Ric Jorge enumerates the benefits of SCBA confidence courses and how this type of evolution integrates various aspects of the firefighter resiliency concepts from previous videos. #5293629322001
I am a retired firefighter (captain) and stumbled upon this video and will have to say I wished we would have had this type of instructors when I was coming into the fire service! I totally agree that instructors need to take a confidence building approach with confined space search and research preparedness!
What is more important than the title of the course is what is actually taught there. Just because it is a confidence building course doesn't mean that will be the end result. You have to analyze it yourself.
Ima 55 year old Lt and entered the service when I was 39 years old. My instructor's where all in there mid 20s and where good firefighters but I wish I could have met Ric back then, he sure could have saved me a lot of head aches. I went through the Georgia's Flames course to help me with a lot of the issue's Ric speaks of and after getting your ass handed to you for 72 hrs, you will either overcome or fail. This is how I will instruct from here out. Thanks for the video.
i am an older guy (mid 30s) about to finish academy. Im not small either but ive been working on mental toughness. Ill have to check out the GA flames you mention of
Not all, but I have seen many instructors use the confidence building confined space training as an opportunity to stage, laugh, and ridicule new recruits that struggle with associated anxiety during operating without visual reference in confined spaces. I have found myself in huge house (4000-5000 Sq ft) fires, disoriented in a closet having to mentally tell myself to control (slow) my breathing to methodically and purposefully take action to find my way out. It isn't always easy as some try making it out to be! As Ric stated, it is all about building developing (growing) the confidence in our capacity to manage and navigate through these situations. Some have no problems while others it may not be as easy! The main thing is be honest and open so these areas can be focused and improved on before the real thing occurs! You all can do it!
Great job Ric! I used to find when I was on the job, in the middle of a wire box getting "worked up", humming a favorite tune while "swimming" through the wires used to help me a bunch. I was 53 years old when I took then, Lt. Stacy Nolen's course.
As part of my company emergency response team , I just finished this confidence course in a completely darkened room with smoke and blaring sounds of screaming . It was pretty awesome
My class is starting search and rescue this week. This video helped calm some anxiety. We’ve already been through the maze for the test but this week it will be filled with thick smoke and obstruct what little vision we did have before. There is a few obstacles that do not allow bigger guys like me to keep my diaphragm open. I have to lay on my belly and close my eyes to stay calm in those situations.
You sir,, are a competent and professional instructor. You explained the fears, how to overcome the easily, and how to succeed. You should sleep well, you’ve done well
Staying calm and collected helps, you have to remember nothing will hurt you and put you in a deadly situation in these drills. It’s the mind you need to conquer and remember your training prior. Some of ours we had to maneuver scba to our sides or take completely off in some areas and push through then put it back on in an area we could kneel in.
Great box you have there. I made one myself but it has much smaller "doors" . Many times you need to take your scba off ,to get through. I m afraid i dont give confidence ,more like i give fear and disappointment. I should make an easier one.
Hello from Russia! 1:54 In Russia, they teach a little differently. When passing in an inhospitable environment and searching for victims, the BACK of the HAND feels the wall and floor because there may be a bare cable. In contact with which the grasping reflex will work, and the hand will clench into a fist. If there is a high voltage, then the firefighter will be able to release his hand from this cable.
Hey you're the first russian i've seen on youtube since the 'invasion' started, have things changed for you since then or are you still going day to day like normal?
I know one commenter talked about not putting yourself in this situation. And gave other tactics to practice, which is fine. This is only one evolution, not the whole shebang here. Confidence building is necessary to build muscle memory and be confident that your equipment and training will help save your life. When I was in the Army, we would never put ourselves in ambush situations. The fact is it could happen, just like a normal search or fire operation can go wrong quickly. LAFD has a good example of that with Boyd Street Fire and how their training and equipment helped save their lives. But we always trained in the Army how to handle those situations and others. The fact that anytime the bullets start flying, it's easy for panic to set in, and you have push through trusting your protective gear and training.
He suggested this is progression of videos, but the whole season 19 bounces around... is there any way I can get a list of the videos focused just on the things he's talking about?
I didnt like roofs on steep pitch houses and my co always had me go to the roof. He said we are gonna force you to love it, lol. Never worked. I didnt mind scba just the weight over a long job got to me and in the summer added in a fire too. Heat stroke time. I drank 2 gallons of water per day in temps over 100. You get lean and strong quickly. Now im fat, dont work out due to disability, so use it to keep it
@@flextefitness4954Thats really inspiring to me, im 16 and plan to start the process of becoming a firefighter as soon as i graduate. ik you probably hear this a lot, but i thank you dearly for your service. you seem like a dedicated person and thats awesome and motivating for me. Blessings
Sir, will have to ask Ric. However, we do have plans for a modular SCBA maze here: www.fireengineering.com/firefighting/firefighter-training-prop-modular-scba-maze/
Think about this. It's Pich black. The house is full of flames and thick black smoke. The interior is unfamiliar to you. You have limited air. You have no idea where the victims could be. Are you going inside on your hands and knees to find and retrieve the victims or are you going to vent the windows and use your Tank Water to put the fire out first?
You have no mustache I don’t trust you. I’m just kidding you 100% know what your talking about and I would love to train with you. Omg you have a carpenter on your crew
A firefighter should NEVER put themselves in scenarios like this until the threat has been eliminated. There isn't a person on this planet that Could do this in a burning house without having a panic attack. What happens when you run out of air in one of those spaces? It would be INSANE to do this in a burning structure! This is the life and responsibility priority sequence. 1. YOU! 2. Your fellow firefighters. 3. Your families. 4. Then the victims at a fire. What good is an injured or dead firefighter to anyone? What good is there in risking your life in any scenario where the victims are most likely dead, or you have little chance to get them pout alive? Do you enter with a Fire Blanket and Buddy Breather to Protect the victims from the heat and gasses YOU are temporarily protected from? If you want to build confidence, then do things that make you feel safe. V.E.V.E.S V. Vent the fire room widows to allow the heat and gasses to escape directly to the exterior. This can be done from the exterior before you are fully dressed. TIME! E. Extinguish all Visible Burning Material through those windows while allowing the gasses to continue exiting the windows. This can be done from the exterior before you are fully dressed. TIME! V. Vent other windows to get a natural airflow going through the structure to vent the gasses. The first three can all be done before an entry team can get dressed and get the front door open. E. Continue extinguishing the fire as you enter the structure. S. Search for fire and victims in a much safer and survivable environment. Cooling the gasses as you go.
