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The Tactical Training Unit is currently
conducting a "Hands On" training program.
Each day from Monday through Friday, two engine companies
and two ladder companies are called to the Academy
from
specific training groups.
The morning session concentrates on
a review of firefighting skills and evolutions. Examples
would removal of an unconscious firefighter, forcible
entry, victim search, and standpipe operations. The
format includes instruction of the techniques, the line
units actually performing the skills, followed by a
discussion period. At this point information from the
field and solutions for problems facing line units are
discussed.
In the afternoon, the companies operate
their rigs and respond to a simulated fire. Members
of the First Line Supervisors (the newly promoted lieutenants)
replace the regularly assigned unit officers at these
mock fire scenarios, giving them practical experience
as company officers.
Smoke generators and "mars"
lights are used to indicate the fire areas. The apartment
door in the multiple dwelling building and the roll
down gate at the taxpayer fire scenario must be forced
to gain entry. In addition, real life problems such
as hydrants out of service, the need to relay water,
burst lengths, loss of water on the fire floor, injured
victims and members trapped are added.
The Tactical Unit then critiques the
fire with the emphasis on learning. The field units
are given a questionnaire to allow them to critique
the training or to offer suggestions or express special
concerns. The Tactical Training Unit has extended this
training to 2,104 officers. This figure includes 166
Battalion Chiefs, 518 Captains, and 1,420 Lieutenants.
In addition, the Tactical Training Unit has trained
more than 10,000 firefighters
Additional information about the Bureau of Training:
Programs offered at the FDNY Fire Academy
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