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Contradictions in Atlanta

Rescue challenges those who cling to absolutes in fear and tradition.

Posted by Bill Carey on March 5, 2013 • Filed under: fire, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Victim Survivability Profiling", abandoned, Atlanta, firefighter safety, primary search, rescue, safety, science, search, sizeup, squatters, tradition, vacant, victims, video

Protecting Lives

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Protecting people’s lives will involve risk for us as firefighters

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on February 8, 2013 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Commentary, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "risk management", "The Front Seat", "vent-enter-search", "Victim Survivability Profiling", fdny, firefighter safety, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, primary search, risk, risk analysis, safety, search, search and rescue, Stephen Marsar, VES, victims, VSP

A Profiling Scenario
Do you know what your next move is?

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Scenario should worry you and lead you to look into what might happen.

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 13, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Philosophy, Rescues, Strategy Reconsidered, Training, Training & Development, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", firefighter safety, primary search, risk, safety, search, search and rescue, victims, videos, VSP

So What Are We Supposed to Do?

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You'll die if you go in. They will if you don't. Decisions, decisions.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on August 3, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Line of Duty, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "risk management", "The Front Seat", "Victim Survivability Profiling", lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, risk, risk analysis, sizeup, victims, VSP, worcester

Rhetorical Lesson No.10
Profiling and Pets

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If VSP is to reduce risk of injury and death it should apply to searching for the Golden Doodle, right?

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Posted by Bill Carey on July 19, 2012 • Filed under: Uncategorized • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", firefighter safety, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, public image, rescue, Rhetoric, rhetorical lessons, risk, risk analysis, safety, search, search and rescue, Stephen Marsar, victims, VSP, worcester

Mark My Words

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Is 'Legal Counsel' going to be the newest riding position?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 27, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Bill Carey", "chief officers", "public education", "public information", "public relations", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", culture, Education, firefighter safety, legal issues, primary search, public image, rescue, risk, safety, safety officer, search and rescue, sogs, sops, victims, VSP

Tale of Two Fires, And One Big Question

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If the occupant dies after the fire, we don't worry about the rules so much, right?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 24, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Strategy Reconsidered, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Dave LeBlanc", "Victim Survivability Profiling", Homewood, obvious rescues, persons trapped, primary search, rescue, rescues, rules, search and rescue, Vallejo, VSP

A Tale of Two Fires

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At what point do we add so much to our “incident evaluation” that we handcuff ourselves into inaction?

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on October 22, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, News, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "line of duty death", "risk management", "vent-enter-search", "Victim Survivability Profiling", decision making process, fdny, firefighter safety, Homewood, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, primary search, risk, safety, search, search and rescue, sizeup, Stephen Marsar, Vallejo, victims, VSP

A VSP-ish Result in Pennsylvania

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Code enforcement draws the line at this Collyer Mansion fire.

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Posted by Bill Carey on July 28, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Strategy Reconsidered, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "collyer mansion", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", code enforcement, firefighter safety, hoarding, leadership, risk, safety

Bennett Winner and FDNY Medal Day.
Are medals counter intuitive to safety messages?

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Ladder 132 firefighter is awarded the year’s top medal for work on Putnam Avenue.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 8, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Fires, Learning Behavior, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", communication, culture, fdny, firefighter safety, Medal Day, rescue, risk, safety

Victim Survivability Profiling.
A Clarification

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Dave LeBlanc looks at size-up and how having to guess if someone is dead or alive can throw a wrench in the initial decisions.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on May 7, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Rescues, Strategy Reconsidered, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", analytical thinking, decision making process, Dr. Gary Klein, engine company, experience, fdny, fire attack, intuition, intuitive thinking, minimum staffing, National Fire Academy, risk, search, sizeup, staffing

April at Backstep Firefighter

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A monthly review of our popular postings.

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Posted by Bill Carey on May 4, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, News, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Dave LeBlanc", "firefighter netcast", "risk management", "standard operating procedures", "Victim Survivability Profiling", abandoned, Camden, firefighter safety, Gabe Angemi, Lloyd Mitchell, staffing, strategy, tactics, training, vacant

A Quick Profiling Drill

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Use this brief response and arrival video to factually prove survivability.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 30, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "fire behavior", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", firefighter safety, profiling, rescue, safety, sizeup, video

Sometimes It’s Not So Simple

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Dave LeBlanc looks at the Sunset Park fire, multiple people trapped and what our expectations are.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on April 25, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Dave LeBlanc", "fire behavior", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", Brooklyn, communications, fdny, mayday, rescue, safety, sizeup

A Primer on Victim Survivability Profiling and “Taking It To The Streets” Program

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What you should know or how you should conduct yourself before engaging in debate.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 20, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Rescues, Strategy Reconsidered, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "firefighter netcast", "risk management", "vent-enter-search", "Victim Survivability Profiling", Chris Naum, Education, fdny, firefighter safety, Rhetoric, safety, search

Courage And Valor…Understated

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The citation is proof that people can survive even in the most unthinkable conditions.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on March 24, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", Brooklyn, FDIC, fdny, firefighter safety, lodd, rescue, safety, sizeup

Victim Survivability Profiling Takes A Hit

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Seattle Ladder 8 Capt. Dana Caldart, Firefighter Josh Materi and others recount rescue of seven from roof of a well-involved dwelling.

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Posted by Bill Carey on January 5, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "fireground audio", "risk management", "truck company", "Victim Survivability Profiling", firefighter, rescue, safety, Seattle, sizeup

Why We Search: Philadelphia
One “Rat” Unable to “Scatter Away”

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Small fire in a vacant warehouse reveals a 70-year old squatter.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 28, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Line of Duty, News, Rescues, Strategy Reconsidered • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "public relations", "standard operating procedures", "Victim Survivability Profiling", abandoned, homelessness, Philadelphia, rescue, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics, unoccupied, vacant, vagrants, warehouse

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Archives for victim-survivability-profiling

Contradictions in Atlanta

Protecting Lives

A Profiling Scenario
Do you know what your next move is?

So What Are We Supposed to Do?

Rhetorical Lesson No.10
Profiling and Pets

Mark My Words

Tale of Two Fires, And One Big Question

A Tale of Two Fires

A VSP-ish Result in Pennsylvania

Bennett Winner and FDNY Medal Day.
Are medals counter intuitive to safety messages?

Victim Survivability Profiling.
A Clarification

April at Backstep Firefighter

A Quick Profiling Drill

Sometimes It’s Not So Simple

A Primer on Victim Survivability Profiling and “Taking It To The Streets” Program

Courage And Valor…Understated

Victim Survivability Profiling Takes A Hit

Why We Search: Philadelphia
One “Rat” Unable to “Scatter Away”

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