CLASSROOM WORKSHoP

Synopsis

Size Up

This presentation addresses the immediate concerns facing any IC. Starting with a 13 point Size-Up. I use the acronym COAL WAS WEALTH. 

Construction

Occupancy

Area

Life

Weather

Auxiliary Appliance 

Street Conditions

Water Supply

Exposures

Apparatus and Equipment

Location and Extent

Time of Day

Height 

The size up will help the IC get a better handle on what’s in front of him. We will look at the 13 points as they relate to the task at hand. It is critical for any IC to garner as much info as possible before arriving on scene in order to better assist him/her in creating a strategy. 

This is designed for all ranks from Chief to firefighter. Everyone on scene needs to be on the same page. The firefighters need to know what the IC is looking for and vice versa. The hope is that everyone will walk away with a better understanding as to what is expected on the fire ground.

Bio

Dan has been in the Fire Service for 37 years. He was assigned to Ladder 17 in the South Bronx in 1986. He worked 5 years in Ladder 17 before transferring to Squad 41. In September 1995 he was promoted to Lieutenant and worked in SOC and Harlem. In 2003 he was again promoted to Captain. In his 22 years as an officer and firefighter, he received 9 meritorious awards. In 2008 Dan was promoted again to Battalion Chief where he has been now for past 15 years commanding the Third Battalion for 10 years.

Dan has been instructing at FDIC International for the past 20 years. He formed a training group in 2002 that helped serve fire departments in Latin America that still is in existence today. In 2005 after his voluntary deployment to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, he was invited on to the FDNY IMT in the Operations Section. Dan was part of a small group that created and ran a water delivery task force. This team stayed in New Orleans two years to assist the NOFD with water delivery while the hydrant system was repaired.