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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

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

The Floor Above. Why a game changer demands different training

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Brian Brush on why we should – and shouldn’t – rely on the stairway when going above.

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Posted by Bill Carey on May 20, 2011 • Filed under: Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: Brian Brush, egress, search, search and rescue, training, victims

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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

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