Firefighter Safety and Survival

Wall Breach Evolutions

September 17, 2007

A-shift personnel built a wall breach prop complete with PVC piping and electrical wiring. During Monday night in-house training, firefighters got hands-on practice with black-out masks, first crawling through the apparatus bay then breaching the wall and squeezing between the studs to escape to safety. After each team got through, instructors refreshed the sheetrock and replaced the piping and wiring for the next group.

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