Normal Training/Station Duties with Heat Advisory Issued

[etchAsketch]

How do you operate in the fire station during high humidex weather with a public health heat advisory? Do you do normal hot training and station duties during this weather? Do you beleive it could be unsafe to do hot training while still in service during this weather?

[LTPVFD]

While not normally an issue with us here on Central Vancouver Island, we did change our high angle training session today from outdoors to indoors.

We were due to be practicing basket stretcher lowers from the top of our water tower, but changed up to practicing harnesses and stretcher lashing. With temperatures around 30 degrees celsius, and the sun reflecting off the concrete, the danger of heat stroke, or other heat related illness was too high. :eek:

Stay safe !!

LTPVFD

[itsnotahobby]

For us all out door training and unnecessary movement from halls is stopped, ie home smoke alarm program.

[Hacienda216]

Like I explained to a particularly bitchy member at our training this week, its still about 300 degrees cooler than our normal work environment.

[itsnotahobby]

Like I explained to a particularly bitchy member at our training this week, its still about 300 degrees cooler than our normal work environment.

The big difference here is unnecessary risk. There is no need to put guys in full gear on a day with 100% humidity that brings the temp up to 43 C. There is plenty of training that can be done in doors on days like these.

[Hacienda216]

The big difference here is unnecessary risk. There is no need to put guys in full gear on a day with 100% humidity that brings the temp up to 43 C. There is plenty of training that can be done in doors on days like these.

Ahhhhh, they did their drags and carries with the minimum PPE. The only reason I said anything to him was because this jackass shows up every week complaining about "Its too damn [hot/cold/rainy/dry/loud/my back hurts/my ass hurts/I caught my junk in my zipper/hit myself in the head with a hammer/any and every other excuse under the sun], I sure as hell ain't doing this bull shit." We did more theory than practical that night, its just unfortunate to have to modify the training like that; there's only so much time to cover all the topics. It'll probably be another 6 months before we talk about ladders and ventilation again, and no one even climbed a ladder last week.

[Profire]

Ahhhhh, they did their drags and carries with the minimum PPE. The only reason I said anything to him was because this jackass shows up every week complaining about "Its too damn [hot/cold/rainy/dry/loud/my back hurts/my ass hurts/I caught my junk in my zipper/hit myself in the head with a hammer/any and every other excuse under the sun], I sure as hell ain't doing this bull shit." We did more theory than practical that night, its just unfortunate to have to modify the training like that; there's only so much time to cover all the topics. It'll probably be another 6 months before we talk about ladders and ventilation again, and no one even climbed a ladder last week.

It usually depends on if you have an extreme weather clause in your contract, as management usually doesn't have the sense god gave a gnat.