Fire Department Safety Officers Association

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5 Reads

This is a one day, 8 hour class. $250.00 Per Person

A program for Incident Safety Officers who have completed FDSOA ISO training!

Using key information gained from reading the 5 Critical Factors, strategies and tactics can be formulated and put into action to ensure both effective and safe emergency response operations.

Class Information

Course Outline

This class is made up of seven sections
  • Section 1 – Intro
  • Section 2 – “Reading Risk”
  • Section 3 – “Reading Buildings”
  • Section 4 – “Reading Smoke”
  • Section 5 – “Reading Hazardous Energy”
  • Section 6 – “Reading Firefighters”
  • Section 7 – “Sets & Reps”

Building on the outstanding training programs developed by Dave Dodson, The 5 Reads is a class developed by the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) for Company Officers, Incident Safety Officers, and Chief Officers where they can learn to take their ability to Read the 5 Critical Factors at any emergency response to the next level. The class will review and emphasize the significance of The 5 Reads which include:

  • Risk: Identification, Evaluation, Prioritization, Mitigation, and Monitoring
  • Buildings: Type, Era, Use, Size, Related Hazards and Predicting Collapse
  • Smoke: Volume, Velocity, Density, Color, Influencing Factors, and Predicting Fire Behavior
  • Hazardous Energy: Thermal, Mechanical, Wind, Chemical, Electrical, Water
    Firefighters: Capabilities, Mental and Physical Status

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