Leadership/Outdoorsmanship, Thursday Morning, Danger Room
Students arriving in the Danger Room found it to resemble a large cement room with seating not unlike that in the gym for sports events. Forward, left, and right were large steel doors with valve locks on them. On the lowest bench, an array of safety equipment had been laid out: fire-retardant jackets, pants, and boots, as well as hoods, and self-contained breathing apparati (or SCBAs); fire extinguishers lined the bench across the aisle.
Honor stood just before one of the steel doors at the front of the room. Her guardsman, Andrew LaFollet, hovered protectively off to the side, and -- for a change -- Nimitz was nowhere to be found. If one guessed he didn't want to be anywhere near the heat, they might be right.
"Come in please, sign in, and take a seat while I upload some background reading for you. We'll begin with some activities after you've read." She smiled up at the students filtering in. "If you don't have your minicomp with you, please find someone who does and share the material."
After a moment, the students with minicomps found several documents uploaded to their computers:
Information on the Fire Triangle/Tetrahedron
Classification of Fuels
The Basics of Fire Control
Honor gave the students time to read through the documentation before continuing. "As you might have guessed, we're going to work on basic damage control. At the end of the class period, you will be divided into two teams. Each team leader will be fed 'live' damage control information. They will then lead their team to the appropriate hatch and extinguish the fires. Each of you will be wearing the gear you see, and using the fire extinguishers on the opposite aisle."
She then spent the next few minutes demonstrating -- with the assistance of a somewhat disgruntled LaFollet -- the appropriate way to wear the gear that had been provided. "It is extremely important that you wear this the way it was intended. To do otherwise could injure you and, as a result, increase the risks to your teammates.
"Now, suit up each of you, and we'll run through a few examples. Once everyone feels more comfortable, we'll divide into teams. Mr. Pevensie, you'll lead one team, and, ah, Ms. Longstocking, would you lead the other?"
Honor led the students through several fires each, emphasizing the need to point the extinguisher at the base of the fire, and to be sure to put it out completely. Once she was satisfied they were handling the equipment okay, she then turned them loose to form teams (with the appropriate supervision, of course).
"You'll be getting your location information shortly. Pay close attention to the hatch numbers, and make sure you open the right one!"
[OOC: OCD threads up! Sorry for the reliance on Wiki...Please keep in mind that this is definitely an abbreviated course. Bel, no helping the fire! ::grin::]
Honor stood just before one of the steel doors at the front of the room. Her guardsman, Andrew LaFollet, hovered protectively off to the side, and -- for a change -- Nimitz was nowhere to be found. If one guessed he didn't want to be anywhere near the heat, they might be right.
"Come in please, sign in, and take a seat while I upload some background reading for you. We'll begin with some activities after you've read." She smiled up at the students filtering in. "If you don't have your minicomp with you, please find someone who does and share the material."
After a moment, the students with minicomps found several documents uploaded to their computers:
Information on the Fire Triangle/Tetrahedron
Classification of Fuels
The Basics of Fire Control
Honor gave the students time to read through the documentation before continuing. "As you might have guessed, we're going to work on basic damage control. At the end of the class period, you will be divided into two teams. Each team leader will be fed 'live' damage control information. They will then lead their team to the appropriate hatch and extinguish the fires. Each of you will be wearing the gear you see, and using the fire extinguishers on the opposite aisle."
She then spent the next few minutes demonstrating -- with the assistance of a somewhat disgruntled LaFollet -- the appropriate way to wear the gear that had been provided. "It is extremely important that you wear this the way it was intended. To do otherwise could injure you and, as a result, increase the risks to your teammates.
"Now, suit up each of you, and we'll run through a few examples. Once everyone feels more comfortable, we'll divide into teams. Mr. Pevensie, you'll lead one team, and, ah, Ms. Longstocking, would you lead the other?"
Honor led the students through several fires each, emphasizing the need to point the extinguisher at the base of the fire, and to be sure to put it out completely. Once she was satisfied they were handling the equipment okay, she then turned them loose to form teams (with the appropriate supervision, of course).
"You'll be getting your location information shortly. Pay close attention to the hatch numbers, and make sure you open the right one!"
[OOC: OCD threads up! Sorry for the reliance on Wiki...Please keep in mind that this is definitely an abbreviated course. Bel, no helping the fire! ::grin::]