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| TEFF represent FIVE innovations:
1. Consolidation of the general fire guidelines 2. Integrating the use of fire guidelines & situational awareness 3. Matching tactics to the situation 4. Clear categories of full engagement, modified engagement, & disengagement 5. Fire training should be based on an integrated set of fire guidelines, SA, & tactics |
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| 1. Consolidation of the general fire guidelines | |||||
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The consolidation the the many fire guidelines is a good idea, but TEFF is merely a consolidation. |
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An analysis of all the fire guidelines & course should be done to consolidate info & create the best set of guidelines that we can |
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It is apparent from looking at the few general guidelines that back up some of the TEFF, that more info is needed in some areas such as escape rts, safety zones, & more |
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Fire guidelines could be viewed as being nested in that the TEFF or some version of it being the top of the pyramid, w/ guidelines found beneath it that address specific situations |
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2. Integrating the use of fire guidelines & situational awareness |
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The trends analysis represent a structuring of the situational awareness process & draws on ideas from the Look Up, Down, & Around principles, as well as other fire guidelines |
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The TEFF process is unique because firefighters are encourage to maintain situational awareness on a regular basis based on the fireguidelines, rather than simply maintaining awareness on the general environment |
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Firefighters are prompted to maintain awareness on safety issues, fire behavior, and human factors issues |
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3. Matching tactics to the situation |
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The TEFF process is unique because of its emphasis on maintaining situational awareness through the trends analysis & then adjusting behavior based on that situational awareness |
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The matching of tactics to the situation is a reflection of the risk managment process wherein the firefighter is encouraged to set objectives, maintain situational awareness, reach a decision point, act & then repeat the sequence as needed |
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By continuously tracking trends on the fire, the firefighter avoids "analysis paralysis" as well as situational degradation because they see the entire matrix of SA factors |
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While no one factor may motivate a firefighter to change tactics, several of them running off the chart should |
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It is easier to justify a modifcation of tactics when several situational factors change than when one changes, then another, then another |
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4. Clear categories of full engagement, modified engagement, & disengagement |
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The first Fire Order is to Fight Fire aggressively, but provide for safety first |
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The firefighter is sometimes caught btwn positive aggressiveness & negative over-zealousness |
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| The aggressive firefighter is safe; the over-zealous firefighter is unsafe | |||||
| Firefighters sometimes have a hard time determining when aggressiveness ends & over-zealousness begins | |||||
| By developing tactics in three categories of engagement, modified, & disengagement, the firefighter can gradually shift tactics to match the situation | |||||
| While there are three categories of tactics available, it is possible to mix & match them | |||||
| The very labeling of particular tactics as less than full engagement will be a key to firefighters that extra caution is required; i.e. that the situation is riskier than normal | |||||
| In essence firefighters need a Homeland security alert type of system w/ vague indicators that mostly require more vigilance and a limited change in behavior | |||||
| 5. Fire training should be based on an integrated set of fire guidelines, SA, & tactics | |||||
| The TEFF process is certainly an advantage for newer firefighters in that it organizes the many fire guidelines & procedures thrown at them | |||||
| Experienced firefighters often choose their own system of organizing the many fireguidelines | |||||
| Most experienced firefighters rely on LCES & supplement it w/ various other guidelines as appropriate | |||||
| If some form of consolidated fireguidelines were to emerge, this could be used as a core of knowledge around which to structure firefighter training | |||||
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