All drills / Fireground
Thermal imaging camera scan
Practice a consistent thermal camera scan pattern and describe what you see to your crew.
- Goal
- Use a thermal imaging camera to find heat, people and exits quickly, and talk about it clearly.
- Length
- 20 minutes
- For
- Fire
- Category
- Fireground
- Level
- Foundation
- People
- 2 to 4 firefighters with one camera.
What is inside
- 5 step-by-step instructions for running it
- 3 points on what good looks like
- 2 debrief questions
- Setup, equipment and safety notes
- A ready lesson plan: audience, standards it lines up with, objectives, lecture outline, scenario and final evaluation
- A sign-in roster your crew signs on their own phones (department plans)
Two drills are free every week. Pro and department plans open all 164. General training ideas only: your agency's protocols, policies and medical director come first. 24On is not accredited and does not approve hours.
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Call your air at each third of the cylinder and state your exit plan before the low-air alarm sounds. Run it during live evolutions.
- Mayday LUNAR call-out drill
Fireground · 15 min
Simulate low-air or entrapment: immediately key the mic, state LUNAR (Location, Unit, Name, Assignment and air, Resources) the way your agency teaches it, activate PASS, and control breathing.
- Stair stretch and line advance
Fireground · 30 min · Intermediate
Stretch a dry or charged line up a stairwell, flake it on the landing and advance to a fire floor without kinks.
- Oriented search pattern
Fireground · 30 min · Intermediate
Run a left- or right-hand oriented search through a room maze in zero visibility, calling out as you go and tracking your way out.