Safety: Holding Someone's Shoulder at Advanced Fire Fighting
When fighting an Advanced Fire, holding shoulders is done for:
- Visibility: In a smoky environment, visibility can be reduced to almost nothing. Holding a teammate's shoulder ensures that no one gets separated or lost in the haze.
- Orientation and direction: Holding shoulders helps the team move as a unit, especially when navigating tight and unfamiliar spaces. The Fire Chief leads, and the Team Members follow like a chain.
- Safety and accountability: If one team member faints or is injured, the others will immediately sense it and can respond.
- Coordinated Action: Firefighting requires synchronized movements to handle hoses, maneuver fire extinguishers, and so on. Shoulder contact keeps everyone coordinated.
- Communication: Verbal communication is impossible during a fire. A push or pull on the shoulder can signal "stop," "move," or "danger".
The act of holding someone's shoulder is a sign of:
- I support you!
- We're moving forward together!
- We're back together!
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