The Humble Firefighter

The Humble Firefighter

I’m a firefighter… nerd.

This channel is all about sharing knowledge. Everything I know, I learned from someone else. Here’s my way of paying it forward.

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Halligan Bar: Forks Bevel

Halligan Bar: Forks Bevel

Life - Fire - Layout

Life - Fire - Layout

The J-Tool (Homemade)

The J-Tool (Homemade)

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  • @user-it3gp4vm1z
    @user-it3gp4vm1z20 күн бұрын

    Remember, point the Halligan spike at your wrist when doing this!😃

  • @DavidSmith-yu2yk
    @DavidSmith-yu2yk22 күн бұрын

    Does your department have auxiliary scba masks?

  • @thefarmgirlfelter489
    @thefarmgirlfelter489Ай бұрын

    Thank you! I’m waiting to hear if I’ve been hired by the FD…I am also 5’4” and seeing tips like this helps a lot as well as takes away any doubts about my small size! I know I’m strong enough to do the job but I may need to employ different techniques than the taller or heavier FF’s. Appreciate the video!

  • @HumbleFirefighter
    @HumbleFirefighterАй бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback, and good luck with getting hired! It truly is the best job in the world.

  • @thefarmgirlfelter489
    @thefarmgirlfelter489Ай бұрын

    @@HumbleFirefighter Thank you! I got the job! So excited! 👩‍🚒

  • @sonya09
    @sonya09Ай бұрын

    Amazing video. Good job sister

  • @jeanvaljohn3921
    @jeanvaljohn3921Ай бұрын

    Like the vid, But wondering how many fire fighters could lift 75 lbs. And transport it, Let alone 100 lbs.

  • @georgejoseph4164
    @georgejoseph4164Ай бұрын

    12GA helps.

  • @SuperArty72
    @SuperArty72Ай бұрын

    Thanks for

  • @user-jr3dx7wl6j
    @user-jr3dx7wl6jАй бұрын

    Just get a sling

  • @DontObliteratetheCommenter
    @DontObliteratetheCommenter2 ай бұрын

    Simple machines be hitting hard.

  • @darylprescott8130
    @darylprescott81302 ай бұрын

    Wow

  • @mscabbo
    @mscabbo2 ай бұрын

    Gloves?

  • @charlieamerk
    @charlieamerk2 ай бұрын

    This person is not wearing an SCBA and his center of gravity is way too far off the ladder to be considered safe.

  • @jeanvaljohn3921
    @jeanvaljohn39212 ай бұрын

    That looks wicked scary,

  • @cioni9956
    @cioni99562 ай бұрын

    promo sm

  • @zaqarnage
    @zaqarnage2 ай бұрын

    Ditch the weird fake deep voice

  • @Rescue-mt7fl
    @Rescue-mt7fl3 ай бұрын

    I would humbly ask you to consider a slight change to the order of life, fire, layout, based on the tool we use for this. Our TIC. Consider, L2F. Life, Layout, Fire. This runs in progression to how we should consider using our TIC. Life and layout are items that are located low to mid in the compartment we have access to. As life is often not readily apparent due to victim temp , location and the attempted equalization of ambient temps, we want to use the maximum pixel rate on our TIC. This means snapshot views while TIC is in high sensitivity mode. I am automatically observing furnishings and doorways during this low to mid scan. Looking higher for fire progression and thermal absorption of surroundings will cause my TIC to switch to low sensitivity mode and I will loose up to 50 percent of my pixel rate loosing some clarity of vision for my scan of life and layout. Minor difference for sure. Just something to consider. Great post as always, thanks for sharing.

  • @user-hu6ph6pq5q
    @user-hu6ph6pq5q3 ай бұрын

    Awesome idea, has your SCBA hinder you from deploying webbing in this way?

  • @HumbleFirefighter
    @HumbleFirefighter3 ай бұрын

    I haven’t had any issues with my SCBA interfering with deployment. Other people have said they had issues with deployment. I recently had my webbing fall out the back/bottom of my coat stored like this during training (I didn’t expect that to happen!).

  • @adalinesimonian
    @adalinesimonian3 ай бұрын

    Completely underrated channel. You have such informative and clear videos!

  • @ParkysPlace
    @ParkysPlace3 ай бұрын

    Short, sweet and informative. Nice. 😎

  • @brodyheleno7831
    @brodyheleno78313 ай бұрын

    Got to practice this technique a few weeks ago in recurit training, loved it! Awesome video 👍

  • @Rescue-mt7fl
    @Rescue-mt7fl3 ай бұрын

    Another spot on video. Thank you for the work sister!

  • @Rescue-mt7fl
    @Rescue-mt7fl4 ай бұрын

    After 30 plus years of working on a rescue, I’ve learned that all of these techniques for dragging or using webbing may work in one place or another. No two victims have ever drug out the same. They are often wearing little to no clothes as they were caught sleeping. They are often slick as a greased pig because their body is under stress and they are sweating profusely. It seems like the average rule is that for every 100 lbs of weight, it correlates directly with what floor they are on…100 and below first floor, 200 second etc. basements start at 200 and go up based on landings…. Firefighters playing victims no matter how limp they try to be, still have a muscle rigidity a truly unconscious person will not have. Many webbing tricks that work great on the training ground fail in spectacular fashion when tried in real life. Always have a next try. Don’t forget the simplest thing, a bed sheet, a shower curtain, whatever is right there where you find them. Try the arm bar. If they tap out enroute… they can get themselves out. Keep training!!!!

  • @seanduffy4519
    @seanduffy45194 ай бұрын

    Great job!

  • @Rescue-mt7fl
    @Rescue-mt7fl4 ай бұрын

    Make it easier to work with. Consider two things, first, take the webbing to your local saddle shop or shoe repair and get the ends sewn together. The knot is what makes this the most difficult part to work. Second, consider 2” webbing. 2 inch is far easier to manage with gloves on and in blind environments. The 2” works very well simply rolled in your pocket with a tab sticking out. Due to its width and weight, it stays put very well and can be indexed with gloves on by just grabbing the 4” tab extended from the pocket.

  • @fisherman142
    @fisherman1424 ай бұрын

    Personally me. I like to collect the halliard in one of my hands or we'll enough away from the ladder just so it doesn't get caught on the rungs

  • @Rescue-mt7fl
    @Rescue-mt7fl4 ай бұрын

    Love your videos. The absolute only critique I have is using the forks bevel to door. While this does provide a minor increase in gap space, it also uses far more work to crawl the tool around the door stop. It also points the forks towards the door jamb. Training doors are quite robust as a matter of requirement. Many door jambs are much less robust. Driving the forks that direction can and will drive the forks into the jamb. No not always, but enough to make it more advantageous to use the fork’s bevel to jamb. It the door doesn’t fail at this point, you’ve generally created enough gap to transition to adz, which has far more strength anyway. Just a minor detail for conversation for some otherwise spot on videos.

  • @Rescue-mt7fl
    @Rescue-mt7fl4 ай бұрын

    Solid work. Keep going!!

  • @camcam8296
    @camcam82964 ай бұрын

    What about a door with a swing in latch guard protector

  • @HumbleFirefighter
    @HumbleFirefighter3 ай бұрын

    If by swing latch you mean pivoting deadbolt… I would use other through the lock techniques. For example, pulling the lock cylinder, then manipulating the lock mechanism. And if that didn’t work, I would go to the rotary saw to cut both latch guard and deadbolt.

  • @MrHunter830
    @MrHunter8304 ай бұрын

    This stuff pairs well with McNally, covert instruments and physical pen testing content. Very interesting.

  • @jeanvaljohn3921
    @jeanvaljohn39214 ай бұрын

    These entry vids offer a whole nother dimension to the first responder world that needs to be showcased. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your adventures and expertise.

  • @cadena06
    @cadena064 ай бұрын

    Next time, practice with your left facing the wall

  • @cadena06
    @cadena064 ай бұрын

    Can you tell my wife that 2 inches is more then enough

  • @fabianr6838
    @fabianr68385 ай бұрын

    Non-firefighter here: what is it used for?

  • @HumbleFirefighter
    @HumbleFirefighter4 ай бұрын

    I have used webbing for: 1. rescuing victims (could be in a fire/confined space) 2. During through the lock forcible entry techniques (shown in some of my other videos) 3. As a hose strap (securing a hose line) 4. As a leash for a dog I found in a fire 5. As a strap to carry tools

  • @fabianr6838
    @fabianr68384 ай бұрын

    @@HumbleFirefighter thank you for the detailed answer!

  • @user-xo6eh9ot6f
    @user-xo6eh9ot6f5 ай бұрын

    How are you going to carry a 250 man down 3 flights of stairs?

  • @noquinn717
    @noquinn7175 ай бұрын

    I’ve been experimenting with both. When I store it in the one sleeve it falls out easily. If I run it through both sleeves it can be difficult to take it out when I have the shoulder straps of my SCBa sinched down. Any tips?

  • @HumbleFirefighter
    @HumbleFirefighter4 ай бұрын

    Honestly, when I store it in one sleeve (which is my preferred method), and it falls out a couple inches, I just tuck it back in. I have also noticed that flat webbing is lighter than tubular webbing, and is less likely to fall out of your sleeve. I haven’t had an issue with running it through both sleeves, and it being hard to deploy with my SCBA on. I do wear my waist belt tighter than my shoulder straps… as in my shoulder straps are never tight enough to impede the webbing being deployed.

  • @Rescue-mt7fl
    @Rescue-mt7fl4 ай бұрын

    You can even choose to not completely deploy the webbing. Put an “anchor” loop around one shoulder of your looped webbing. Tie an overhand knot close to middle of back, dressed so it lays flat (or have it stitched). Then run the working end down sleeve of non dominant arm and leave tail sticking out. You should only have about 8 inches of slack ( play with to find your preference ). To grab patient, reach under arms, grab web with dominant hand or wrap hand into loop, grab with non dominant and much of the weight will be across shoulders. You may need another stitch or knot just before point where loop drops down sleeve, just depends on your body shape and gear.

  • @purduephotog
    @purduephotog5 ай бұрын

    The lock picking lawyer would have that open

  • @alonsoquesada1136
    @alonsoquesada11365 ай бұрын

    I was waiting for McNally to interrupt the video and open the lock with the palm of his hand

  • @lolz4887
    @lolz48875 ай бұрын

    Or do it in a quarter of the time with two flat wrenches.

  • @imconfusedoften
    @imconfusedoften5 ай бұрын

    Or learn 5 mins of lock picking I can open that lock in less than a second. And fyi in better locks neither side will twist around like that.

  • @Your-Mums-Favourite-Son
    @Your-Mums-Favourite-Son5 ай бұрын

    Master locks aren’t worth cutting, just close ur eyes and shake it and voila you’ve picked a master lock

  • @Curvyfeets
    @Curvyfeets5 ай бұрын

    That easy

  • @SmilieLyon
    @SmilieLyon5 ай бұрын

    Or you could cut around the cheap aluminium hole in a second

  • @sageoldmann5157
    @sageoldmann51575 ай бұрын

    That’s a two dollar lock from the dollar store you could’ve hit it with those vice grips and broke it off.

  • @jadefalcon001
    @jadefalcon0015 ай бұрын

    Handy to know!

  • @Falney
    @Falney5 ай бұрын

    Why spend 30 seconds cutting it when you can dislodge the shackle pin with 1 hit from a hammer?

  • @beanbagbenno
    @beanbagbenno5 ай бұрын

    What was the first tool? Didn't look like a haligan 🤔

  • @HumbleFirefighter
    @HumbleFirefighter5 ай бұрын

    It’s a New York Roof Hook. (Fun fact: Hugh Halligan of the FDNY invented/designed both the Halligan bar and the NY Roof Hook).

  • @beanbagbenno
    @beanbagbenno5 ай бұрын

    @HumbleFirefighter that's really interesting thanks! I had never heard of a NY roof hook before

  • @beanbagbenno
    @beanbagbenno5 ай бұрын

    Is there a way of doing it if the chain lock shaft is situated lower down, say, nearer the middle of the door? Dors that nake sense?

  • @beanbagbenno
    @beanbagbenno5 ай бұрын

    *does that make sense?

  • @HumbleFirefighter
    @HumbleFirefighter5 ай бұрын

    Yes, you can use the same method, you would just need a longer piece of webbing. I carry a 6ft webbing loop in my gear.

  • @beanbagbenno
    @beanbagbenno5 ай бұрын

    This is a really clearly presented workout video, thanks for this! I always learn something from your videos (I am not a firefighter, althought I have considered it) and this one is something I can actually put into practice :)

  • @jeanvaljohn3921
    @jeanvaljohn39215 ай бұрын

    Great idea for a video, Would like to see you add to it. Do the same thing using you gloves Please

  • @Davey-16
    @Davey-165 ай бұрын

    What is your point.