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Responding with Chicago Aerial Tower 1

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Steinhardt takes in a working high-rise

Teaching the pilot Fire Officer webinar for CentreLearn gives me the opportunity to find cool ways to make a great experience.

Noticed that Dirk Steinhardt has moved from the curb and into the cab of many big city rigs, as seen on http://www.rescue911.de/ and http://www.rescue911.de/

This inside-the-cab run to a working highrise fire with Aerial Tower 1 provides great illustration of a big city response to a working incident. 

Steinhardt captures the discussion between the apparatus operator and the officer.

The high definition recording allows you to clearly see the dispatch displayed on the mobile display terminal.

Published on Sep 30, 2012

This is a video that you won't see often: ride along with Chicago's Aerial Tower 1 to a confirmed high rise fire (still and box high rise) in north downtown.

At 1:52 you can see the screen with all the units responding to the initial dispatch: 6 engines, 3 trucks, 3 battalions and 4 special units. Engine 1, Aerial tower 1 and ambulance 41 respond out of the fire house in the South Loop and make their long way to the north. While en route you can hear the dispatch assigning the different functions to the responding units.

Because of many calls coming in, at 6:30 an EMS Plan 1 has been announced, this means a response of additional units: 1 Engine, 1 Truck, 5 ALS Ambulances, 2 BLS Ambulances, 1 Battalion Chief, 1 EMS Field Officer, 1 EMS Assistant Deputy Chief Paramedic.

After reaching the scene you will have an overview of what was going on in the street. Since the fire was in one of the upper floors (5 floors from top) I could not see anything from the ground. Note all the tourists looking at the trucks, this must have been a great attraction. Aerial Tower is the only unit of that kind in the city. All the other aerial units are regular trucks or platforms //

Andrea Dal Porto/ LiebherrR954 photo

 

Mike "FossilMedic" Ward

 

Posted by on March 18, 2013 • Filed under: fire officer preparation, Fire Rescue Topics, Urban Commander, Vehicle Operations & Apparatus • Tagged: , , , , , ,

Fire Officer Webinar discount for Firegeezer readers

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Special discount for Firegeezer readers.

In January we announced a seven week Fire Officer webinar series that is being put on with our colleagues at Centrelearn.

If you tell the Centrelearn calltaker at 877-435-9309 that "Firegeezer Sent Me" you can register for the program at a special price of $75. 

That is $11 per online session

 

Fire Officer Training Program Description
This training program will cover how to be a leader within the unique municipal environment of a fire station, managing your boss, managing emergency incidents (beyond ICS), tactical lessons learned from near-miss and line-of-duty deaths, managing through others, involving the community, and advanced fire officer management/leadership tools. Participants will role play in the fictional Wombat City Fire Department as they apply the concepts covered.

Sessions 1 through 4 will focus on the new fire company officer (Fire Officer I). Sessions 5 and 6, as well as a bonus 7th session for users that attend all seven sessions, will be focused on the experienced officer (Fire Officer II). Each session will be offered twice to maximize availability for busy career or volunteer firefighters.

Session 1: THE NEW FIRE OFFICER

Wednesday, March 13(1100) / (1900) (all times ET)
*there will be homework assigned at the end of each session that participants will be expected to complete before the next session. 

Session 2: MANAGING THE FIRE COMPANY
Wednesday, March 20 (1100) / (1900)

Session 3: IMPOSING ORDER ON CHAOS
Wednesday, March 27 (1100) / (1900)

Session 4: TACTICAL LESSONS FROM NEAR-MISS AND LODDs
Wednesday, April 3 (1100) / (1900)

Session 5: GETTING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY
Wednesday, April 10 (1100) / (1900)

Session 6: ADVANCED TOOLS FOR THE EXPERIENCED FIRE OFFICER
Wednesday, April 17 (1100) / (1900)

Bonus Session 7: SECRETS FROM LEGENDARY FIRE COMMANDERS
Wednesday, May 1 (1100) / (1900)

More details Monday.

Original announcement

Mike "FossilMedic" Ward

 

Posted by on March 2, 2013 • Filed under: fire officer preparation, Fire Rescue Topics, News, Training, Training & Development, Urban Commander • Tagged: , ,

Online fire officer training from Mike

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Distance Learning Course for New or Aspiring Fire Officers Taught by Mike Ward

CentreLearn Solutions, the leading provider of online training for fire and emergency medical services, announced a Fire Officer Training Program, taught by Mike Ward BS, MGA, MIFireE. The 7-part online course will begin on March 13, 2013, and delivered will include presentations, discussions, and assignments on:

  • The role of the new fire officer
  • Managing the fire company
  • Imposing order on chaos
  • Tactical lessons from near-miss and line of duty death events
  • Getting involved in the community
  • Advanced tools for the experienced fire officer
Further details on each topic, as well as scheduling information, can be found below.

To register, have your department's CentreLearn administrator contact CentreLearn now. 

Chief Billy Goldfeder, EFO, had this to say: “Mike's decades of experience combined with his focus on education-and his very cool ability to communicate will allow the students to make this program one of the absolute highlights of their career. If we are lucky, each of us will have a fire officer/instructor in our career that mattered. Someone who helped us "get it," about our responsibility as an officer. Mike more than "gets it"-and spending time learning from Mike online, or otherwise, couldn't be a better opportunity for future company officers, and those who need their batteries charged.”

Need for Fire Officer Training

“Department chiefs have repeatedly told me they are seeking training programs to prepare their firefighters to become effective fire officers. Because of the importance of this course content, we are inviting each of our client fire departments to enroll one firefighter at no cost,” said Greg Friese, CentreLearn’s Director of Education. Additional firefighters from CentreLearn organizations can enroll at a substantial discount. CentreLearn is also opening the course to fire departments not yet using CentreLearn’s industry leading learning management system. 

Fire Officer Training Program Description
Improve your fire officer effectiveness. Learn from an experienced fire officer and educator who has spent decades preparing firefighters for promotion. This training program will cover how to be a leader within the unique municipal environment of a fire station, managing your boss, managing emergency incidents (beyond ICS), tactical lessons learned from near-miss and line-of-duty deaths, managing through others, involving the community, and advanced fire officer management/leadership tools. Participants will role play in the fictional Wombat City Fire Department as they apply the concepts covered.

Sessions 1 through 4 will focus on the new fire company officer (Fire Officer I). Sessions 5 and 6, as well as a bonus 7th session for users that attend all seven sessions, will be focused on the experienced officer (Fire Officer II). Each session will be offered twice to maximize availability for busy career or volunteer firefighters.

Session 1: THE NEW FIRE OFFICER

Wednesday, March 13(1100) / (1900) (all times ET)
*there will be homework assigned at the end of each session that participants will be expected to complete before the next session. 

Session 2: MANAGING THE FIRE COMPANY
Wednesday, March 20 (1100) / (1900)

Session 3: IMPOSING ORDER ON CHAOS
Wednesday, March 27 (1100) / (1900)

Session 4: TACTICAL LESSONS FROM NEAR-MISS AND LODDs
Wednesday, April 3 (1100) / (1900)

Session 5: GETTING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY
Wednesday, April 10 (1100) / (1900)

Session 6: ADVANCED TOOLS FOR THE EXPERIENCED FIRE OFFICER
Wednesday, April 17 (1100) / (1900)

Bonus Session 7: SECRETS FROM LEGENDARY FIRE COMMANDERS
Wednesday, May 1 (1100) / (1900)

About Mike Ward 
Mike Ward is a retired Captain II from a large urban county, and has been teaching and preparing Fire Officers on the streets, in the classroom and online. Author of Jones and Bartlett’s "Company Officer: Principles and Practice" and writes as the Fossilmedic on Firegeezer.com, Ward provides a problem-solving approach to company officer training.

With the bar set high for this course, Mike Ward added, “The students in this course can expect to learn from one another as we work through different leadership scenarios and challenges.” The training program will conclude with a closing presentation and discussion on the secrets of legendary fire commanders.

About CentreLearn Solutions
CentreLearn Solutions offers full service Internet training solutions to emergency services organizations of all sizes. Organizational clients receive unlimited access to accredited online educational programs, and support for developing and delivering custom content. CentreLearn offers the industry’s most powerful suite of fully-hosted learning and content management tools. For more information, visit http://www.centrelearn.com/.

Posted by Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P at 4:18 PM   

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From Mike:

I have been working with Greg Freise on this concept since the summer.  

Excited at the opportunity, hope that you register for the class.

Mike "FossilMedic" Ward

Posted by on January 24, 2013 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Firefighting Operations, News, Training, Urban Commander • Tagged: , , , ,

Diver Down – free online CE Jan 8th

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CentreLearn Announces Free Live CE Presentation on SCUBA Emergencies
One-Hour Webinar Scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, 12:00 p.m. EST

Shrewsbury, Penn. (December 21, 2012) — CentreLearn Solutions, the leading provider of online training for fire and emergency medical services, announced an upcoming free continuing education webinar on SCUBA emergencies, to be presented Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. EST.

This webinar, the latest in a monthly series, will feature instructor Michael Fraley, a rescue diver, SCUBA instructor and paramedic. Fraley’s presentation will review the gas laws that impact diving, explore the pathophysiology of common diving medical emergencies, and explain prehospital treatments. Registration is open now.

“Diving emergencies aren’t limited only to diving destinations—they can also happen when divers return home. That means EMTs and paramedics everywhere need to be prepared to recognize and handle them,” said Greg Friese, CentreLearn’s director of education.

“CentreLearn’s online learning technology makes it possible for EMS personnel not only to earn CE credit on a rarely presented topic like SCUBA emergencies, but to interact with the instructor during the presentation, for a deeper understanding of the material,” Friese added.

In addition to its free webinar series on EMS, firefighting and education methodology topics, personnel at CentreLearn customer agencies can choose from more than 200 hours of accredited training videos in CentreLearn’s library. CE courses can be accessed at any time, from any location with an Internet connection.

CentreLearn also offers access to its programs to individuals on a pay-per-view basis via RapidCE.com.

Visit the Webinar Registration page to enroll now or CentreLearn.com to learn about the industry’s most comprehensive online training solution.

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About Michael Fraley 
Michael Fraley, BS, BA, EMT-P, has been a paramedic for more than 20 years and held a variety of positions, including flight paramedic, coroner, EMS coordinator, educator, quality improvement coordinator, EMS manager, regional trauma council coordinator, and former owner of a small assisted living home. He began his EMS career at Texas A&M University while earning a bachelor of science degree in agriculture. He has since completed a degree in business administration and is looking forward to pursuing a master's degree in the near future. He currently serves as EMS coordinator for a county-based EMS system in central Wisconsin, and is a member of the Oneida County Dive Team.

About CentreLearn Solutions 
CentreLearn Solutions offers full service Internet training solutions to emergency services organizations of all sizes. Organizational clients receive unlimited access to accredited online educational programs, and support for developing and delivering custom content. CentreLearn offers the industry’s most powerful suite of fully hosted learning and content management tools. For more information, visit centrelearn.com.

 

Posted by on January 4, 2013 • Filed under: EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News, Rescues, Special Operations, Training, Upcoming Events • Tagged: , ,