Vent Enter Search

VES instruction. This is one of many ways to perform this tactic. Risk vs Benefit should be considered.

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Science & Technology

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• Fire Fighting
• Search
• rescue
• Vent Enter Search
• VES
• North Naples Fire

[bobsmith83]

No, For safety(being alone in the room) go out the window and goto the next window.

[pipeman1822]

@bluebat0714

Are you serious? That retard is doing it the right way. I've never even heard of doing VES like you explained. Like someone else said, you sound like you just graduated the fire academy. You won't get glass in your face if you're not an idiot and know what you're doing. This is similar to how we do it in the DCFD. We run over 160,000 calls every year and I have yet to hear about someone getting hurt due to this. So I think we know what we are doing.

[postynoteduds09]

Great video on VES basics. Remember the window is getting turned into a doorway incase of flashover. Dont get tangled up on sash or frame on the way out. Great point on victims being found close to windows. Stay oriented to the room . Get your four corners and make the window.A lot of different opions on opening up the door on the way out. Roll or get ladder to the next window. Search the next one. Good video on VES closecall.on the tube. Good job!

[0090424]

Before you hop through the window yell FIRE DEPARTMENT. Also, before you sound the floor, use the pike pole to search the ground for a body that didn't make it through the window. No need to impale a victim... just sayin'.

[303archangel]

great video but i am curious about one thing. Why did the second firefighter stay on the ladder instead of ggoing into the room with his partner. It seems to me that he is not doing much there other than blocking his partners mode of egress as well as putting his partner in danger by allowing him to go through a gostile enviroment on his own. I am still learning and I would like to know if there is a reason behind this so I can keep it in mind when I am called upon to do this my self.

[johnsoner1234]

SFDFF, under no circumstances should a vent hole be open to the fire unless it is the one your vent team chose to release hot gases and smoke from. doing so reduces the effectiveness of your vent and creates routes for fire spread

[sfdff39]

@johnsoner1234 I might be wrong, but im guessing that the door is opened back up to continue to vent heat from the structure, and you know the room is clear of victims. However i do think its odd to have it open and continue to feed the fire. Pros: increase visibility, decrease heat cons: feed oxygen to the fire, Faster moving fire. I would think it would be good to leave the door open only if you know there is a crew attacking the fire and getting it knocked down

[Ridoli]

Good Video. Very descriptive. I will recommend this to anyone.

Side Note: I was always taught to use the hook as a general point of reference to the window by basically hooking the hook end on the sill and letting the other end lay on the floor OR you could continue to hold the end of the hook. This way if you did get confused or disoriented, the hook will lead you back to the window. A 6 foot hook and the arm span of an average person is almost enough to cover an entire room.

[njdev1ls]

Where is Frank now??? I Know he retired from North Naples, but did he ever get up to Orlando?

[RonaldReagan7]

Thank You!...great VES video, very straight forward and classic truck work....