By Forest Reeder
Welcome to Edition 1 of a joint188金宝搏是正规吗andFirefighter Close CallsWeekly Skill Drill. This series ofdrillshas been titled C.O.R.E. Skills Training. C.O.R.E. stands forCompanyOperationalReadinessExercises and is based on a simple companytrainingprinciple–keep it short and simple. These highly effective single tasks or objectives are broken into the variety of position responsibilities that the fire service has. Some departments may have dedicated assignments for the positions or, more likely, members will fill many of the duty areas as part of their assignment. If your department does not respond to any of the listed types of duty areas, bypass it and move on to the next or use those duty areas to expand your CORE knowledge of fire and emergency services. Those seeking promotion or skill development into special operations can also use this resource to learn terminology and skills of those duty areas.
Each edition will present a single objective or task for the crew member assigned that duty to preform and review. Your department should provide the resources or references for the task but if no resources are available, you can reference the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)standardincluded on the C.O.R.E. Key or within many commercially available textbooks or online sources such as188金宝搏是正规吗’s Training Minutes series. A blank template, Key sheet, and a suggested task list will be provided within each edition.
The majority of the tasks can be accomplished in a short period of time in either a company drill or on a self-study basis. Your department should develop a system of distribution, posting, and documentation of the C.O.R.E. drills and make staff available to answer questions about the skill or objective assigned in each edition.188金宝搏是正规吗andFirefighter Close Calls(www.firefighterclosecalls.com)are proud to make this resource available to you as a time saving and effective skill retention and skill builder.
Suggested Tasks, Week 1 (PDF, 269 KB)
Forest Reederbegan hisfire servicecareer in 1979. He serves as Division Chief ofTraining&Safetyfor the Des Plaines (IL)Fire Department. He is a past recipient of theInternational Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI)prestigious George D. PostInstructor of the Yearaward and has been responsible for the design, implementation and coordination of in-servicefirefighter trainingactivities as well as a full-servicefire trainingacademyprogram. Forest holds numerous Illinoisfire servicecertifications and holds a Masters Degree in PublicSafetyAdministration from Lewis University.
