汤姆·基斯基（Tom Kiurski）
Training your firefighters on self-survival skills is a difficult concept to grasp for some. On one hand, you hope they never have to use it and they are called on to do so many other fireground functions on a more frequent basis that you hate to spend too much time on this subject. One the other hand, if this situation does arise, you want the firefighters to have had an experience to fall back on to help them out of this bad situation. Obviously, I am a proponent of training on firefighter self-survival skills.
On this training day, we did a wall breach maneuver. The need to breach a wall can come from situations where door access has been cut off and there are no windows从哪个退出。在房间里有恶劣的情况下，毗邻的房间可能会给避难所足够长，以便帮助到达或其他计划，例如可访问的门和/或窗户。
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从一个标准的石膏板,中欧ique can be practiced under better conditions when the firefighter is fresh enough to understand. |
The first step is to find an interior wall to breach. Once there, take a hand tool and penetrate the wall with the tool at a low level on the墙。一旦完成，将工具推入您创建的孔中，以确保没有固体阻塞难以克服的墙壁，例如浴缸，内置橱柜或主要电器。另外，请注意壁之间可能存在的管道追逐，电管或其他障碍物。如果您在墙上遇到问题，请移至另一个螺柱舱，并以相同的方式检查以访问。
如果墙在另一个侧面浏览孔，以确保您到达比您所处的地方更好的地方。如果是的话，请开始清除两个螺柱之间的墙壁材料。大多数石膏板也很容易穿透，旧房屋的石膏和车床也是如此。取出所有材料，从螺柱到螺柱，距地板大约三到四英尺。完成后，拿起工具并在另一个房间中的地板来检查是否稳定性，然后通过您将要进行的孔发送该工具。
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| Add challenges for the next evolution of drywall breaching, such as this thicker drywall with fiberglass mesh. This challenges any firefighter who steps up. |
There are several optionsfor getting through this confined space between wall studs. We practiced two of them and talked about the other two. The first was is to go head first through the studs, keeping tight to one stud and wiggling through. The best way to avoid the sticking point of the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) bottle is to keep it high on your highest shoulder, which may include loosening a shoulder strap to accomplish this. Once the first sticking point is through, the rest of the maneuver usually works pretty will with some wiggling.
The second method is the backward swim method. This involves having the firefighter sit on the floor with他向墙壁开口。将SCBA瓶阀放在窗台上，然后将瓶子移入墙螺柱之间的空间中。准备好后，将一只手臂穿过孔。落在身体的左侧或右侧，然后摆动。这种方法似乎是最喜欢的。
我们讨论了其他两种通过的方法。一个是低调的动作his body and sends it through the wall first and then follows it withhis body. We didn’t practice this method, since we did a similar low-profile practice in a recent article and class session (Training Days #22). The fourth method is to make the opening and then use a tool to take out the stud at the bottom where it connects to the sill, to allow for an additional few inches of space.
一旦所有方法都通过两种方法，我们就将一块高影响力的墙板放入训练道具中。这比标准墙板要困难得多，但是对于消防员来说，认识到它很重要they will understand what is involved if they encounter it. This wallboard is 5/8-inch thick, with a fiberglass mesh embedded into the wallboard. It is hardto break through, and the mesh will need to be cut out of the way to allow the firefighter through. It can be overcome, and all firefighters should be aware of it.
这是一个相当凌乱的训练日，需要一个道具，大量的干墙以及完成后处理的手段。一旦尘埃落定（从字面上看），您的消防员将很高兴他们度过了良好的训练日。
汤姆·基斯基（Tom Kiurski）is training coordinator, a paramedic, and the director of fire safety education for Livonia (MI) Fire & Rescue. His book,Creating a Fire-Safe Community: A Guide for Fire Safety Educators(Fire Engineering, 1999), is a guide for bringing the safety message to all segments of the community efficiently and economically.
