Class III gets it's Bangor Time

The third class of Firefighter I & II students for the 2009 school
year are climbing that ladder of success quite literaly today.
Gaining confidence on the ladders, the students each made their way up
and down the 5 floors worth of ladder, pausing twice to demonstrate
leg locks (a technique for securing a firefighter to the ladder with
no hands or tools).
The drill came easy to some, and less so for others, but at the end of
the evolution, all students were able to complete the objective.

Pumps Galore

Another Apparatus Operations class is underway at the college this
week. Students pictured are supplying a handline through and Engine,
via a portable float pump (not pictured).

Today's Special: Liquid Fuel

The FF I & II class put their teamwork and nozzle control skills to work as they battled the Fuel Farm Simulator prop. See a short video clip below. Tonight as darkness falls on campus, and ghostly ghouls line up at your doors, these students will be busy with another prop, the Propane Tank, where students further their experience in removing the hazard of the most disastrous event involving tank-held combustibles, the Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE).

FEMA Teams Training at FSFC

The Florida State Fire College is once again home to complex FEMA
training for disaster response. Nationaly recognized instructors in
disaster response were actually on-site to receive training this week.

Shoring, high angle rescue, hazardous materials, IEDs, and various
available equipment were all part of the training that is being used
to expand the capabilities of rescuers.

Hosers?

Students from the Firefighter I & II class perform one of the more memorable skills from the course. The Garage Attack video is below:

Firefighter I & II Class V Gets Taste of Pressure Cooker

The current Firefighter I & II class performed multiple attacks on three floors of the newly updated burn building. They were able to confront both Class A fired props and Gas fired props in separate environments. With the watchful eye of the Instructors, students were motivated beyond their perceived expectations and performed well under the new circumstances.

National Attention

More than twenty states including Missouri, Texas, New York,
California, and Colorado were represented by FEMA USAR Task Force
members this week on the FSFC campus.

The students were involved in the Heavy Rigger Course which helps
emergency workers with special lifting tactics and efficient
communication with the crane operators who would be called to the
scene of an actual disaster.