VentEnterSearch, LLC in collaboration with Valencia College will be holding an 8hr. live fire H.O.T. class titled Can Confidence. A look into gaining can confidence for fire ground success. The 2 ½ gallon water extinguisher, the can, allows the search team to quickly place water between the fire and potential victims. Unfortunately, due to lack of confidence, it is arguably the most underutilized tool in the fire service found on nearly every fire apparatus. Let’s start the life-saving extinguishment process by applying what could be, the fire’s first interaction with water.

Objectives: Attendees will learn proper filling and pressurization steps, how to build homemade carrying straps and other useful “Can” modifications. The class will also cover valuable skills on carrying and searching with the “Can,” and confining fire with it. Students will cycle through a “force an interior door off its hinges” prop and use this door to hold back live fire and smoke. Finally, attendees will perform live fire attacks with nothing more than a “Can” and witness the effect of the “Can” on pre-flashover conditions.

Requirements: Full NFPA approved Structural PPE and SCBA with two cylinders

Location: Valencia College Fire-Rescue Institute
2966 W. Oak Ridge Road
Orlando, FL. 32809

Date: November 14th, 2023