Fire Exercise Day Objectives

Instructors and candidates will have a chance to participate in a multitude of fire exercise day activities, but the core objectives for students, given a live or simulated fire, are set in stone:

• Demonstrate proper travel procedures en route to and from a fire
• Demonstrate proper use, handling and maintenance of hand tools
• Construct progressive and leap frog handline
• Construct simple and progressive hose lays
• use escape routes and promptly retreat to a safety zone
• Participate in and "after action review"