SCBA confidence training course GPFD
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2013
- Grand Prairie Fire Department
Texas
This is a training course we built from scratch with materials donated by our local Home Depot distribution warehouse. This course has an add on at the end (not included) pertaining to skip breathing, regulator failures, hose coupling direction, and RIC pack connections.
We put this together to show various obstacles that can be created with minimal space. It is intended to get comfortable and confident with your SCBA and gear. Enjoy.
music by BeeGee's "Stayin Alive"
The key is to always stay calm slow and steady. The second you move fast and get caught or stuck you’re gonna freak out.
Gonna use up that oxygen too.
I got to do my first confinement course at my school today cause they offer a fire program and man when I got to those wires and started getting caught definitely hard to keep composure for a second but I just took a deep breath and moved slow and figured what I was tangled on and how to get out of it. Absolutely amazing didn’t think I’d get to do that until fire academy
@@bentuma2833 that’s all you can do. Figure it out when you’re in a hard situation. Good work
My oldest brother is a retired Air Force firefighter. God Bless all of you brave men with brass balls, I sure as shit couldn't do it!
I just want through my department's confidence course. I can tell you I have ridden through the Rockies on a bicycle . Going through an SCBA confidence course is harder physically for me. I was getting tired just watching this.
Dude I was freaking out about doing this in training but this video has calmed my nerves so much
It was a way better video with sound...thanks a lot CZcams
Did you get to see the course or know what would be involved before hand? It seems like an unknown environment would be more realistic....but also anxiety inducing lol
@@Garyvillines They're not allowed to look at it beforehand. In the academy anyway.
@@user-dj2sz8qn1w yea thats a game changer lol
@@Garyvillines Its not too bad. You just remind yourself it's not real and even if you do use up all your air you'd be able to unplug if you had an "emergency".
The first words that came out of my mouth at the end was "that was fun" 😆
I know it seems fun, but for any fire fighter, who may have had to this for real, kudos to you, for your bravery 😬🧡
I just did this blindfolded and I’m 6’2 240 and just about died
Thats my exact size and I failed twice...😔
I'm 15 and just did an obstacle course very similar to this at a fire camp this summer it was lit!
Nick Furtak pun, intended?
Even better in the academy! Good luck on your journey man
I remember doing this during my fire one course at first I was terrified, but once I’ve actually gotten to do it it’s one of those things where it looks bad. but once you actually do it it’s not bad
Badass course fellas! Wish I could run it. Keep up the good work.
I could barely make it through the living room while it's dark.!😂
Hahaha. Our instructors call it Chuck E. Cheese for adults
Very cool training!
the collapse sim is awesome!!! Diminishing clearance would get me breathing heavy!
It's made with carriage bolts so it comes apart and can be rearranged in different configurations and or transported. I would say everything in the video can be setup in a single truck bay. Packed away obviously less space. Good to hear from you John.
Currently getting started at the local VFD. I am not going to lie, I kinda dread the obstacle course. It is going to be different that what we have here („here“ being Germany) but the principles are going to be similar. The guys who are already SCBA certified have told me that yes, it is tough but it is manageable. Just go slow, and remember that you are never alone. Here, it is always going to be a team of 2 going through the course. It is impossible to do alone because there are passages like a 10 ft long narrow tube that you have to crawl through. Unless one pushes or pulls the other, it’s not going to work. The course is also meant to teach you to trust your teammates.
I was also given to understand that this course simulates every conceivable extreme situation, one after the other.
And the rookies who do it for the first time will just tag along with an experienced team, while not wearing a SCBA. Later, they will carry a dummy tank and wear the mask. Only then will they get the „full immersion“ with an actual SCBA.
You go Schrader!
Awesome vid
You just had to play the song we literally ALL heard in EMS training.
Good basic course whith simple materials can add slightly differnt challenges to keep adding to the skill set.
That's really the spirit of the drill Scott. You can get creative or take it as far as you want. Just a fun way of getting guys out in their gear moving around and problem solving. Confidence!
Good video look like fun training
With zero visibility this would be quite a challenge the first time. The obstacles seem fairly complex and more like a building collapse perhaps? I notice the use of the palms instead of the back of the hand which is unusual. In Sydney Australia we never do that due to electrical hazards.
I believe BA training in zero visibility is the best way to prepare for our work. These environments I think can create anxiety and this training really helps.
The wax paper in the mask creates near zero visibility. You can see shades and shapes. The idea is to imitate a smoke filled environment.
Good job guy's !
Looks interesting, Might do volunteer firefighting one day
Pigsplaygames7 why volunteer when you can get paid to do it
@@larrygonzales7410 Not all departments are paid.
I just saw this course and it looks awesome. Any way we could get a copy of the plans. Thanks
Oh wow, in NY at my class it’s in a pitch black building and they make obstacles and places you have to drop down into and climb up stairs on your knees backwards
Want to up the training total blackout and strobes going. Loudspeaker playing sounds from an actual fire scene. Spin the fire fighter around before you send him in.
That was dope
I did it decades ago.
Is this something yall have to pack up or can you leave it there? Good work on putting that together!
im in my 1 & 2 class and did a lot of this stuff and it wasnt to bad im 5'9 230
Bruh the academy I'm going through right now our whole course was as tight or tighter than the seesaw prop.
If I did this I would be talking and saying things like “FANAGEL MORE INSERT MY NAME”
How did you get home depot to donate? They basically gave my volly department the finger...
Sorry to hear about that. We have a home depot distribution warehouse in the city. So it wasn't a retail box store. They were very nice about it. Try Lowes or someone else!
How else want to do this for fun
Nice
When I did mine I got so mad I climbed over the wires and the instructor yelled at me and I told him to f off... not my finest moment
do you have the plans used to build it and if so, would you share them?
I wish i did. We just eyeballed it with plywood and 2x4's
Any way to get the specs and plans on this maze to build one?
Arick Guzman keep watching the vid and freehand it
the thing that bothers me most is the fact there is no sound x_x
youtube took off my staying alive music with sound!
@@markjohnson7712 Why did you have to add a soundtrack? Jesus. The raw footage of the breathing is cool enough. God, everybody with their goddamn soundtracks! Reupload it!
@@rustincohle2135 Hey now, don't bring Jesus into this...
@@markjohnson7712 I will bring Myself up if I feel like it! Don't make Me forsake thee!
Ours was way harder with an ascending tube and IT SUCKED. I failed twice.
I would love to be able to do this join a fire service for a day and get to go to a fire and wear the turnout gear with the breathing apparatus sadley I can't
How was the trap door built
plywood framed with a 2x4 on a rope that gets pulled out
Where is his tool?
Next time we shall add a tool!
I feel like that trap door will scare me
That Jeff schrader?
Sound restored.
Shouldn't he have also activated his PASS device after calling the MAYDAY?
so this is teaching firefighters to become human spiders?
I can never understand why such an emphasis is placed on sleek turnouts and SCBA for tight space training. Yet everyone still loves the satellite dish sized traditional helmets that are about twice the size and weight they need to be. Just saying. Lugging around a 1010 or N5A on your head plain sucks.
NeilLB7 I agree somewhat with how you are thinking. The spirit of this course is to help you maneuver in that lid and develop confidence. Tradition is a hard thing to break as you know.
NeilLB7 if your helmet fits you fit! :D, and the traditional helmets are just too pretty to let go
Motorcycle helmet or Football helmet??
They're big like that for a reason. Helps prevent hot stuff from getting on the back of your neck
The academy I’m currently at straight up spray paints old masks so you can’t see
We did this where I’m at, but it was pitch black and sucked.
Thing that strikes me most is that the firefighter is feeling with PALMS of his hands,Here in UK ALL Brigades train to use the BACK of the hand for touch and feel as its far safer especially with possible live wiring ,You would FAIL this test in the UK doing as in the video
@@daveneville7459 well this isn't the UK
The point of this isn’t to get hung up on technique. It’s for new guys to get comfortable moving and fitting into tight spots. Confidence is the goal. Also we recently went to new air packs with larger bottles so it was nice to recalibrate our minds and get familiar with the new setup.
@@markjohnson7712 Yes, we got the latest Scott airpacks I think about five months ago. Amazing tech they put into it.
Wtf lol
RUBBERS
Good course terrible song