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Residential Fire Tactical Decision Game This residential fire tactical decision game places you as the first-arriving company officer at a working structure fire with reported visible flames and unknown occupancy status. This Tactical Decision Game (TDG) presents a residential fire scenario designed to develop fireground decision-making, emphasizing rapid size-up, water application, and transition from exterior … Read more
Fire Service Water Application Training This presentation examines water application for fire control. It explains how firefighters apply water effectively based on where, what, and how considerations. The presentation connects fire dynamics, water behavior, and tactical application. These principles matter because improper water application delays control and increases risk. Conversely, effective application improves fire control, … Read more
Vegetation Fire Tactical Decision Game This vegetation fire tactical decision game (TDG) places you in the role of a company officer responding to a reported brush fire in a suburban area of Westland, Michigan. Initially, dispatch initially reports a small fire behind Adams Middle School. However, while enroute, a second caller upgrades the report to … Read more
Strip Mall Fire Tactical Decision Game This strip mall fire tactical decision game (TDG) places you in the role of the first arriving command officer at a commercial structure fire in Bakersfield, California. Dispatch reports a structure fire at a vacant strip mall near the intersection of 22nd Street and F Street. Engine 1 arrives … Read more
Residential Fire Tactical Decision Game This residential fire tactical decision game (TDG) places the first arriving company officer at a reported house fire in a suburban neighborhood in Bloomington, Indiana. Dispatch reports flames and smoke from the rear of a residence at 3436 South Westminster Way. While approaching from the north, your apparatus operator turns … Read more
High-Rise Fire Tactical Decision Game This high-rise fire tactical decision game places the first arriving company officer at a reported fire in a 24-story residential building in East Orange, New Jersey. Dispatch reports smoke and sparks from the roof at 175 Prospect Street. Shortly afterward, the alarm system activates smoke detectors on Floors 23 and … Read more
Commercial Fire Tactical Decision Game This commercial fire tactical decision game (TDG) places the first arriving company officer at a commercial structure fire involving exterior burning foam pallets next to a warehouse building. Dispatch reports a fire in pallets of foam material outside a flooring business in Regina, Saskatchewan. The fire is adjacent to the … Read more
Gas Leak Tactical Decision Game This gas leak tactical decision game challenges company officers to manage response to an inside odor of gas at a church along a rural highway. You are the officer of the first arriving engine dispatched to an odor of gas inside Abundant Life Church in Boonville, New York. Dispatch reports … Read more
Propane Explosion Case Study This propane explosion case study examines the fatal gas explosion at the LEAP office building in Farmington, Maine. Firefighters responded to a reported propane leak after employees experienced dizziness and smelled gas outside the structure. The building had been evacuated, and interior readings initially showed no explosive atmosphere. However, frost on … Read more