Google chat had more mnemonics than a Swiss Army knife has foldouts
Fire Engineering Editor-in-Chief Bobby Halton had Lieutenant Ray McCormack and Chief Eddie Buchanan on discussing the currently popular SLICERS and DICERS fireground strategy being pushed around and debated on the internet. If you missed the live show here is the taped version,
I posed the question “How should a FD begin using SLICERS? We don’t expect them to change at the next fire; there’s transition in learning and application.” seeing how there is a gap between research findings and developing practical application. Chief Buchanan will be answering that in a later post.
Related
“Understanding the New SLICERS Acronym” Reeder and Milan, FireRescue Magazine/FirefighterNation.com, 1 February 2014
“Interior Attack by Ray McCormack” McCormack, BackstepFirefighter.com 18 February 2014
Bill Carey is the online public safety news and blog manager with PennWell Public Safety, or more specifically FireRescue Magazine/FirefighterNation.com, JEMS.com, LawOfficer.com and FireEMSBlogs.com. Bill started in the fire service, as a third generation firefighter and has served as a volunteer sergeant and lieutenant at Hyattsville. Bill’s writing has been on Firehouse.com, Fire Engineering, FireRescue Magazine, FirefighterNation.com, the Jones and Bartlett 2010 edition of “Fire Officer: Principles and Practice”, The Secret List and Tinhelmet.com. His recent writing on firefighter behavioral health has been nominated for 2014 Neal Award for Best Subject-Related Series.