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| February 13, 2010 | Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy, 2025 East Iron Ave., Salina, Kan. |
This course covers common operational safety issues related to building search, both basic and the "get out fast" situation, and searching above the fire and V.E.S. operations. Also covers assessing smoke conditions and dangers of cornices and shafts. The class addresses the viewpoints of the incident commander as well as interior firefighters and officers in regard to both injury and disorientation prevention during common operations.
This course is aimed at developing an organization to support and maintain fireground safety. Discussed are the 10 rules for engagement for structural firefighting and how complacency and inattention lead to fire personnel becoming statistics. We will cover LODD and injury statistics and bring them down to the street level. The class fully examines unintended consequences of unsafe action and the need for better supervision and accountability. The goal: "Get 'em in safe, work 'em safe, get 'em out safe."
Anthony Avillo, a 24-year veteran, deputy chief in North Hudson Regional (N.J.) Fire & Rescue, assigned as 1st Platoon Regional Tour Commander. Chief Avillo has a B.S. in fire science from New Jersey City University. He is an instructor at the Bergen County (N.J.) and Monmouth County (N.J.) Fire Academies. Avillo, an FDIC instructor, is a member of the FDIC advisory board and an editorial advisor to Fire Engineering Magazine. He is the author of Fireground Strategies, 2nd edition (Pennwell, 2008) and Fireground Strategies Workbook Volume II (due in 2009). Anthony is a contributing author of the Firefighters Handbook (Pennwell, 2008) and will be co-author of the Firefighters Handbook Study Guide.
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