Reddit reviews Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills

Honestly I'd just do what your dept tells you. The whole chaser thing seems strange to me. You won't learn much by watching, and what you do learn might be the wrong thing.

This is the book we used in my training class. It got us through FF1, FF2 and HazMat Ops.

https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Fire-Fighter-Skills-IAFC/dp/1284059650/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1493403901&sr=8-2&keywords=jones+and+bartlett

Check with your dept on how they handle the formal training. My dept handed me a helmet on a Sunday and an address for the class starting that Monday. Class was two nights a week for six months. Paid for by the city, along with hourly pay for my time in class (which was really nice). I'm in EMR now after having passed the previous.

I bet your fire academy will be using one of these two books as the basic firefighting textbook:

[Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations] (http://www.amazon.com/Essentials-Fire-Fighting-Department-Operations/dp/0133140806/)

Fundamentals of Firefighter Skills

So you might want to ask the academy what book they use, or just get whatever you feel like. Because more info never hurts, right? Personally, I got both of the books above and another textbook as well. I liked being able to see how different books presented the information.

Buy this: http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Of-Fire-Fighter-Skills/dp/1284059650