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FireNotes™ Training Manuals

Finally, easy-to-follow, tell-it-like-it-is training books that are reality-based! Let's face it - it's time to focus on the need-to-know not the nice-to-know.



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Firefighter Survival

104 Pages / Detailed Pictures

What's Inside:

  • Fireground Survival Training–What's the Big Deal?
  • Preparing for Fireground Survival
  • Managing YOUR MAYDAY
  • SCBA Emergencies
  • Disorientation Emergencies
  • Emergency Escape Techniques
  • Firefighter Survival Training Sessions

Written by Jim McCormack, Indianapolis Fire Department
with Bob Pressler, FDNY (retired)


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Firefighter Rescue & Rapid Intervention Teams

200 Pages / Detailed Pictures

What's Inside:

    PART I - FIREFIGHTER RESCUE

    Firefighter Rescue: The Ultimate Fireground Challenge
    Searching for a Firefighter
    Assessing, Stabilizing and Packaging a Firefighter

    PART II - RAPID INTERVENTION TEAMS

    Why Do We Need Rapid Intervention Teams
    The Rapid Intervention Team
    Rapid Intervention Team Tools and Staging
    Preparing the Fireground: Proactive RIT Tasks
    Responding to a MAYDAY: The RIT Deployment
    Commanding Rapid Intervention Operations

    PART III - TRAINING SESSIONS

    Firefighter Rescue and RIT Training Sessions

Written by Jim McCormack, Indianapolis Fire Department
 


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Fireground Size-Up

80 Pages / A must-read for any first-due firefighter or officer!

What's Inside:

    • Size-Up: Who, What, When, Where, Why?
    • Two Basic Approaches to Fireground Size-Up
    • The Five-Point Size-Up
    • The Thirteen Point Size-Up
    • The Fireground Size-Up: Putting It All Together
    • Fireground Size-Up Training Sessions

Written by Bob Pressler, FDNY (retired)


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Engine Company Operations:
Stretching & Operating the First Line

88 Pages / Detailed Pictures

What's Inside:

    • The Purpose of the First Line
    • Determining Line Size & Position
    • Estimating the Stretch
    • Strething the First Line
    • Engine Company Assignments
    • Engine Company Tools
    • Operating the First Line During Emergencies
    • Training for the Engine Company

Written by Tim Klett, FDNY




 
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Thermal Imaging in the Fire Service

112 Pages / Detailed Pictures

What's Inside:

  • History of thermal imaging
  • Thermal imaging technologies
  • How thermal imaging works
  • Safety considerations &
    thermal imaging
  • Thermal imaging and size-up
  • Thermal imaging and fire attack
  • Thermal imaging and overhaul
  • Thermal imaging and ventilationThermal imaging and
    search & rescue
  • Thermal imaging and hazmat
    Non-fire uses of thermal imaging

Written by Jonathan Bastian,
former Training Specialist for Bullard Manufacturing

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Fireground Search

104 Pages / Detailed Pictures

What's Inside:

  • Fireground Priorities: Risk versus Benefit
  • Search Size-Up: Determining Life Hazards
  • Search Tools
  • The Search Team
  • Search Techniques
  • Conducting the Primary and Secondary Search
  • Vent–Enter–Search
  • Victim Rescue & Removal
  • Fireground Search Training Sessions

Written by Michael Bricault,
Albuquerque, NM, Fire Deaprtment

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Complete FireNotes™ Set

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  • Firefighter Survival
  • Firefighter Rescue & Rapid Intervention Teams
  • Fireground Size-Up
  • Engine Company Operations - Stretching & Operating The First Line
  • Thermal Imaging in the Fire Service
  • Fireground Search

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FDTN Company Training Drills

(6 complete lesson plans per Volume)
Adapted from the Network's highly successful monthly training package—FIRESCUE Interactive Department Trainer—we're pleased to offer four volumes of training drills: Engine Company Operations, Truck Company Operations, Firefighter Survival, and Firefighter Rescue & Rapid Intervention Teams.

Each volume contains six complete training sessions which inlude:

  • Session Overview and Goals
  • Resource and Reference Listing
  • Detailed Lesson Plan (outline)
  • Hands-On Activities (3 drills per session)
  • Student Handout
  • Student Test


 
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Engine Company Operations Training Drills

What's Inside:

  • Stretching & Advancing the First Line
  • Performing Difficult Stretches
  • Fireground Water Supply
  • The 2 1/2 - inch Handline
  • Fireground Master Streams
  • Car Fires

6 Detailed Lesson Plans — 18 Hands-On Activities





 
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Truck Company Operations Training Drills

What's Inside:

  • Forcible Entry
  • Ground Ladders
  • Fireground Search: Residential
  • Vent-Enter-Search
  • Peaked Roof Ventilation
  • Flat Roof Ventilation

6 Detailed Lesson Plans — 18 Hands-On Activities


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Fireground Strategy & Tactics Training Drills

What's Inside:

  • Single-Story Ranch
  • 2-Story Residence
  • Basement Fires
  • Modern Strip Malls
  • The Taxpayer
  • Fireground Command

6 Detailed Lesson Plans — 18 Hands-On Activities





 
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Firefighter Survival Training Drills

What's Inside:

  • Firefighter MAYDAY
  • SCBA Emergencies I
  • SCBA Emergencies II
  • Firefigher Disorientation
  • Escaping Deteriorating Confitions
  • Emergency Window Exits

6 Detailed Lesson Plans — 18 Hands-On Activities
 


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Firefighter Rescue & RIT Training Drills

What's Inside:

  • Searching for a Firefighter
  • Emergency Air Supply
  • Moving a Downed Firefighter
  • RIT Tools
  • RIT Ops: Preparing the Fireground
  • RIT Ops: Responding to a MAYDAY

6 Detailed Lesson Plans — 18 Hands-On Activities


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FireNotes™ Training Videos

FDTN's no-nonsense training videos compliment its FireNotes series of training books. These videos will allow you to SEE the skills before and after you train. There's no substitute for performing the skills but videos provide an excellent way to accelerate learning and refresh the material. These short, to-the-point, videos will be an excellent addition to any training program or your own personal library. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words!
 


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Firefighter Rescue And
Rapid Intervention Teams DVD

DVD CHAPTERS INCLUDE:

  • RIT Positions & Assignments

  • Searching for a Firefighter

  • Securing the RIT Tag Line

  • Converting the SCBA Waiststrap

  • Emergency Air Supply

  • Firefighter Drags

  • Firefighter Rescue Up/Down Stairs

  • A RIT Scenario: Putting It All Together

  • Ladder Rescues

  • Rescue from Entanglement

  • Rescue from Collapse

  • Rescues through the Floor

  • Air Management and RIT

  • Commanding a RIT Operation

  • RIT Benchmarks

135 Minutes / 15 Chapters


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Firefighter Survival DVD

This video was designed with training in mind. Watch the entire video, or a chapter at a time, and then hit the training ground and perform the skills…the best training video available in the fire service!

DVD CHAPTERS INCLUDE:

  • Developing a Survival Attitude
  • SCBA Knowledge
  • Mayday Management
  • SCBA Low Profile Emergencies
  • SCBA Entanglement Emergencies
  • Disorientation Emergencies
  • Wall Breaching
  • Ladder Slide

51 Minutes / 8 Chapters


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FDTN Training Drills
Individual Training Drills are $20.00 each. Complete Volumes are available.
Contact us to order or for additional questions.

Each Training Drill contains: Session Overview, Resource and Reference Listing, Detailed Lesson Plan (outline), Hands-On Activities (3 drills per session), Student Handout, Student Test


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Fireground Ops: It's In the Attic add to cart
Ground Ladders on the Fireground add to cart
Truck Ops: Inside Team add to cart
FF Survival Refresher add to cart
Strategy & Tactics: The Ranch House add to cart
RIT: Emergency Air Options add to cart
Engine Ops: Stretching, Flaking & Advancing add to cart
Ladder Ops: Outside Truck add to cart
Engine Ops: Heavy Fire Showing add to cart
Commercial Building Searches add to cart
Troubleshooting Pump Ops add to cart


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Volume XI (2007)
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The Engine Company Toolbox add to cart
Fireground Command add to cart
The Routine Alarm add to cart
Sprinkler Systems add to cart
Basement Fires add to cart
Functional Fireground Size-Up add to cart
The Water Can (2 1/2 Extinguisher) add to cart
Vehicle Extrication Basics add to cart
Wall Breaching Basics add to cart
Car Fire Basics add to cart
Fireground Accountability add to cart

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Volume X (2006)
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Fireground Entanglement add to cart
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Defensive Engine Company Operations add to cart
The Engine Company Preconnect add to cart
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The Primary Search add to cart
Calling the Mayday add to cart
Fireground Lighting add to cart
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SCBA 101 — It's Your Lifeline add to cart

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Volume IX (2005)
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Ground Ladders 101 add to cart
Engine Company Ops: First-Due Engine add to cart
Truck Company Ops: First-Due Truck add to cart
Strategy & Tactics: Modern Strip Malls add to cart
Radio Communications on the Fireground add to cart
Fireground Ops: Controlling the Utilities add to cart
Engine Ops: Extended Hose Stretches add to cart
Forcing Padlocks & Chains add to cart
Firefighter Survival: Part I add to cart
Venting Windows add to cart
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Volume VIII (2004)
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Commercial Building Forcible Entry add to cart
Developing a Sustained Water Supply add to cart
Vehicle Extrication I – Assignments, Tools, Staging add to cart
RIT Air Pack add to cart
Aerial Master Streams add to cart
Rescuing Civilians add to cart
Hose & Nozzle Basics add to cart
Big Lines & Defensive Operations add to cart
Moving Victims Over Stairs add to cart
SCBA Air Management add to cart

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Volume VII (2003)
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Conventional Forcible Entry add to cart
Fireground Collapse & Firefighter Rescue add to cart
Engine Company Basics add to cart
Rapid Intervention Team Tools add to cart
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Volume VI (2002)
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FF Survival: Escaping Deteriorating Conditions add to cart
RIT: Preparing the Fireground add to cart
SCBA Emergencies Part I Reduced profile, Entanglements add to cart
RIT: Responding to a MAYDAY add to cart
SCBA Emergencies Part II Out-of-Air, Equipment failures add to cart
Fireground Search – Residential add to cart
Company Level Preplans add to cart
FF Survival: Emergency Window Exits Part I add to cart
Truck Company Tools: The Chain Saw add to cart
Engine Ops: Performing Difficult Stretches add to cart
Fireground Communications add to cart
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Volume V (2001)
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Fireground Team Search add to cart
Fireground Size-Up add to cart
Carbon Monoxide Responses add to cart
Fixed Suppression Systems — Sprinklers add to cart
Fireground Skills Review add to cart
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Volume IV (2000)
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RIT Operations: Emergency Air Supply add to cart
Firefighter Disorientation add to cart
FF Rescue: Searching for a Firefighter add to cart
Peaked Roof Ventilation add to cart
Positive Pressure Ventilation add to cart
Master Streams add to cart
The 2 1/2-inch Handline add to cart
Car Fires add to cart
Firefighter MAYDAY add to cart
Fireground Entanglement Emergencies add to cart
Foam Operations — Flammable Liquids add to cart

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Volume III (1999)
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Exit Drills for Firefighters add to cart
Navigating Stairs add to cart
Salvage — Catching & Controlling Water add to cart
Incident Benchmarks add to cart
Power Saws add to cart
Rapid Intervention add to cart
Large Area Search add to cart
Engine Company Operations add to cart
Ladder Company Operations add to cart
Air Bags add to cart
Forcible Entry add to cart
Primary Search add to cart

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Volume II (1998)
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Firefighter Through the Floor add to cart
Standpipe Systems add to cart
Supply Line Layouts add to cart
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SCBA Emergencies add to cart
Power Tools add to cart
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Ground Ladders add to cart
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Volume I (1997)
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Tanker Shuttles add to cart
Sprinkler Systems add to cart
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Cribbing add to cart
Search and Rescue add to cart

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