This class is about the mission of the fire service in saving those who need us. Primary search has taken place for decades and yet fire departments struggle to understand the tactic and all that goes into searching and saving lives. Firefighters to chiefs should be able to conduct an aggressive search or vent-enter-search (VES) or at least understand that all members need to be highly trained. This is no longer a basic skill; it goes much further--to the ability to read the smoke conditions given, the fire location, and the building layout based on occupancy. The discussion will cover split searches, oriented searches, and VES; finding "survivable space" based on the layout of the structure and the clues given; the ability to train firefighters to streamline the tactic of search based on data, size-up, building construction, occupancy, fire conditions. Learn the basics backed up by data and the tricks to be quicker and efficient to get to those who need us.