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Henniker Fire Department ELO

PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)

• Helmet
• Hood
• Mask
• Coat
• Pants
• Boots
• Gloves
• SCBA

60 second requirement: to get a certification in PPE a firefighter has to be able to put all this gear on and have it ready to go in 60 seconds.

CPR, AED, and First Aid Certification

• Basic safety training required for all firefighters
• Knowing these basic skills can help save someone's life

SCBA (Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus)

• Drills - Basic requirements for the SCBA

○ Put it on in 60 seconds.

• Protects your face and lungs from toxic smoke and extreme heat
• It is important to be able to use this equipment quickly
• A fire doubles in size every 60 seconds

Truck Check

• Cleaning and checking all tools and equipment on the trucks because

everything needs to be ready to go in a moment's notice.

• Checking supplies
• Cleaning tools
• Starting and maintaining all small engines

Hose Deployment and Use

Attack Hose: Used for offensive and defensive firefighting. Supply Hose: Used to supply trucks with high amounts of water Deck Gun: Used for high flow fire attack in residential or high rise buildings.

Forest Fire Training

• Hand Tools: Used to cut fire lines and contain small fires.
• Portable Pumps: Used in remote places with bodies of water to pump water

through fire hoses.

• Small Diameter Hose: Used in mop up operations.

Forest Fire PPE

• Leather gloves
• Leather boots
• Nomex pants
• Nomex shirt
• Helmet
• Goggles
• Fire blanket used for fire fighting crews who get overrun or are surrounded by

a fire

• Blanket is a last resort for fire fighters to protect themselves

Fireground Strategy

• Harold Hunt and Sam Atkins approaching a

car fire with an attack line and a back up man.

• Car is approached from a diagonal direction
• Minimizes chance of injury due to:

○ Tire blow up or ○ Exploding oil shocks on bumpers

MVA (Motor-Vehicle-Accident) Strategy

These photos show us doing a training on a school bus and another car.

High Angle Rescue Training

• Practicing a high angle rescue on top of

Pats Peak.

• Learned how to stabilize and rescue an

injured person off a ski mountain.

Extrication Tools

A variant of the “Jaws of Life” being used to cut the hinges of a bus door.

Works Cited

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