Firefighter Survival/Rescue Training Trailer

The Firefighter Survival and Rescue Trailer was funded by the Kentucky Fire Commission, each region in the state has one of these trailers. They have also funded fixed sights though out the state. The courses are also funded by the Fire Commission. They are designed for sixteen hours of instruction, and became a mandated program by the Fire Commission in the early 2000’s. Every firefighter must complete this course to be certified. The first eight hours deal with self-survival and the last eight hours incorporate skills required to “Save Our Own”. Many of the skills taught have been designed after a tragedy that has occurred and the lessons learned from such. Firefighter survival and rescue training should attempt to take that response and bring it full circle to the proactive side by training our members: first, not to get into bad situations and, second, how to get themselves and others out of them. These trailers, which take an average of twenty to thirty minutes to set-up, were built in house by our personnel. They provide the environment required to be able to deliver the Firefighter Survival and Firefighter Rescue programs. This training prop is an excellent way to insure your firefighters are prepared for any situation.

 

Firefighter Search Maze Training Trailer

 Smoke Maze Trailer The Smoke Maze trailer was funded by the KY Fire Commission and was put in service in November 1996. This mobile unit enables firefighters to become more proficient in utilizing their SCBA in darkened or theatrical smoke-filled conditions. The 35' trailer is easily arranged to provide varied search situations that includes the elements of varying degrees of darkness, smoke, noise, and flashing lights. This enhanced training builds on the basic skills. It will enhance the abilities of SCBA users and prepare them for the more complex situations that they may encounter (i.e. rapid intervention team work, restricted horizontal/vertical spaces, etc.) The smoke maze trailer allows the student to increase his/her confidence of wearing and operating self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). The SCBA confidence course emphasizes various levels of physical stress. The physical exertion simulates the stress and tension that a firefighter may experience in a real situation, while searching a structure, carrying hand tools, or movement in restricted situations encountered in a burning building. Controlled breathing, teamwork, and safety when moving though scuttles, joists, stairs, and tunnels are stressed. This is one of 5 such trailers strategically across the commonwealth.

 

Firefighter Driver Training/Simulation Trailer

 Drivers Training Simulator The Drivers Training Simulator is funded by the KY Fire Commission it was put in to service in September 2006 and is housed in Campbellsville. These simulators are from FAAC Incorporated of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The KFC also funds all of the classes for this trailer which are built upon the traditional learning process of “Learn by Doing”. The 3 simulators provide training in situation awareness, risk analysis, forward/backward maneuvers, decision-making, emergency reaction and avoidance, and conscientious equipment operation through a professionally-developed library of scenarios. Two of the simulators are designed specifically to train drivers for fire apparatus including pumpers, ladder trucks, tankers, engines and other large fire suppression vehicles. The third simulator is designed to train drivers for smaller fire apparatus, grass trucks, command vehicles, private owned vehicles and other smaller emergency response vehicles. All three simulators are housed in a trailer so that training can be delivered to every fire department and community in the Commonwealth. A year-round curriculum benefits a diverse audience of new and experienced drivers representing fire, rescue, police, EMS, public works, and private industry. This tool is a positive addition to our driver training curriculum that was created to meet and exceed the driver training requirements established by the National Fire Protection Association’s apparatus driving standard NFPA 1002.

According to the United States Fire Administration and the National Fire Protection Association, about 25 percent of all firefighter fatalities occur during traffic crashes. The Driver Training Simulator is designed to reduce the number of accidents involving fire tankers, which are fire trucks that can carry 3,000 or more gallons of water. Tankers are involved in more accidents than any other type of fire truck. This is particularly important in rural areas. In urban areas, firefighters rely on piping systems with hydrants to bring water to the fire. In rural areas, where there is no piped water distribution system, firefighters rely on tankers to bring water to the fire. These simulators have the ability to simulate most other types of emergency response vehicles including pumpers, ladder trucks and ambulances. Simulator 2 & 4 which are in the front and back of the trailer produce the simulations of the larger vehicles from the F-550 or the equivalent of and larger apparatus. Simulator 3which is housed in the middle of the trailer creates the simulation of the smaller F-350 or the equivalent of and smaller to private owned vehicles, command vehicles, chief cars. The Fire Driver Training Simulators are a part of the FAAC Public Safety Suite, which provides simulation-based training tools for first responders including fire, EMS and law enforcement.

 

Flashover Simulation/Survival Trailer

 The Flashover Chamber is funded by the KY Fire Commission and was put in to service in June of 2000. The flashover chamber is one of two State Fire/Rescue mobile flashover training props, which can be found in the Commonwealth, one to the east of I-75 that runs through the state and one to the west of I-75. These units, which were built by Swede Survival Systems, are the first of their kind. The Phase 1 – Flashover class motto is “TRAIN TO LIVE”. The 30' mobile prop helps the instructors to train firefighters to recognize when a room or other burning structure is about to completely combust, it gives them the opportunity to observe fire behavior, see warning signs associated with a potential flashover, and use various techniques that may save someone’s life. A very high percent of firefighters who die in a fire, die from a flashover. The flashover chamber allows the instructors the ability to train firefighters to recognize the warning signs that a flashover is about to begin. Training is the best way to avoid some of those dangerous situations and conditions. If a firefighter is able to see those warning signs, then they are able to get out before the situation worsens.

Firefighter Certification Testing Trailer

 The firefighter testing trailer was placed into service in 1999 to transport equipment needed for certification testing that may not be available at the remote site of testing. This trailer carries most equipment the would be found on any fire apparatus, plus pump testing, wildland, accountability, extrication and simulation equipment. The equipment on this unit is solely reserved for testing purposes so it is not used in training activities not directly related to preparing firefighters for certification testing.