| Forcible Entry & Ventilation Tool Staging Area. |
| Reinforced casement windows with steel bars on the inside. The lexan polycarbonate 'glass' also challenged the entry teams. |
| Kevin Franzello (right) discusses the most efficient ways to access the windows as Keith Bresnahan (far left) looks on. |
| The tool of choice. |
Northern Virginia Fools
| October 13 & 14, 2007 |
Saving Our Own Training Weekend Pics
| A Jake from O.W.L. makes quick work of the window bars. |
| Fools as far away as Indiana and Chesapeake, Virginia made the trip to Northern Virginia. |
| Well, it is a prison roof...no one getting out or IN easily... |
| Students practiced the numerous techniques for emergency bail out from upper floors. Here, the very simple 'friction method' is used to escape simulated untenable conditions. |
| Simply using the rope as a friction device around your waist will get you out in a hurry, still allowing you to control the speed of your descent. |
| Crews review the procedures for emergency egress of upper floors using ground ladders. |
| The thermal imager. Don't leave home without it. |
| Ray Foster oversees the vertical ventilation class. It is important to conduct rapid ventilation of a building in support of any RIT operation. |
| L.A.S.T. training. Large Area Search Team |
| Crews worked together to make larger openings out of the casement widows. |
| Warm enough for ya?! |
| Taking a well deserved break. |
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