so last night was drill night. most fun i've had in ages. We did some "RIT" (rapid intervention team) training. More commonly known as 'firefighter down' drills. Ironic since on Sunday at a structure fire 4 firefighters were injured (all have been discharged from hospital since).
So we moved all the apparatus out of the bays, rearranged the insides a bit (made a maze/obstacle course), filled it with smoke and then did a few drills.
it was pretty sweet. No visibility, lots of crap to get in your way - pretty realistic.
the first drill was the disorentation drill. basically we were brought in with our hoods over our masks so we couldn't see, then we were randomly placed in the room, spun around and told to find the door.
the next one was the firefighter down drill. the scenario was a firefighter was lost, injured and out of air. we had to find him quickly, give him a new airpack and drag his butt out. of course our team got on the heavier guys in the station. talk about heavy lifting - ouch. Though when you think about it, it is likely to be the heavier guys that have these types of incidents.
All i can say is this stuff is damned fun.
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