Day 51 - Would you Could you in the Dark?

Week 11 was supposed to be the end of fire suppression. Because we fell behind two days, Haz-Mat will start Wednesday. We did get our books though....ugh....

They day started with dress out in the gym. Battalion A was already on a winning streak of four. To play catch up, we are divided into two Bat. A and B (15 on one side, 15 on the other). When an instructor comes in and yells go, away we go. The first team finished wins.

Heat 1 - Warm-up round (no winner or loser) Heat 2 - Get Fully Dressed head to the baseline (Bat. A winner) Heat 3 - Wait for your partner, head to the baseline (Bat. A winner) Heat 4 - Get fully dressed in the pitch black conditions and head to the baseline with partner (Bat. A winner) and the Final Heat 5 - The front line of cadets were moved in between the last line. Get fully dressed in the pitch black in tight conditions (Bat A winner). For the second dress out day in a row, Bat A took all the heats. Not sure why the success, but I'm glad that I'm doing well. On Monday, we are swapping sides in the gym. We will see if we can keep our streak alive.

For the rest of the morning we folded set up chutes, tarps, and other Loss control skills. After a lunch at Moe's, we got our teams ready for the afternoon challenge - The Philadelphia Drill. This drill had us following a hoseline through a small obstacle course and rescuing a down firefighter (blacked out and on air of course). Our group of five formed our plan. I would go through first, and speed my way to the end of the course and get the firefighter ready to pass through the confined space tube. Oh, here is the course. Crawl through a small square opening and follow the hose until you reach an A-frame wall. Climb up and over the wall and head to the confined space tunnel. Upon exit, the course ends. Return to the beginning with the firefighter.

Our group didn't seem to have any problems. We completed the task in 4 minutes and 38 seconds. That took 3rd place (out of six). Not bad.

Once again, the EMT-5 had class, while the others had a 2-mile run.

I will run my two miles either today or tomorrow.

Next week, two days of fire and the start of Haz-mat.