Can Confidence: Searching for Life and Fire
Gain can confidence for fireground success by placing quick water ahead of the hoseline between the fire and victims. This enables the search team to slow the uncontrolled fire and combined with isolating the fire room door, we have taken back time to conduct a search. This class showcases the tactical effectiveness of the 2½-gallon pressurized water extinguisher as a first-in fire tool, reducing fire spread and enhancing search safety for occupants and firefighters. It reviews how to effectively use the can and how it supports search with fire containment. Attendees will learn the optimal way to apply water, how much fire an interior hollow core door will contain, how to coordinate with the engine company, and how to properly fill and search with the can. Let's start the lifesaving extinguishment process by applying what could be the fire's first interaction with water.
