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What Is The Best Complement You Can Get?

Short and Simple…

As a firefighter, what is the best complement that you can GIVE and/or RECEIVE?

Be SAFE

Posted in Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics

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Great Video: Understaffed Truck Work

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Here is a terrific and detailed video of ways to accomplish fundamental, yet critical, truck tactics with one firefighter.

I took some classes with Trey (and some other huge, knuckle-dragging guy from 3 Truck) roughly 10 years ago in Indy.  He’s a firemen’s fireman and loves to share ideas (obviously).

Enjoy and Be SAFE!

Posted in Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Work, Videos

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Not So Vacant, Vacants (Part 2)… What Would You Do?

Notice Anything Strange w/ These “Vacant” Under Construction Rowhomes?

 

In last weeks post, “Not So Vacant, Vacants”,  we showed some pictures of  a vacant, under construction, row with signs of occupants.  Now we want to hear from you.  

What would you do given the following scenario?

You are dispatched to “smoke in the area”.  Dispatch is reporting multiple calls.  You arrive on the block to find heavy smoke pushing from the second floor, middle of the row.

  1. Do you suspect life hazard?  Why or why not?
  2. What is your operational mode?
  3. What are your tactical priorities?
  4. How would you deploy your crew and how would you assign other resources?

Take this scenario as far as you want.  If you run with 1 on a rig, go with it.  Tell us how you would accomplish your suppression goals.  If you have 16 firefighters on a First Alarm and want to take it to 3-alarms, awesome, tell us how you would use the resources.  We look forward to your  feedback. 

Be SAFE

Posted in Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development

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