By Derek Rosenfeld
Albemarle (NC) Fire Department Chief Shawn Oke helped open FDIC International 2016 on Monday morning by presentingKiil the Flashover: We Test. We Demonstrate. You Decide., one of several important pre-conference workshops open to fire service members from around the country.
好的e was also joined by Joe and Andy Starnes. Joe is a member of the Oakland Grove (NC) Volunteer Fire Department and a former chief with the Sandy Ridge (NC) Volunteer Fire Department. Andy is a captain with the Charlotte (NC) Fire Department.
好的e says, “I have been involved in Kill the Flashover [KTF] since its inception in June 2011. We knew early on in our KTF experience that taking our lessons learned to FDIC was something we needed to do. We knew that FDIC would expose our work to members of the fire service that were forward thinkers and who would embrace the forward thinking ways of KTF. The reason that Joe Starnes and myself got together and developed KTF was to provide information to make the fire service safer for our sons. My son has come on the job in the past four months and being able to pass along things we have learned through KTF to him has really been a highlight in my career.”
Here, Andy Starnes talks about the thermal limitations of your gear and why firefighters need to measure heat:
好的e continues, “The core of KTF is Tactical Air Management, Tactical Thermal Imaging, and Enhanced Water Streams. We have focused on these three areas since our inception in 2011. These areas are applicable to every department in the world. The information we provide can be used by any department as the items we are discussing are applicable to any fire.”
我们的演示文稿的伟大事件是我们简单地介绍了我们学到的信息，让与会者确定信息如何适应其部门。我们不觉得我们在消防服务中告诉任何人的地方，我们的方法是我们的方法是“打火机的方式”。我们的座右铭是'我们测试，我们展示，你决定';这就是我们生活的。“
Here, Andy Starnes talks about measuring heat and its effects on the skin as temperatures increase:
“Our information clearly fits into the tactical issues being discussed throughout the fire service. We encourage our attendee’s to take the information we present and compare it to the other data being presented throughout the fire service. The information we have been gathering since 2011 has really become mainstream in our fire service. During our five years of KTF, we have seen the fire service really embrace the core elements of what KTF represents. It has personally brought value to my career knowing the efforts I am putting forward are making a positive difference in lives throughout the fire service.”
在这里，Andy Starnes谈到识别火灾行为和传递设备和热成像相机的重要性：
奥克说，“参加会议，”这次旅行将是我的第二次参加FDIC。我最喜欢的方面是可用培训的卷和口径。处理几乎是太多信息。在FDIC期间，在我们的消防服务中的这种积极的前瞻性思维成员共度时光也很棒。“
奥克尔说，如果他希望学生从课堂上带走一件事，那将是“愿意在规范之外思考，并应用我们学到的信息，所以您的部门可以更有效和高效地运营。”
Derek Rosenfeld.is an associate editor for Fire Engineering and a member of the FDIC 2016 event management team.
