![]() “We are trying to put all of those components together to make it better for the first guy on the scene. Is there a basement? Is fire in the attic? Are any victims hanging out the windows?” Truesdale explained. You are looking for if the curtains are visible, or if there is fire out this window, or if there is heavy smoke. Panel members conducted a 360 degree “seize-up” of the houses and were able to observe external or interior camera views of the ongoing situations inside the burning houses. ![]() Inside the houses, mock searches and rescues were conducted. During the burns, two identical houses were built side by side to see how various actions, such as opening or closing doors, would effect the burning fire. 20-23, Truesdale spent time at the Delaware County Emergency Services Training Center in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, to work with seven members, within the first group, to study the houses built for the experiment. ![]() The panel was then broken into three groups to study 20 experiments over several weeks in October and November 2020. The 21-member panel from all across the United States first met up in Baltimore, Maryland, in the summer of 2019 to become acquainted, and to determine the upcoming experiments and what they hope to learn. It’s a great experience for me and also to be able to bring back so much information for the city,” Truesdale said. “I am very humbled and honored to be part of this (panel). Over 500 firefighters submitted applications to become a member of this technical panel. According to UL FSRI, members were selected based on fire service experience, geography, department size and department type. In March 2019, Truesdale was selected to be a member of the Underwriter Laboratories Firefighter Safety Research Institute’s (UL FSRI) technical panel to study residential home size-up and search and rescue operations during live-fire experiments. Jason Truesdale is working to help further fire service safety and bring back valuable information to the city of Sidney’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services. The panel is conducting a residential home size-up and search and rescue operations study. Jason Truesdale observes a live-fire experiment as a technical panel member of the Underwriter Laboratories Firefighter Safety Research Institute at the Delaware County Emergency Services Training Center in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania on Oct.
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