Private Dwelling and Strip Store/Taxpayer Fire Tactics Seminar - Oswego, IL

Presented 

By 

Deputy Assistant Chief (Ret.) John Norman

When: October 25, 2014

Time: 8am - 5pm

Where: Oswego Fire District, 3511 Woolley Rd., Oswego, IL 60543

This full day seminar will focus on the most common fire problems in America: fires in 1 and 2 family homes, or private dwellings and fires in strip stores and taxpayers. This seminar includes:

Private Dwelling Fires

• Introduction to the scope of the problem, Death and Injury Rates in PD's
• Size-Up, The 13-Point Approach
• Firefighter Safety Survey
• Fire Attack, Hoseline Selection, Placement, and Water Supply
• Search and Rescue - Vent, Enter, and Search (VES)

Strip Store/Taxpayer Fires

• Introduction, Store Fires and Injury and Death Rates
• Construction Deficiencies Related to Fire Spread
• Fire Attack, Hoseline Selection, Placement, and Water Supply
• Gaining Entry/Exit
• Cockloft Fires - Roof Operations
• Trusses and Other Lightweight Roofs
• Cellar Fires - The Firefighter Trap
• Parapet Wall Collapse
• "Hidden" Dangers

For more information and to register visit www.firetrainingresources.com