00:02Firefighters risk their lives every day serving their communities.
00:06To hone their skills, they endure intense physical training,
00:09so they can climb, chop, saw, and break their way through any obstacle.
00:14In an emergency, there's no margin for error.
00:17A quick, effective response can be the difference between life and death.
00:21Let's see what it takes to be a badass at firefighting.
00:30How physically grueling is being a firefighter?
00:34It has its moments.
00:35There's times that we'll go from, you know, zero to 100 pretty quickly,
00:38depending on the type of call.
00:41All right, Allison.
00:42We're going to kind of run you through a typical academy workout
00:45that we run all of our new guys through, that all of us have been through.
00:49We're going to start off with the hose pull.
00:51I'm going to grab it, and we're just going to start pulling it in.
00:53You're going to go ahead and pull in all 150 feet of it.
00:56Wow.
00:57Yep.
00:57Okay.
00:58As soon as we get this all pulled in, then we get to run it all back out.
01:02Go on.
01:02You've got to keep going.
01:03Almost there.
01:04Almost there.
01:04There we go.
01:05Okay.
01:06That's it.
01:06Grab the coupling.
01:07Run it out.
01:08Keep working.
01:09Keep working.
01:10Perfect.
01:11Right there.
01:11That's it.
01:12Okay.
01:13So now we've got to grab this downpatient, go ahead and get right underneath his arm,
01:16and we're going to go up and around that cone.
01:20Okay.
01:20So now what we're going to do is we're going to simulate that we've got a high-rise fire.
01:23So we've got to run this up to the third floor.
01:24All the way up.
01:25Keep going.
01:26Keep going.
01:26Keep going.
01:27Keep going.
01:27Head on outside.
01:28Grab that rope and start bringing it up.
01:31Almost done.
01:31Almost done.
01:32Here we go.
01:33Up.
01:33Perfect.
01:34Awesome.
01:37Now we're going to kind of move on.
01:39We've done our workout for the morning, so now we're going to get into our training.
01:41We're going to pack some extra weight on you today and have some fun.
01:44Awesome.
01:45Let's gear up.
01:47So like walk me through a typical day if there is such a thing.
01:51When we come to work, first we come to work for 48 hours straight.
01:53So we'll come to work for two days.
01:55Wow.
01:55You get to work.
01:56We make sure that our gear and our apparatus are squared away for the day.
01:59And then anything can get broken up with calls at that point.
02:03Now this is official.
02:04Now you are official.
02:06Okay, Allison, so one of the first bits of training we're going to kind of really get
02:09into today is auto extrication.
02:11One of the first things we have to do is we have to safe our vehicle and make access
02:15to our patient.
02:16And we're going to do that by breaking the glass.
02:25So now we need to start making purchase points to allow our extrication tools room
02:30to access the nadir pin that we're going to be actually popping.
02:33And we're going to try to pop this door off today.
02:35So I'm going to hold the tool here.
02:36And you're going to come in with the flat head of the axe.
02:39And you're going to strike against the back end of the halogen.
02:43All right.
02:43So the next tool we're going to use is we're going to use our hydraulic spreader.
02:46It uses hydraulic force to actually open the tips of this tool out so that we can create
02:52space.
02:53So right now we're just trying to increase the opening to get to the pin inside.
02:57Right.
02:57We're going to be able to pop the door off the lock.
03:00And be able to actually open up the door.
03:07So for the next bit of our training today, what we're going to do is practice deploying
03:10a hose line.
03:11The way we're going to practice today is pulling out our quick attack.
03:14It's 150 feet of inch and three quarter hose.
03:17And it'll put out about 150 gallons per minute.
03:23Okay.
03:24So what are we about to do with this chainsaw?
03:26All right.
03:27So right now we're going to use our chainsaw.
03:29We're going to simulate doing vertical ventilation.
03:31When we respond on a structure fire and there's smoke and heated gases inside the structure,
03:36in order to make it a more tenable environment, we send personnel to the roof to cut holes in
03:41the roof, punch out the ceiling so that we can help get that heat and smoke to rise vertically
03:46up and out of the structure.
03:55Right now we're sitting on top of our 2013 Pierce Aero XT 105 foot aerial ladder.
04:01The primary use for this is it's used for us to gain access to elevated points.
04:06Now any tips for me?
04:07Like should I be thinking about breathing?
04:09Is it opposite leg, opposite hand?
04:10And what's the strategy?
04:12Yeah, climbing up, definitely opposite hand, opposite foot.
04:15The biggest thing you got to do is just focus on the task at hand.
04:17The next thing you know, you'll be 105 feet up in the air looking around.
04:26So I know more and more women are joining.
04:28Why do you think that is?
04:30We're trying to represent the community a little bit better.
04:33Part of that is getting more females to join the fire service.
04:36Really, it's a pretty big push across the U.S.
04:38Do you think it's harder for a woman to be a firefighter?
04:41I don't think it's necessarily harder for a woman to be a firefighter.
04:43I think just the right female firefighter is one that's really physically fit, physically active.
04:48And it's the kind of never quit attitude that we're really looking for.
04:59Everything I experienced today was something I had never even dreamed of ever being able to do.
05:04It was so difficult.
05:06I can't even say enough how much physical and mental fortitude and strength it takes to be a firefighter.
05:12I feel grateful.
05:13I feel honored.
05:14And I have so much respect for these guys.
05:17群 дух-ytopات go.
05:18And anyway, all the time is a huge part of the fire.
05:18I'll see you next time again.
05:18Bye bye.
05:18Bye bye.
05:18Bye bye.
05:18Bye bye bye.
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