Strategies and Tactics for Employee Fires
Most fire officers and chiefs will fight more fires in the firehouse than they ever will out in the streets. This program will use basic fireground terminology to break down and make sense of employee coaching, counseling, and disciplinary procedures. It will apply such firefighter knowledge as conducting a size-up, which will include looking at the building construction (how the employee is built as well as the condition of the building), the extent and location of the fire (the problem), and doing a risk assessment. Once these observations are considered, then a strategy can be determined, and tactics can be put in place. We will then use the acronym RECEO to determine what tactics to use when dealing with a problem employee. We will also focus on using fire prevention, education, preplanning, and fire behavior recognition training (reading smoke) to prevent fires (problems) and keep them small. We will also compare hostile fire events such as rapid fire progression, flashover, backdraft, and smoke explosions to the more difficult personnel issues.
