easier, not quicker

15. Mentors… not Anchors • Don’t let a short-timer’s inertia bleed off onto the rest of the crew • Enlist their help, give them respect, let them teach

16. Appeal to Learning Domains • ATTITUDE – Emphasis on behavior based on feelings • SKILLS – Emphasis on muscular or motor skills • KNOWLEDGE – Emphasis on remembering or any intellectual task

17. Learning Domains If the skills and knowledge have been addressed, and the members are included as part of your training plan, then the attitude will take care of itself. The goal is for everyone to have a SAFE attitude!

18. Time Well Spent… • Let them be part of the plan • Have all the equipment at hand • Give real examples of relevancy… tell them “why” • Take time to set them up for success, don’t “tell and yell”

19. Set the Goal • A goal is your desired destination • Set optimal goals, not minimum standards • When you reach a goal, raise the bar as far as you can stretch and start over

20. Lesson Plans • Take the time to write it down • Lesson plans are more for YOUR benefit • Lesson plans help build consistency • If you take the time to write it down, you will set the pace for the lazy bums who don’t want to write. • SHARE PLANS!

21. Set-up for Success • Set the goal • Explain the steps to get there • Demonstrate the right way to do it • Allow time to practice • Drill as a team • Assess the outcome and adjust the plan

22. Set-up for Failure • Assign a class to each crew member and tell them to teach the rest of the crew • Don’t take the training seriously yourself • Don’t prepare a lesson plan • Procrastinate • Don’t respect the students

23. We don’t learn when… • Angry, insulted or disenfranchised • Afraid • Confused • Bored • Distracted • Unrealistic expectations

24. How to Disenfranchise… • Test and yell • Surprise and yell • Use the rookie as a “victim” • Fail to have a sense of humor • DO THEY REALLY RESPECT YOU OR THE JOB?

25. Don’t Skip Important Steps • Demonstrate • Practice • More Practice • Establish zero tolerance for horseplay

26. Working on a Safe Attitude • Safety is YOUR responsibility • Know the standards and policy • Blind obedience can kill you • It is YOUR crew, your responsibility, regardless of who it teaching the class

27. Working on a Safe Attitude • Safety is YOUR responsibility • Know the standards and policy • Blind obedience can kill you • It is YOUR crew, your responsibility, regardless of who it teaching the class

28. Beware the Internet "A lie gets halfway around the world before truth has a chance to get its pants on."

29. Beware the Internet • Great research tool, but verify • Falsehoods now travel at the speed of light • Unconfirmed, usually incomplete information • Chunks of information often do not tell the entire story

30. Build Effective Habits • Use proper terminology • Take all calls seriously • Look for a chance to teach anytime, and anywhere • Share

31. Drills That Count • You can’t beat the junkyard • Remember junkyard tricks don’t always apply • Don’t skip any steps – even the key • Assign a safety officer, it will do them good

32. Drills That Count • Know how to push, pull and cut (Dwight Clark 101) • Know how to lift, crib, shore, and bond • Know how to control traffic • Know how to control electricity • Know how to control fuel • Know how to maintain your tools

33. The Knowledge Domain • Study significant events in the news • Critique previous calls • Study rescues that happen in your area • It is OK to study theory. It will help you develop some of your own.

34. Remember… • No one has all the answers • You should practice in reality what you learn in theory • “When people know how much you care, then they will care how much you know.”

35. Heritage is a work in progress Keep it moving by taking this weekend home and sharing with others. Build upon your heritage.