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Question for the JumpseatNation?
May 20, 2017 | fire training, firefighter | rpennington | No Comments
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Can you put your facepiece on with fire gloves on? This past week an instructor posted a question about placing our facepiece on without taking gloves off. Really, it isn’t a question that I have spent even two seconds on. My fellow instructors and I have been teaching firefighters to not take off their gloves […]

Much can be learned from a Surfer
November 17, 2016 | fire rescue, fire training, firefighters, firefighting | rpennington | No Comments
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As the time we have on this planet continues to tick away it is truly amazing how you can find new places, people, and experiences. This past week was one of those times where this training officer was exposed to a different way of life while visiting the great state of Hawaii on the island […]

Preparation requires plan A,B, and C.
August 14, 2015 | fire, fire department, fire training, firefighter | rpennington | No Comments
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When was the last time things didn’t go as planned and you had to resort to plan b?  Being a firefighter requires adaptability to the situations faced.  Very rarely do fires occur in buildings with no set back, flat ground, clear spaces from aerial placement, and enough water to float the building down the street.  […]

Have you mastered the Large Streams?
July 14, 2012 | engine, fire, fire attack, fire department, fire departments, fire training, firefighter, firefighters, Firefighters. Jumpseat. EMS. Firefighting, firefighting, firefighting fire training, firehouse, hoarding fire dangers, jumpseat views, jumpseatready, ryan pennington, size up, staffing, structure fire, truck companies, Uncategorized, vacant structures, views from the jumpseat, west virginia | rpennington | No Comments

Good afternoon from the New and Improved “Views from the Jumpseat” site. We appreciate your patient as we build a new and improved jumpseat site.  As we build this site reflecting the views of all the street level firefighters it seems like we all have seen an increase in the amount of defensive attacks made on […]

Out on Arrival
June 1, 2012 | box alarm, dover DE, fire, fire training, firefighters, firefighting, firefighting fire training, out on arrival, views from the jumpseat | rpennington | No Comments

Good afternoon from the jumpseat.  During my last shift it hit me the three words that every firefighter don’t want to hear.  “Out on arrival” is three words that take you from being #jumpseatready to the aw man moment.  We all know what’s it’s like to hear the dispatch of a possible structure fire can clear a station […]