Ila Borders and Jill Fullerton present First Due Size Ups. Ila Borders is the training Captain at Clackamas Fire, Jill Fullerton is a newly promoted Lieutenant at Clackamas Fire and off course First Whips Fools very own Secretary/ Treasurer.

First Due Size Ups is a hands-on workshop designed to engage you in the size-up process through interactive lectures and audience participation. We will briefly cover building construction and smoke reading, emphasizing how a solid understanding of these topics can enhance your size-up skills.

The workshop will provide a straightforward approach to size-ups, focusing on three key questions: What do you have? What are you doing? What do you need? You will then have the chance to practice size-ups through simulations and receive constructive feedback in a supportive environment. This class is ideal for firefighters aiming for promotion or new officers refining their size-up techniques. We also welcome experienced officers and firefighters interested in sharing their insights.

DATE CHANGE! Due to the Service of David Coombs, the Sermon that was planned on 4/27 will be postponed to 5/19 at noon at Steeplejack. David Combs was a retired Captain with Columbia River Fire & Rescue and served as the Division Chief with Westport Fire & Rescue. Our thoughts are with the Coombs family, friends and coworkers.

Portland Fire’s own Behavioral Health Coordinator Tara Stein will talk about the how and why of PEER support. What local resources are available and how can we reach those resources. This is a short presentation with an Q & A session to follow. Come join us.

Engine Operations. Come join us as Rich Renne will talk about Engine Operations. From the Rig to door, UL best practices and booster back up.

The Art of Sucking Less. Kevin Richesten will be talking about improving yourself and the culture of your department. Join us!

This talk will cover two primary topics: elevator incident response and elevator use at fires.  

When responding to incidents involving a stalled elevator, inappropriate action by emergency personnel may be putting themselves and the public at unnecessary risk.  We will discuss how to respond safely and effectively at incidents involving stalled elevators.   

The lecture section will discuss elevator types, theory of operation, safety mechanisms, emergency response, Phase 2 operations, etc.   

The hands-on section will be an in-depth look at hydraulic elevator machinery, mainline power controls, elevator car and hoistway door mechanisms, and procedures to manually lower a hydraulic elevator to effect rescue. 

Come join us for a great morning of training!

James Nisbet will cover the following:

When engine companies arrive first into a fire with reports of people trapped the age-old conundrum continues to be a cycle in our trade, do we commit to extinguishment or do we go all in for search? How do we do the most good if we search as the engine company? Together we will go over a framework for making the best decisions in these scenarios based on search statistics, extinguishment practices, and case studies. 

We are back! Starting with our Sermon! Todays topic will be: Tactical Resilience, presented by VP Robbie Hendrikx. We will talk about how he got into this topic, what he teaches with the group Tactical Resilience and how he has implemented it partially with Portland Fire & Rescue.
Come join us for a chill morning, grab a cup of coffee or a pint with some breakfast and hang out with a bunch of like minded folks. See you there!

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Marion County FL, Fools challenged us to the Isolation Challenge. Challenge accepted. 
SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday May 12th we will be live hosting Justin McWilliams as our isolation challenge. This will be a live chat via Zoom broadcasted on Facebook. We will be talking to Justin about the search culture within their department. How do they teach search to their Recruits, how did their Rescue & Search Manual come about and what made him be part of the firefighter rescue survey!
Please tune in on our Facebook Page at 6PM PST and watch this presentation live.
We will challenge new chapters on Tuesday, but if you are Puget Sound FOOLS, Backstep FOOLS or Lone Star FOOLS maybe pay extra close attention.  
FOOLS International.com.

Come join us for a Sermon style meeting, no direct topic but some great kitchen table conversations. Looking for future input on training wants and needs as well!

Please join us as Retired Battalion Chief Smith from Clackamas Fire leads a discussion on Implementing Training in your department.

Chief Smith has 34 years of Fire Service experience. He held all ranks up to BC. He spend most of his career as a AO (16), Assistant TO (2), Captain TO (3) and BC (3)

Please join us as Ryan Endicott from the Lone Star F.O.O.L.S leads a discussion on Survivability Profiling.

Ryan is the training Trustee with the Lone Star F.O.O.L.S. and works in the training division with the Austin Fire Department. Ryan is the “creator” of the Firehouse Sermon, which are held each month with the Lone Star F.O.O.L.S.

Survivability Profiling

Please join us as Rob Fisher will be leading a discussion on passion in the fire service. Both in personal development and within your department.

Rob Fisher is a 30 year fire service veteran. He served 9 year as a line firefighter, 20 years as a Lieutenant (including 5 years as a training captain). He promoted to BC 10 months ago. He is also a PEER Support Coordinator for SCFD #7.

Robbie is also very active on the national stage. He is the F.O.O.L.S. International Training Trustee, Puget Sound F.O.O.L.S. Training Trustee. He is an instructor at FDIC, with BIB and Firetown. He is part of the following Facebook Groups: the Roof Perv, Truck Floor Training, F.O.O.L.S. International and the Puget Sound F.O.O.L.S.

Have you wanted to force doors but haven’t had the crew or props to do it?
Have you wanted to flow water up stairs but your crew hasn’t been able to get out to training?
Have you wanted to throw ladders, but the parking lot is your only chance to throw one up?
 
Come to open gym! It is a time to practice the skills you have been wishing to practice. Attack your weaknesses. Hands on skills you have been wishing to get the reps in. 

Schedule:

Open Gym
9am - 3pm for Open Gym @ Columbia River Fire & Rescue

Location: 
Columbia River Fire & Rescue - Lee Broadbent Training Center
58577 McNulty Way, St Helens, OR 97051

Equipment Available at the Training Center:

• Engines with 1 ¾ hose lines and 2 ½ hose lines

• Stairs

• Door prop

• Multiple windows

• Multiple rooms

• Ladders

• Vent Prop (ventprop.com)

We will try to have the training grounds set up to your needs. Let us know what you want to work on and we will do our best to get it there for you.
This is a self guided but collaborative drill ground. No specific instructor will be there but all of us will be there to learn from each other. This is your time!
Best of all, It’s FREE! Bring your crew, your buddy you went through academy with, your mentor. No more watching youtubes… it’s hands on time.

Signup Here for Open Gym!

Have you wanted to force doors but haven’t had the crew or prop to do it?
Have you wanted to flow water up stairs but your crew hasn’t been able to get out to training?
Have you wanted to throw ladders, but the parking lot is your only chance to throw one up?
 
Come to open gym! It is a time to practice the skills you have been wishing to practice. Attack your weaknesses. Hands on skills you have been wishing to get the reps in. 

Schedule:

Open Gym First with meeting and elections to follow.
9am - 2pm for Open Gym @ Columbia River Fire & Rescue
Meeting and Elections to follow immediately after.

Location:
Columbia River Fire & Rescue - Lee Broadbent Training Center
58577 McNulty Way, St Helens, OR 97051

Equipment Available at the Training Center:

• Engines with 1 ¾ hose lines and 2 ½ hose lines
• Stairs
• Door prop
• Multiple window
• Multiple rooms
• Ladders

We will try to have the training grounds set up to your needs. Let us know what you want to work on and we will do our best to get it there for you.
This is a self guided but collaborative drill ground. No specific instructor will be there but all of us will be there to learn from each other. This is your time!
Best of all, It’s FREE! Bring your crew, your buddy you went through academy with, your mentor. No more watching youtubes… it’s hands on time.

Battalion Chief John Mittendorf (ret.) developed his skills over 30 years with the LAFD. The Art of Reading Buildings focuses on the practical art of reading a building and applying its positive and negative attributes in developing a size-up for fireground operations that center on structure fires. First-due company officers, incident commanders, and safety officers will appreciate the practical “street-wise” lessons presented. Chief officers, training officers, engineers, firefighters, and fire science degree candidates will benefit from the wide range of building construction topics covered.

This workshop provides essential tools and practice in making rapid street reads on buildings. Emphasis is on classifying a building using a Type/Era/Use/Size model and then developing an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses (hazards) of a given building using that model. Rapid-read visual clues are explored and practiced during the class using videos of actual building 360˚ walk-arounds.This approach fills the gap between the teachings of Francis L. Brannigan (how buildings are built) and Vincent Dunn (how they fall apart).

COST: Members $20    Non-members $30
FOOD/BEER: Included! Pizza and Beer at 4:00PM.
TIME: Doors open at 4:00PM, Quarterly meeting starts at 4:30PM, Lecture from 5:00PM-8:00PM.

I gauge the speed of the event against the men and women who have arrived on scene.  Is it faster than we are and we are behind?  Can we begin to control the event?  I ask myself "can we be in there?" 

If we can- we go. 

We will be Offensive as this indicates a series of expected actions to all incoming units. We will deploy in a fashion that we have prepared mentally and physically for.  We will execute the basic things that will support a good outcome.  We will "run the play". 

From "Beyond the Door, the Risk Analysis - at FireEngineering.com

Do you have footage from a residential fire in your area? Send a link or file to the TrainingTrustee@FirstWhipFools.com, and we'll ask Lt. Corrigan to use it during the presentation.

Out next meeting at Ex Novo Brewery starts at 7:00pm, but some of us will be there at 6:00 to have a beer and catch up. We'll discuss how to help with the upcoming Firemanship Conference, and upcoming training opportunities in the spring and summer.

We'll also vote for President, Secretary/Treasurer and Membership Trustee, as all three are up for election this quarter.

Join us for eight hours of hands-on Ladders and Ventilation training.

Full Turnouts required.

Lunch will be provided.

Email TrainingTrustee@FirstWhipFOOLS.com with questions.

Chief Anthony Kastros is coming to Canby, OR to teach his seminar "Calm the Chaos / Fire Service Leadership & Team Building". Registration has closed, but the First Whip F.O.O.L.S. are hosting the after-party! Join us in the evening for dinner and drinks at the McMenamin's Old Church in Wilsonville, OR. Talk shop with Chief Kastros and meet other fire service leaders from around the region.

This event is open to firefighters, officers and Chiefs.

The cost to attend is $25, which covers dinner at the McMenamin's Old Church in Wilsonville. Active  F.O.O.L.S. from any chapter pay $20.

REGISTER HERE

You've arrived at an apartment fire with a company of three firefighters. A mom is frantic, her child is trapped in a room on the second floor. The next due engine is 7 minutes out- are you ready to make the grab? 

Join us for a full day of training, provided with help from Brothers in Battle LLC. Visit http://www.lcrtoa.com/guest-registration.html to register. The cost is $50 for FOOLS and $75 for non-members, and lunch is provided. The quarterly meeting will follow the drill, location TBD.