DO NOT POST. AUTHOR REVIEW DRAFT 10 Minute-Training: High Winds & Heavy Fire Challenge IC No. 1 in Missouri Machine Shop Fire
10-Minute Training
High Winds & Heavy Fire Challenge IC No. 1 in Missouri Machine Shop Fire
By Ed Hartin
B Shifter Buckslip, May 26, 2026
Every month, the B Shifter Buckslip features 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.
What critical factors would you consider when dispatched and during response? What conversations would you have with your crew during response?
This month’s 10-Minute Training for IC No. 1 takes you to Alba, Mo., where a machine shop fire is rapidly escalating under dangerous wind-driven conditions. As the first-arriving IC, you’ll face critical decisions involving strategy, risk management, rescue priorities, and protecting downwind exposures before conditions worsen. Includes simulation video on pg. 4 of the PDF below!
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Ed Hartin retired as fire chief with East County Fire and Rescue in Camas, Wash., after a 50-year fire service career. Ed maintains an active international training and consulting practice and is a Blue Card instructor. He holds the Chief Fire Officer designation from the Commission on Professional Credentialing and is a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers. Ed has undergraduate degrees in fire protection technology and fire service administration and a master’s degree in education. Since 2017, Ed has developed more than 450 10-Minute Trainings to provide ICs with deliberate practice to build competence.