Its been 5 years in the making, but we finally got a chance to sit down with an old friend John Cassidy of the FDNY. We have a chat on tiered response which allows departments and counties better coverage on an incident. This is the intro, wait for more!

Show Notes:

3:00 Bob & Peloton Group

4:30 John Cassidy Introduction

5:50 What Is Tiered Response?

Takes a lot of money, training, and logistics to create a Hazmat technician. Tiered response is a strategy to get more people to contribute in more efficient waysTiered response can work in a variety of different types of areas

8:00 Tiered Response In The FDNY

One department cannot serve a large city center. After the Tokyo Serin gas incident, needed a better strategy with how to immobilize firefighters to handle a massive responseMost firefighters are taught about decontamination and basic safety measures. Technician units are in charge of leading the strategy and adapting when neededMission Specific Competencies serve as the core of the Tiered Response

15:00 Different Levels Of Tiered Response

Creating "master helpers" within mission specific competencies

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