Black Cloud Instructors Group

12/04/2021

21/03/2021

The most efficient search crews, talk very little on the fireground.

Helmet cams are great for learning, evaluate every word or sentence you use prior to and during a search. Ask the crew if that info helped complete the search. If it didn’t, then we don’t need to state it. Example: after coming out of a room “did you find anybody?”, well of course not or they would have said “victim victim victim”. “I have a bed”, what does that even tell anyone? This can cause confusion and if another member finds a bed in the same room, will they decide to search it or will they think it’s the same bed?

Organize our search and this communication can be obsolete. “You go left, I’m going right” two directions can be confusing. Have a system set up that if we say “you go left” everyone knows that I’m going right or if we say “you take the first room on the left” automatically everyone knows that I’m taking the second room on the left.

This can only happen when we prepare:
Tool assignments upon arriving to work
Good tool management on the inside
Expectations of how, when & why we search
Trust up & down within the company
Getting away from eachother when conditions allow
Holding eachother accountable
Training together in high and low visibility

06/03/2021

Know these views and how to approach and mitigate the issue.
Train Hard - Train Right

15/05/2020

02/05/2020

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27/02/2020

Daniel R. Foley, 46, was raised in West Nyack and died on February 22, 2020 from 9/11 related pancreatic cancer. Danny is survived by his wife Carrie Benedic...

15/02/2020

AJC columnist Bill Torpy on a changed fire department culture that seems to emphasize the lives of firefighters over the lives of civilians.

15/02/2020

Early this morning, around 1:49 a.m., Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to a structure fire at a vacant building, located at 2661 Walnut Hill Lane, in Northwest City of Dallas - City Hall.

The fire itself isn't what's been making news however. If you didn't already know, one of our firefighters had a large section of a wall collapse on top of him during the course of operations. While the visual sent chills up your spine, there was a collective sign of relief when he got up and freed himself from the burning debris. Co-workers acted swiftly to attend to him and get him to the hospital so we can now report the following:

DFR is happy to report that Captain, Ronald J. Janek (pronounced ya – neck), the firefighter injured in this morning’s wall collapse on Walnut Hill Lane, is expected to be okay. He is being admitted to Parkland Hospital for an undisclosed time, after suffering significant injuries to his back, foot as well as some minor burns to his neck; all of which are non-life-threatening. Though the Captain is in stable condition, he has a long road to recovery. He has received a number of visits from his friends and co-workers, and has several family members, to include his Wife, children, brothers and parents, close by his side as he begins his recovery.

Captain Janek has been with the department for 28 years and works out of Fire Station 19, as part of the department’s Urban Search and Rescue team. On behalf of his entire family, he wishes to thank everyone who has expressed their concerns, and sent well-wishes, after seeing the video of the collapse from the morning’s news coverage. At this time, he and his family prefer not to speak publicly about the matter, and has expressed their wishes for privacy while he recovers from his injuries.

12/02/2020

Firefighters were unable to rescue the seven victims, who ranged in age from 1 to 33 years old.

12/02/2020

Jarrod Sergi offers important expectations that company officers should set for their crews to help encourage a strong working unit.

11/02/2020

"You entered the structure without your crew members which is in immediate conflict with no freelancing, accountability and maintaining crew integrity,"

11/09/2019

Keep pushing and never quit.

12/08/2019

VES, Division Officers, Group Sups... need to have a plan. ALWAYS !

12/08/2019

11/08/2019

Train... Train and Train some more, until it is second nature.

11/08/2019

Task level functions make tactical rythm playout smooth & correctly.