SLOCF 10 Year Training Chart

ORIGINAL DATA SETS obtained from SLOCFD by a Public Record Act request.

Link to original data sets.

Breakdown Chart

Link to SLO Training Data

They train on; where to cut holes in roofs, (structure fire-construction).

They train on; cutting holes in roofs (ventilation).

They train on; after the roof has burned through and collapsed, to use the Aerial Master stream from the Quint/truck to put the fire out.

They DO NOT train on actually going inside and putting water on the fire, because they have not tried to put out a serious fire in over 12 years!

They have privately REDEFINED their job to NOT include actually trying to put out fires and feel it is easier to lie to the public than do the job we all expect them to do.

Since SLOCFD has not rushed into a fire and put it out in over 12 years, the only reason to cut holes is to focus and accelerate the fire for a faster and more destructive fire for the victims.

This tactic of sacrificing the victims property to make it easier to defend adjoining properties is why they cut a hole in the roof to focus and accelerate the fire, it leaves the outside walls of the property intact so neighboring properties are easy to defend.

Fire Training Terminology

Explanations of terms used on San Luis Obispo City Fire Department pie chart. Numbers in brackets are average training times per fireman, per year

• Interior: Going Interior and attempting a rescue [8 minutes]
• Offensive: Going promptly inside and putting out the fire. This is the only time Ventilation is supposed to be used [0 minutes]
• Defensive: Trying to put out or, more likely, trying to contain a lost cause fire from spreading to adjacent building [132 minutes]
• Coordinated Interior Attack: This is training to actually fight a fire. This is the standard accepted technique to professionally put out fires. The coordination is between firemen inside putting water on the seat of the fire and the roof crew cutting the hole to let the smoke and steam out caused by water put onto the fire [0 minutes]
• Ventilation: Cutting holes in roofs (vertical) or breaking doors and windows (horizontal) to help remove the smoke and steam caused by putting water onto a fire. Not to be used in Defensive firefighting [271 minutes]
• RIC/FAST: Safety team that allows for Interior operations [167 minutes]
• Aerial/Master: Training to use the 4" master stream from the overhead ladder truck to put out fires once the roof has burned through or collapsed instead of going inside to put out fires. This totally destroys the fire scene, the property, and any evidence of how the fire started, but is totally safe to do [22 minutes]
• Command: Leadership responsibilities [83 minutes]
• Incidents: Actual fires or events [8.31 minutes]
• Other: Miscellaneous activities – (Not involving putting out fire) [8.65 minutes]
• Personal Equipment/Skills: Personal training on use of personnel safety equipment [66.4 minutes]
• Post Incident: Going over what happens at a fire to coordinate their comments to the public and review their actions [117 minutes]
• Quint/Truck: This is T-1 the articulated ladder truck SLOCFD uses to put out fires from overhead instead of going inside and putting out the fire – T-1 crew does not train to attack fires even though T-1 is usually first on the scene [68.5 minutes]
• Simulator (Any): Miscellaneous training [109.5 minutes]
• Structure Fire: This is training on construction of roofs to train firemen on where to cut holes in the roof safely – Since SLOCFD does not train to go Interior, they should not train for cutting holes [182.2 minutes]
• Transitional: Going from Defensive to Offensive tactics or Offensive to Defensive. At SLOCFD, it means going from arriving to doing an accelerated and focused burn of the structure [unknown – less than 10 minutes]