TCVFD Training

OBJECTIVE:
The focus for this month’s training will be activities and skills required of a typical truck company at structure fires. Actual training will be in the form of classroom and basic skills; to be culminated by a formal academy class which will focus on the implementation of the skills learned and practiced during the previous departmental training.

SCHEDULE:
February 7, 14, and 19 => Classroom discussion of truck company responsibilities including: Ventilation, Forcible Entry, Search and Rescue, Salvage, and Overhaul. Practical application of the basic skills needed to perform these individual tasks by performing the following: primary and secondary searches, PPV set-up and operation, salvage cover deployment, and water shuttle and catch-all construction.
February 26-27 => Academy class taught at TCFD to build on the previously learned basic skills. The focus of the class will be the implementation of these tasks on the fire ground, strategic considerations for their use, and how the truck company fits into the overall mission accomplishment on the fire ground.