Firefighter survival skills and self-rescue: Lesson 1

CAREER RECRUIT SCHOOL #61 UPDATE FROM THE TRAINING DIVISION: FIREFIGHTER SURVIVAL WEEK / MAYDAY. Career Recruit School #61 recently completed five straight, eight hour days of intense firefighter survival training. These five days cover lecture and outside physical training with the final day being several major scenarios to test them physically and mentally pertaining to the knowledge, abilities and skills they all learned and practiced leading up to this final practical skills day. Each recrui

Here is a brief video of more downed firefighter and firefighter survival training we conducted this morning. The exercise, performed in full firefighting gear, involved maneuvering through a typical stud wall, climbing over an obstacle, and then through a tunnel, finally reaching the downed firefighter. The downed firefighter was then taken back through the obstacles to the beginning of the exercise: | Henderson Fire Department

Firefighter fighting a fire. From rescuing trapped individuals to extinguishing massive flames, these brave firefighters showcase their skills and heroism. FHD footage.