Old Firefighting Training Video - Probationary Firefighter Training
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2014
- A repost from Traditions Training, LLC from facebook, I could not find it on youtube. Posted only for the enjoyment of all, not for profit.
A great old-timey training video from the East Coast, official location unknown but 'Hartford' can be clearly seen on the side of the responding rig. Much of the video's narration still applies to firefighting today... except the end part about applying the nozzle stream into the window. But it's ok, they did it because it was pre-SCBA, not post-UL studies.
When I started the fire service in 1972, we had a 3 man crew per shift, but we had part time fire fighters . If you weren't an engineer for that shift, you rode the tailboard and we had the pull up boot and the old Seattle aluminum helmets. But by the time I retired in 2002, after 30 years of full time fire fighting, the way things changed is remarkable.
oh how things have changed but still so much has stayed the same
The amount of times I've watched someone start forcing a door in training without just trying the handle once amazes me honestly. One lesson that should always stay the same.
Why am I watching this in the middle of the night when I have to wake up early tomorrow
It's mind boggling to see footage like this
I rode the back of the truck in the 70's before they cut the straps off for safety reasons. Our ladder truck was open cab and cold as hell in the wintertime. I would not trade those experiences for the world.
Gotta love the nozzle man in the last sequence....turns the helmet backwards 😂
I was one of the few female firefighters in the ‘80s and DID ride the tailboard without a safety harness like they did in the video-hanging on AND putting on my gear as we rode down the road-usually in the rain. My first badge said “fireman”.
That department was on a 24 hours on/48 hours off schedule. We would start the shift at 7am and closed the station at 9 pm to visitors and I, of course, would stay on duty, which didn’t make the wives of the male FFs very happy.
Moved up to “Manual Pump Operator” eventually (now called Engineer) and the guys didn’t want a “girl” driving.
When I got my first Lieutenant badge, less than 1% of the firefighters were female in the U.S. I was literally called a pioneer then. When I answered the station phone as a LT, the caller would always assume they were still talking to the dispatcher. (No male dispatchers at that time.). I also remember having to ask the Chief if I could get my ears pierced when I was 30 years old. (Hey, I was getting married!). We had to get permission from the Chief to go out of town on our “days off”. How things have changed.
When I joined the department, I was issued men’s size 11 boots and had to put 4 1/2 sets of wool insoles to hold my 5 1/2 female shoe-sized feet in the boots! The bunker gear wasn’t much better-the jacket went below my knees standing so, of course, I was kneeling on the jacket at my first structure fire and couldn’t go further into the house. My then lieutenant thought I was just scared. He hit the back of my helmet and yelled to “GO!” but by that time I was wedged in the doorway-still on my jacket! Wonderful first structure fire!
As a 5’2” 115 pound female in the FD, I was the smallest person and the one to do all the confined space situations-like attic fires or go inside car wrecks to stabilize the victims.
The firefighters did the maintenance on the apparatus and I was the one to get inside the pump to do repairs because of my size. Still At the time I could out bench my weight and even out lifted another male FF in the leg press. (I ran out of weights at the station at 900 pounds!)
It was a 24/48 hour shift at that first department and as a professional, state certified firefighter and EMT I started out at $8,100.00 a year, including being on call 24/7. Later added fire inspector and department training officer at a rate of $11,800.00 a year (even with a B.S degree and an A.S. degree in Fire Science).
When I went to industrial firefighting in the early ‘90s, we had Gamewell boxes and when the bell alarm went off, we had to run to read the tell-all-tape to find out the fire location (just like in the video). Each Gamewell box had a 3-digit number and you had to memorize where each box was by its number. Some Gamewell were even on the roofs!!
I’m retired from the FD now and totally LOVED being on the truck all those years. Wouldn’t change it for the world.
Nothing beats hanging on to the back of the truck, standing on the tailboard, on a clear starry night going to a structure fire!
Love the guys riding on the tail board. Major oops with todays regs.
Chief, Mike Decker did that in the 70s although with a safety belt hooked to the grab rail. Scary but thrilling
My first run was a working house fire, I held onto that rail real tight!
What about falling off
LOL! I love these old vids! Mainly because those old farts actually knew what they were doing and were JUST as brave then as firefighters are today! But notice,....ever so calm when discusiing the hose lays!
The "L" model Mack engine the true 'Cadillac" of the late 40's early 50's fire service.Excellent film the way it was.
"slight structure damage" ahahaha just a little damage... mightn't even notice it
I remember watching this training video on my TV back in 1980's when I was a younger. This was a old firefighting training video.
I saw Hallandale on a pumper and College Park on the back of a coat. Both are in Maryland.
I am amazed that even back then the UK were using instantaneous couplings whilst the US were using threaded couplings. All that time lost in hose laying just to fasten the couplings. One ding in the thread and it's useless.
What is the difference between the two
the video showed Harford or whoever first but Hillandale is in Montgomery County MD and is still an active combination department I believe Station 12. Also in the video is College Park which is located about ten miles away in PG County and is home to the university of Maryland as well as MFRI Maryland Fire & Rescue Inst. which trains all Maryland volunteer firefighters but also establishes minimum standards and class criteria for both paid and volunteer Firemen in Maryland. College Park is still an active combination department and is PG station 12.
Thank you for the information, David. Love learning about my roots.
6:26 the open window is the kitchen of College Park VFD; University of Maryland bldg. 007 at 7507 Baltimore Ave. I got to live in the station 1988-1989. CPVFD was there until 1994 (?) when we moved into the new building at 8601 Baltimore Ave. Bldg. 007 is now the Pocomoke Building...administration or something for campus. Great times.
6:53 dude is riding on the back whilst still putting on his coat lol
i was a firefighter from 1992-2018 and things are the same....especially washing the hose
I road on the ' Tail Board' FireFighter, ret. 30 years Service.
Wow!! In The 1950's
Just got out of jury deliberation. Fire District #10 in Airway Heights, WA (Just west of Spokane, WA) doesn't have comments enabled so I have to do it here, I wish folks would learn the damn internet. The Spokesman Review doesn't seem to have the story on Fire District #10 on their site. I was on a jury for the past few weeks for a suit AGAINST Fire District #10 in Spokane, WA. Ellen Fender vs Fire District #10. Ellen was terminated following a report of sexual harassment and discrimination in her firing. Fire District #10 terminated her BECAUSE she blew the whistle. Fire District #10 had shitty policies that literally stated "...Should report issues to...". Anyone in security knows the word "should" nullifies any "policy" since Policy = police = law. That means if you use the word "Should" it is not a policy, it is a suggestion. Policies MUST include the words MUST or SHALL when referring to actions taken.
So the chain of command option was dismissed because of this. You know what is messed up though? A Fire Chief was on record stating "Keep this off my desk or that person will be fired". They busted Ellen for breaking the chain, but Chief Sandoval gets a free pass? That is not all, I haven't even told you the charges! So a Fire Chief by the name of Marty Shire (SP?) was sending nude pics to female volunteer firefighters. Marty got to resign before facing charges. Ellen caught wind of this and made an attempt to escalate the issue, but was faulted for not going up the chain of command and instead communicating this issue laterally to another LT. Its a "Good ol' boys" situation thought to be gone forever, but it still exists in Spokane, WA at Fire District #10.
Fire District #10 got away with everything simply because Ellen wouldn't provide a comment on the issue. My question is what protection do people have when they have to report their superiors because it didn't work for Ellen. She was shitcanned. Fire District #10 claims they were following protocol, but they actually didn't, and the court did not allow the jury to consider this. We were given "evidence" and even asked the court a question clarifying the criteria for the case. We were answered with "Just review the evidence". The judge for the case was Julie Young, who will not be getting my vote in any election in the future.
Myself, the Jury Foreman, and 2 other jurors were ready to hand over half a million to Ellen, but the rest of the jury didn't budge due to their perceived notion of lack of evidence even though the jury foreman, and myself talked until we were blue in the face about the patterns. the past activities of Marty Shire that were never exposed until now... and Ellen broke the chain. Yeah bullshit. If anyone knows Ellen Fender and wants to setup a go fund me, let a guy know so he can donate.
And just in case anyone from Fire District #10 comments to the contrary... I was in jury duty, you...were not.
Love it!
4:40-5:00 The house is gonna burn to ground or be extensively damaged and they're worried about poking a hole in the roof or damaging a door LOL🤪
The public does notice those things. In a crisis, the citizen will focus on those matters which are part of his routine, daily concerns. I call them "hold-ons" or "sanity handles". Suppose the door were a salvaged antique, having it left would be something good for the homeowner to hold onto. The general public, especially after a disastrous fire, will literally weigh the department by its behavior. If they see axes used excessively, then when all is over, they will remember the firefighters as destructive, so "naturally, they weren't trying to save it." If they see the firefighters acting quickly, but minimizing damage, they will remember them as trying to minimize what was lost. Perception is reality, especially during traumatic events.
Also looks like College Park was one department
no gloves, no hoods, no scba. wow!
TIME FOR SOME FAHRENHEIT 451 CONCEPT ART
Hi, is there any way I could obtain licensing of this video to use clips of it for my student short film?
Hartford Connecticut
Chrisdyd2002 Gaming Hartford Connecticut is stupid. Jj it’s mostly white you should never leave. Trust me. NO, TRUST ME. You don’t want diversity. It’s awful
0:25 sounds like Japanese fire truck siren
don't go and get an axe, use your helmet lmao
これいつの映像🎥なんだ🤔
sweet diaphone 6:37
I did a straight lay last night . .
Me too !! The use of the hard suction came in handy too !!! But it happened!! My pager went off for a structure fire !!!😜