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When you believe in your product, you gotta put your gear on and be the "dummy". Here I was demonstrating and acting as the "downed firefighter" for a group of guys with their first hands in experience with a Hasty Rescue Strap.

Wanna get two FREE Hasty Rescue Straps for your department?
I'm looking for some help testing a new product, and making some content with it.
What I need from you:
- A department within 3 hours of Frederick MD that has access to an acquired structure or training building. (Preferably not a burn building)
- At least 3-4 firefighters (the more the merrier) willing to participate in the tests and videos
- Basic hand tools, ladders, RIT bag, and turnout gear with SCBA. ALL Hasty products will be provided.
In return you get a days worth of RIT training, and 2 HRS to keep in your RIT cache.
DM me if you think you can help!

3 years. Never forget!
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🔥FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY🔥**
Join us at for a memorial training day in honor of our own Battalion Chief Laird. Chief Laird tragically made the ultimate sacrifice while operating at a house fire on August 11th, 2021.
Training for the day is all Hands On! We'll be covering multiple bailout/escape techniques from winfow hangs, ladder bails, and escape ropes and systems.
If you have your own system, this would be a great opportunity to practice using it, or learn from the other techniques offered.
Details:
Date: August 11 2024
Time: 0800 - 1600
Location: Frederick County MD Public Safety Training Center (5370 Public Safety Place, Frederick MD)
Lunch provided by
Hope to see you there for a day of honoring pur fallen thru bettering ourselves!

The Hasty Rescue Strap: "A game-changing Rapid Intervention tool. Quickly package downed firefighters for efficient drags and hoists, and assist in civilian rescues. Save time and lives. Carry in your pocket, or with your RIT equipment. Visit www.hastyfireproducts.com to order.

The training cache standing by to get some!
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A couple of Hasty Rescue Straps got put through the paces last weekend at the Dynamic RIT hands on training with at Missouri Summer Fire School. The preferred way of carrying the strap with this group of students was in the radio pocket!

That's a wrap! Missouri Summer Fire School is complete. Spend the last few days with at assisting with the Down and Dirty Urban Forcible Entry and Dymanic RIT and FF Survival classes.

💥Monday Maydayology💥 In a Mayday situation, stress levels are naturally sky-high. The Yerkes-Dodson Curve illustrates the relationship between stress levels and performance. As Firefighters, understanding this can be a lifesaver. The Yerkes-Dodson Curve shows that optimal performance occurs at moderate levels of arousal, while too little or too much stress can hinder effectiveness
A Mayday situation can easily push you into the over-arousal zone, where performance can deteriorate. Recognizing this, it’s crucial to employ techniques that bring your stress back to a manageable level, optimizing your cognitive and physical abilities
Breathing Control🫁 The first step is to regulate your breathing. Slow, deep breaths help activate your parasympathetic nervous system, reducing the immediate panic and helping you think more clearly. This also lowers your heart rate, helping to keep you below the over-arousal zone.
Heart Rate ❤️ As stated above, breathing control is the key to slowing your heart rate. Keeping your heart rate at lower levels helps keep you from getting to the point of being over stressed. At 115 BPM, we lose our fine motor skills. At 145 BPM we start to lose more complex motor skills, and at 175 BPM we reach auditory exclusion, loss of peripheral vision, and cognitive processing or "black out"
Training🔥 Trust in your training. We undergo rigorous training for a reason. Realistic, high-stress training can help prepare you to maintain performance levels within the optimal range of the Yerkes-Dodson Curve
Mental Rehearsal🧠 Regularly practicing mental scenarios of Mayday situations can condition your mind to handle real-life stress more effectively. This rehearsal can help reduce the shock and panic if a Mayday actually occurs
Understanding and applying the Yerkes-Dodson Curve isn't just about managing stress; it’s about enhancing your overall performance and safety under pressure. By maintaining a balance, you can ensure that you and your team are functioning at your best, even in the most critical moments

💥Monday Maydayology💥 The single most important thing we have to save ourselves in a MAYDAY situation is our air supply. I'm sure you've seen similar photos before, but it's still worth posting! There's no excuse to not squeeze as much air into your cylinder at the start of the tour as possible. This is literally your lifeline!
When you stop looking at it as how much air you have left, and start looking at it as how much TIME you have left to live, then you'll want as much available air as possible!
Let's face it, the "out of air" skills we are taught are just desperate, last ditch efforts to gain a few seconds. But in reality, if you run out of air and unclip your regulator or take your mask off in an IDLH, you will likely not make it. You get 2, maybe 3 breaths of super heated gas and it's lights out.
Fill your cylinder all the way, pay attention to what you have left, and co trol your breathing when you get into an emergency.

A couple brothers in Jersey getting their first training reps with the Hasty Rescue Strap. Available at www.hastyfireproducts.com

The Hasty Rescue Strap is the ONLY tool on the market that can effectively package a downed firefighter in a harness that also aides in dragging, has attachment points for hoisting, and can be carried in your pocket! Available at www.hastyfireproducts.com

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
Introducing Monday Maydayology by Hasty Fire Products. From the beginning, I've stated that my mission with this company has been to do my part to save firefighters with life-saving rapid intervention equipment and training.
I've realized that I want this page to be about more than just trying to sell you a product. So I'm going to get each week started with a Monday Maydayology post.
We'll cover a wide range of topics, from the basics of recognizing and calling a MAYDAY, to survival techniques, rapid intervention techniques, incidents with MAYDAYS, and Line of Duty Death reviews.
Stay tuned later today for a post where kick off the first Monday Maydayology - the study of MAYDAYS. 🔥
Comment below some topics and/or incidents you'd like to have covered!

That's right, we have a special announcement dropping Monday 4/15! Stay tuned!

That's right! We've got a special announcement dropping Monday morning! Stay tuned!

Happy Easter!

I thought more on a story my buddy posted the other day regarding firefighter mayday’s and want to talk more on it, so here goes….
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The conversation was on maydays operations, more specifically who typically handled them. While the easy answer is “the RIT of course” the data says otherwise. In the amazing compilation of work better known at “Project MAYDAY”, the data suggests that in upwards of 90% of maydays are NOT handled by the RIT, rather by members/companies operating in close proximity to the mayday member.
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This is where I want to elaborate, I am in no way advocating to abandon or negate the practice of a RIT. They still have their place, however that place statistically appears to be shrinking.
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⭐️ Lost or disoriented members
⭐️ Minor Entanglements
⭐️ Low Air
⭐️ Medical Emergencies
⭐️ Injuries
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Are just a few examples mayday situations that are typically handled with ease by the mayday firefighter themselves, a member of their crew, or a member from a nearby crew, all of who account for that 90% statistic mentioned previously. Examples of more severe mayday situations such as:
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⭐️ Members buried in rubble/debris
⭐️ Major Entanglements
⭐️ Trapped in Voids
⭐️ Lost or Disoriented in open floor plan
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Will require the assistance of additional manpower, emphasizing my claim that RIT still had a place. Even the more minor mayday situations listed above could escalate to this level at anytime, and having a RIT standing by with additional equipment that can be deployed immediately could very well make the difference.
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While everyone is entitled to an opinion, I think back to our last mayday and others in the DC metro region recently, and couldn’t help but notice that many of these maydays are occurring prior to the RIT even arriving! Therefore, RIT techniques and mindset should be on the forefront for EVERYONE regardless of your assignment on the fireground as it can change in the blink of an eye. Something to think about…

Do you think you are prepared to rescue a fellow firefighter at a moments notice, while performing your normal suppression duties?
You need to be. RIT teams are only making 6-8% of the rescues. Other crews already operating inside are making the rescues.
Carrying a Hasty Rescue Strap in your pocket can help you be ready for it. Get the MAYDAY firefighter packaged quickly, begin dragging, or setting up for a hoist while waiting for the RIT to assist. Get ahead of the game.
Be prepared. Have a plan. Train on it.
Visit www.hastyfireproducts.com to get yours.
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The Hasty Rescue Strap is back in stock! Available on the website now!
I'm shipping out all the order that have been coming in today and tomorrow. Please be patient for the rest of the week, as I am helping run the
Any orders after tomorrow will be shipped next week!

Good Monday morning! How are you getting after it this week??
Starting off assisting with FF1 burns for RCFR Recruit academy, and then prepping for the Key City Fire Conference! Gonna be a great week!

In-Stock! 📣💥
Snapback inventory has been updated! Restocked the old styles with some new colors added.
Get your Green hat to celebrate St. Paddy's Day! Also added Olive/black, and Charcoal/Black to the lineup.
Available at www.hastyfireproducts.com

Happy International Women's day to this lady here! She doesn't even know how much of a help she's been to me. Always willing to help me with ideas, package straps up, go to trade shows and demos. She even a much better salesman than me!
Thank you for all you do for me and Hasty Fire Products!

🚨 Let's be real for a minute. 📣
Do you consider yourself prepared to rescue another fireman at a moments notice? What makes you ready for it?
We know that the actual RIT team only makes about 6% of the rescues on a MAYDAY event. Other units already operating inside the structure make the majority of rescues (that aren't self rescue).
That means you better be ready. Get the training. Practice regularly. Carry tools in your pocket that help you be ready. Whether it's an HRS or not, have SOMETHING that can assist you in rescuing a brother or sister QUICKLY.

🚨💥I'm picking a winner tomorrow evening.
Don't miss out on your chance to win a FREE spot in the RIT Hands on class I'm leading for the conference.
If you win, you just gotta get yourself there. I'll cover the training costs.
Go to the original post and comment and share it to enter.
🔥🔥Also, MONDAY is the FINAL day to sign up for the conference. There's still Hands on spots left in the RIT class, and for lectures.
DONT MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!

☘️🔥IN STOCK🔥☘️
LIMITED AVAILIBILITY! Celebrate St Paddy's Day Hasty Style. Quality embroidered on a Richardson 112 snapback. Available on the website now. www.hastyfireproducts.com
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THANK YOU!! The support you guys have shown has been incredible. I sold out of all my inventory of HastyvRescue Straps well before expected! I do currently have more in production, but am looking at about a month until they are ready.
You can still order them in the mean time, but understand they won't ship for a few weeks.

💥Let's revisit the method of packaging a face down firefighter with the HRS, and address some negative comments I've received about it.💥
Part 1
The vast majority of the feedback has been positive, and I truly appreciate all the support you give. But a few have left comments or messages like "completely inefficient", "waste of time", "just use the DRD", "just grab his straps" or the WORST "anything to make a profit".
This can be a very dangerous mindset to have. A quality of a good fireman is to stay open-minded and understand that there is no "one way" to do anything. We all should be constantly seeking different ways of doing the same tasks. Have a few tools in your toolbox. You never know when you might need to change up. It's always good to have options.
The method of a face down fireman is a pretty specific scenario. Face down, unconscious, in a narrow space where you can't flip him over or get beside him (think Denver drill). Depending on the situation and conditions faced, it may warrant a "grab and go". Grab the pack, drag him out. No need for the HRS. But if you are facing a situation where it is necessary to package the downed fireman, and you carry and HRS, then this method may be useful.
What the reel didnt show was the potential need to go vertical. If you need to take a downed fireman out a window, up stairs, or hoist vertically, you MUST have some sort of harness on him. The HRS can make this harness happen much faster and easier than a waistbelt conversion, and it really shines as a hoisting or lifting tool.
Now on to the "anything to make a profit". This couldn't be farther from the truth. Frankly, I don't give a s**t about making money. NOTHING I've done in the fire service has been about profits. There were two LODDs that really affected me. I began thinking of ways to potentially make down firefighter rescues easier, in their honor. The HRS is what I came up with. My mission has always been to provide tools and training to potentially save firefighters, and give back to charities that help accomplish the same mission.
Stay tuned for Part 2

🚨🔥🚨Attention!🚨🔥🚨
We will be sponsoring one lucky winner to attend the Key City Fire Conference. The winner will be registered for the RIT Hands on training class -FREE OF CHARGE!
This is a great opportunity for some good RIT training and a change for you to get hands-on with a couple Hasty Rescue Straps! This scholarship also includes the 2 days of lectures before the HOT day!
The RULES to enter:
1) you must be following this page and
2) comment on THIS POST (any comment)
3) like this post
4) share this post
5) make sure you can commit to at least March 16th for the training.
**** Includes admission to the conference only. Any other travel expenses must be paid by the winner.
The winner will be picked on Friday February 23rd!