In response to Michael N. Ciampo's articles "Ladder Leg Lock Maneuvers" and "How Many Rungs?"(April 2003), he is right on the mark. I recently attended a hands-on training session where Ciampo was an instructor, and what he mentioned in "How Many Rungs?" is so true. I am a veteran firefighter with more than 20 years in the fire service and have been using the old-style method of raising 24-foot extension ladders with three to five rungs above the roof line, not always hitting the mark, and having to readjust—wasting precious seconds—when all I had to do was raise it the whole way and go. Ciampo's way is how I will raise extension ladders from now on during fireground operations.
“梯子腿锁演习”,他也的发展rated during hands-on training, is another improvement I will make in the future. It is quicker and easier and not as hard to release from as the old style we were all taught in recruit school. Ciampo and his fellow instructors have showed this old dog some new tricks that will benefit me and my fellow firefighters.Brian K. SinglesFirefighterHampton, Virginia
As I sit in the airport lounge, I have paused to reflect on yet another week, my sixth, as an adjunct instructor and educator for the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC). I have always felt privileged to be a part of the Firefighter Survival Program developed by Chiefs John Salka and Rick Lasky—a program that routinely educates more than 400 firefighters and is perennially one of the largest and best attended classes in the Hands-on Training (H.O.T.) program. Firefighters travel across the nation to attend—members who are hungry and eager for information, knowledge, and the tools required to survive in this most dangerous of professions. Many come at their own ex-pense. And the instructors are here for them.
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