...and all others who have selflessly given the 'Ultimate Sacrifice' for the LIFE of another!
How many times have you entered a Live-Fire environment without a 'Fire-Ready' Fully Charged
Protection Line!?! 'Never' should be our answer but reality is... especially if there's an imminent Live-Fire RESCUE
and there is neither time nor space to 'flake out,' arrange, re-arrange, and finally deploy an attack-line!?! Is this an OSHA
approved exception when you know every second counts!?! Do we routinely sacrifice and risk our SAFETY to SAVE another!?!
How should we train in a 'Controlled' environment!?! Oh, we state, "But that's different! We always train safely!"
Right!?!
When it comes to 'RESCUE ROPE,' we're all familiar with it's multiple uses including our bread crumb
trail to our way out. What about the concept to send in a Truck Company with the protection of a RESCUE 'LINE' that
actually serves this same purpose? If Fire Hose can be laid from a coiled configuration in the same manner as a rope,
then why not use this IMMEDIATE line of protection as our guide... and allow our Rescue Rope to fulfill other vital functions
as it is intended?
What is the common element identified in nearly every repeated active fire behavior incident
that a Firefighter is injured or we all suffer another LODD!?! In every case Firefighters were beyond the 'effective' range
of an 'adequate' fire stream! ...and many could not find their way out because no 'line' [rope or hose] was laid at their
feet to guide every step of their path OUT to SAFETY!
Please consider literally every written directive from our Driving
Policy and the PPE we wear to the full accountability systems now finally in place after years of shortcomings in each of
these areas, each SOP is intended to accomplish one primary Strategic Priority - Minimize RISK to SAFETY. So if you observed
a SAFER method to accomplish the same task only much more effectively than ever before, do we not have obligation to our loved
ones and ourselves to implement these measures!?! [OMG! ...that dreaded word - 'CHANGE!']
With all the firefighter
injuries and deaths we read about everyday, do we not have an obligation to at least investigate literally every possible
IMPROVEMENT to our Fire Ground SAFETY!?! Do we really need to ask any recently surviving LODD family members such as those
of the fallen Charleston Nine? I don't mean to sound demeaning in a derogatory manner, just 'What Is' the 'What Is' we can
do to be more FIRE SAFE!?!
Please take a moment to read the full article that not only addresses each SAFETY Measure,
but articulates just how much energy you can save by implementing these very simple procedures every time you reach to grab
an Attack-Line! ...and find a need to advance an existing line [even around right angle turns] almost effortlessly!
Rotary
vs. Linear Technologies! Hose Roller - Noun and Verb! It truly is this simple!
The result of any Triple Fold or 100' Double Donut
At least 50' of fully 'CHARGED' hose is purposely laid BEHIND the 'Start Line!'
Compare this to a garden hose deployment!
Just how many personnel are required to advance this line!?!
Is this truly the only way to deploy hose!?!
We hope to NEVER face this...
But are we NOT obligated to utilize every SAFETY measure we KNOW to PROTECT ourselves!?!
Accelerate Your LIFE!
Richard W. Hoffmann, II
U.S. NAVY SEARCH & RESCUE
HS 10 - Warhawks
When every SECOND counts...
...you can COUNT ON ME!
How will YOU create your FUTURE!?!
The POSSIBILITIES are ENDLESS!
SAFETY! Yes it can really be just that SIMPLE!
It doesn't just affect you as to which method you CHOOSE to be SAFE!
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