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2. Points To Ponder. Think of changes in the fire service over the past 50 years, (or 5 years): What have we done to improve safety? How many of these changes have improved fire attack capability?. 3. Fire Fighting Then And Now. Improved safety:Full PPESCBASeat-belted inside the cab, air bags
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1. 1 Foam BasicsProperties, Performance And Proportioners
2. 2 Points To Ponder Think of changes in the fire service over the past 50 years, (or 5 years):
What have we done to improve safety?
How many of these changes have improved fire attack capability?
3. 3 Fire Fighting Then And Now Improved safety:
Full PPE
SCBA
Seat-belted inside the cab, air bags
Improved warning lights and sirens
Combination nozzles
Non-slip step surfaces
Vehicle striping, etc.
Improved attack capabilities, (also a safety issue):
Class A foam and CAFS
More synthetics used in construction has caused flashover to drop from 25-30 min to 3-5 min
4. 4 Points To Ponder Which changes have you embraced?
Which changes have you resisted?
Why?
5. 5 Facilitating Change People would rather live with a problem they cannot solve, than embrace a solution or concept they do not understand
Therefore, the key to changeis through education
Our goal - to educate
Knowledge is the antidoteto fear (Ralph Waldo Emerson)