Posts Categorized: Truck Work
Basics for Understaffed Truck Work: Search
By searching for victims and fire, we can increase the speed of fire attack and extinguishment which creates a safer fireground for everyone. This post will detail how to get the most out of your search despite various staffing levels.
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How Do You Carry the Irons?
I was always taught that the irons (aka married set) were supposed to be carried by one person and that everyone else still needed to carry their own tool. However, I see (a lot of) people splitting up the set, carrying the set between two people OR only carrying one or the other. Does your FD have a standard for carrying the irons?
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Commercial Forcible Entry for Residential Doors
This door is pretty intense and, if not identified recognized on scene, could waste time and energy should we have to gain entry into a building. Essentially, they are high security, reinforced steel doors with up to six (6) dead bolts (controlled by a single lock) and dressed to look like standard residential wooden doors.
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Lessons Learned: Solid Truck Work Makes for Easy Engine Work
Aggressive tactics and a coordinated effort make a quick stop of a large and challenging fire in a commercial storage building. Solid forcible entry saw work by the Truck Company allowed the Engine Company to access and knockdown the fire which contained it to area of origin.
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Welcome to the FIRE/EMS Blogs Network
Today is my first full day of being part of the Fire/EMS Blog network. I have a ton of new content coming around the corner. However, I am on vacation. I'll be adding articles on LODD as well as an article, from my first contributor, talking about …
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Firefighter Health and Wellness
Are we giving city hall the right information about the importance of firefighter health
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LODD Summary: July 2009
In July there were 6 Line Of Duty Deaths:
Thomas Marovich fell during a rappelling training exercise and suffered fatal traumatic injuries. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Joseph Grace was found unresponsive in the firehouse k…
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RFB: Charleston 9
It’s already been 2 years since the sofa superstore fire in charleston, sc. I was on duty that night, surfing the web when I caught a headline that (at that time) 2 firefighters were missing at a commercial building fire in charleston. My crew stay…
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FDIC & Brotherhood
I recently responded to a post on the thinking man’s fire blog “fire(fighter) behavior”. The post primarily discussed the tremendous training opportunities available at the fire department instructors conference (FDIC) and asked what those who at…
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Understaffed Truck Work: Forcible Entry
Most fire departments, if they are even lucky enough to staff a truck company, often struggle with how to maximize the tasks that the truck can accomplish on the fireground. Since times are tough and budgets are tougher, increasing staffing is unlikely…
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Brotherhood 101
BROTHERHOOD 101 (CLICK HERE)
I found this Powerpoint on the Indy Metro FOOLS website and thought that it needed to be shared. It talks about pride, integrity and mentoring in the fire service. It questions how we do the job. Do we take the good …
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Understaffed Truck Work: Ladders
Most fire departments, if they are even lucky enough to staff a truck company, often struggle with how to maximize the tasks that the truck can accomplish on the fireground. Since times are tough and budgets are tougher, increasing staffing is unlikely…
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Fire Attack: Nozzle Firefighter Basics
Once you’ve scene the video from the “Straight Stream vs. Fog” post (January 13, 2009), you may have a new appreciation for using a straight stream during interior fire attack. Next we’ll look at a few ways to make the interior fire attack more…
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New SCBA Technology
Check out this link! This is a prototype for a new SCBA design that could significantly improve firefighter safety while operating at building fires and, hopefully, improve firefighter health through stress reduction.
As we all know, the only reason…
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