To me it’s an example of training scars. I can imagine academy or training where there is a victim at the window and you get ripped for not having your ppe on, what if those gasses knock you out and make you a liability and another problem? However sometimes you gotta use common sense. Someone’s right there, make the grab obviously it was possible and practical. Also mask up faster
I'm about 8 months out of the academy and have struggled with this a fair bit.
I'm all about aiming for best practice, but small things you constantly get ripped for in recruits (correct BA donning process for example) is a difficult habit to break heading into a real fire and there's heaps of more important stuff to be worrying about.
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u/catfishjohn69 2d ago
To me it’s an example of training scars. I can imagine academy or training where there is a victim at the window and you get ripped for not having your ppe on, what if those gasses knock you out and make you a liability and another problem? However sometimes you gotta use common sense. Someone’s right there, make the grab obviously it was possible and practical. Also mask up faster