In this lecture we will be covering statistics and sharing videos to drive home points of why and when we search as well as the importance of the search size up.. We will touch on ways to improve search methods as well as efficiency. Topics covered include:

-Importance of sizing up your search
– Searchable spaces
– Isolation and Communication
– How bias and terminology affect our actions
– Search Mechanics and Methodology

This course is about how we search, why we search and what’s the best way to affect our search, increasing our odds not only to locate a victim but remove them in the most efficient manner. We will be covering data from the UL, USFA and Firefighter Rescue Survey.

Let us not forget that life IS and ALWAYS will be our number one priority! It should not be the mindset of “what’s good for us” but rather we MUST concentrate our efforts on what is best for THEM! At the end of the class the participant should be able to go home with knowledge found from recent studies by the UL as well as the statistics being compiled throughout the country and function in a capacity that is more efficient and practical in relation to “the search” on a typical residential structure fire. Students should understand that they may need to customize what they learned to their staffing levels of where they work.