Posts Tagged: Behavior
The Right Stuff
There is a profound need to make sure the people we bring in not only have read and signed a memo telling them what our ethics happen to be, but that they LIVE these ethics.
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Spaghetti
You are an engine company, not an Italian restaurant.
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Complacency
For some of us, the routine is one that we do to make sure that our PPE, SCBA, meters and thermal imagers are ready for use. Sometimes the routine turns into a rut…
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“Impact This” and Garden-Style Apartment Fires
Ric Jorge and Mike Walker on “The Front Seat”
You've seen the video on Facebook - noise, limited visibility, an increasing urgency to get out. The Front Seat speaks with the video creator as well as picks up on some interesting items on Oklahoma City garden-style apartment fires.
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Behavior: 3 Firefighters and 8 Kicks Later…
Why not break a pane of glass and reach inside?
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Preplanning During EMS Runs
Snapped this picture during an EMS run. Invaluable lessons can be learned by paying attention during non-fire runs.
Some of the things we noted:
1. The additional slide bolt lock on the front door
2. No door knob on the bedroom door
3. Open ligh…
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The Good Old Days
I was talking to some old friends that I had worked with when I had originally got hired as a career firefighter. We were discussing the “good old days” and having a good laugh. We all have moved on to different departments and districts since then…
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Exit Access
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If a large group of people were using the stairs to exit this building, this cart would no doubt have a profound affect on their ability to escape. Th…
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Kitchen Table Tactics 01/01/10
It’s difficult to tell from the picture how many floors are on this building, but it is at least 3 or 4 above ground level.
We can make some assumptions about how this building is occupied; store fronts on ground level and residential tenant spaces …
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Hazards of Commercial Buildings
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No doubt that we all have a building like this in our jurisdiction, if not several.
In many cases these buildings …
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Playing the Rescue Card