r/Firefighting May 22 '25

Videos Firefighter training. What are your thoughts?

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u/That_guy_again01 May 22 '25

Look up lead leg forward search. Search like this will make you fall in a hole when you find one. Also it’s slow and forces you to keep your head down. Lead leg forward does all of the opposite.

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u/apatrol May 22 '25

Yall crawl backwards? All the time or just on floors that could collapse?

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u/Dman331 FF2/EMT-B May 22 '25

You're not crawling. It's more of a tripod. I stick my right leg out, pull myself forward with it while i push off with my left arm and leg. Leaves my right hand available for searching, and if I encounter a hole/obstacles with my lead leg, all the weight is on my other limbs and it prevents me from falling into something. In my limited experience, it's THE way to search/move around an IDLH if I can't walk