I saw this post on the Fire Service Warrior forum and thought I would share it:
There is a great book by Malcom Gladwell titled, Outliers about expert performers. The realization that has occurred, because of work by researches like K. Anders Ericsson, is that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become an expert performer. That's why we can't accept that three hours a quarter of live fire training is enough. That is why we have to live and breathe this profession. The best way to reduce the risk of firefighting is to be an expert. So, how many hours are you devoting to fighting fire? How much studying are you doing, how many videos are you studying, how many hours do you spend preparing for the fireground?
I have a couple of suggestions for getting those sets-and-reps in.
1. Every building you walk up to take a minute and do a size up. What is the construction? Where are the bedrooms/high life hazard areas at?
2. Every shift day go through the process of calling a MAYDAY. If you ever need to you want it to be as automatic as possible.
3. Watch YouTube videos of building fires and ignore the tactics - just watch the fire behavior. Learn to anticipate what is coming next.
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