10-Minute Training: Lessons from a Gas Leak & Explosion Prove There Are No Routine Incidents.

Firefighters watching incident videos frequently think about what they would do if facing the same situation. Ten-Minute Training drills leverage this inclination using incident video, photographs or a simulation based on incident conditions in tactical decision-game (TDG) format. TDGs help us develop and exercise the cognitive skills incident commanders require. Every month, the B Shifter Buckslip will feature a 10-Minute Training scenario designed to provide a bit of synthetic experience while enhancing your ability to recognize patterns, identify relevant cues, expectancies, and anomalies, set plausible goals, and develop a workable incident action plan. EachTen-Minute Training will focus on either a company officer serving as IC No. 1, a command officer serving as IC No. 2, or a tactical supervisor.

This month, we are heading to Stirling, Va., for an outside odor of gas call. Report of an odor of gas outdoors is often considered less serious than when the odor of gas is detected inside a building. However, as this incident proved, this is not always the case. There are no routine incidents! For other 10-Minute Trainings, contact Ed Hartin at ed.hartin@cfbt-us.com.

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