10 Minute-Training: Fatal MVA/fire inside a 1,200-foot tunnel challenged responders to stretch their expertise in new ways. What would you do?

Many 10-Minute Drills focus on common structure fires in houses, commercial buildings, strip malls, apartments and big box occupancies. Others allow incident commanders to exercise their skills on equally standard calls, such as vehicle accidents and car fires. Sometimes, however, ICs must manage unusual incidents or those they have never experienced. These situations require adaptive expertise, the ability to apply knowledge and skills to new or unfamiliar circumstances. Adaptive expertise demands flexibility, adaptation and the ability to learn and develop solutions when facing unique challenges quickly. It differs from routine expertise, which involves proficiently executing standard, well-practiced procedures.

This month’s 10-Minute Training takes us to Green River, Wyo., where crews had to apply their adaptive expertise to a multi-vehicle collision and fire inside a tunnel. The additional learning included in this drill dives deeper into the incident and the conditions responding companies encountered. Click here to download the file.

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