Posts Tagged: Strategies
Taking it to the Streets: Looking Forward Through the Rear View Mirror Parts I and II
Download and Listen in on an insightful look back at 2010 and forward into 2011 with a stellar line-up of fire service leaders.
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Taking it to the Streets: Looking Forward Through the Rear View Mirror
Join us on Wednesday night December 15th at 9:00 pm EST for an insightful look back at 2010 and forward into 2011 and beyond with a stellar line-up of fire service leaders.
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Taking it to the Streets: Looking Forward Through the Rear View Mirror
Taking it to the Streets with Christopher NaumÂ
Taking it to the Streets: Looking Forward Through the Rear View Mirror
On Your Street, In Your City, Across the Country, Around the WorldTM
 Join us on Wednesday night December 15th at 9:00 p…
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Size Up Drill
I still believe that a size up is a size up and the information you gather during it, along with experience, training and knowledge, will direct you into the right direction. If the building is tenable or not; if it has burned before; if it is in poor condition; it doesn't change how you size up. What changes is how you use the information.
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What Do You See?
As an officer that will be making the initial decisions on this building you have a great responsibility to know as much about this structure as you can. It will certainly help you to make the best possible decision about your tactics.
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False Exterior Walls
Not only will it hamper rescue efforts, performing ventilation or suppression from this side of the building would be challenging at best.
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Sixty Seconds for a Three Sixty
Leadership and Cultural Safety go hand-in-hand. As does our desire to succeed and progress. There are various perspectives, strategies and of course beliefs and attitudes. Aligning them certainly is the challenge for today's command and company officer.Â…
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More Company Discussions:You Are the Boss!
Deploy your resources accordingly through what ever a first alarm will bring you. If you want to expand your alarms, hey, have at it.
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Company Discussions: Redeployment?
Time is running out for keeping this in check and an interior attack. We've all been here and we know how this can go.
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Seeing Clearly: Cleaning your “Glasses”
Commanders and Company Offices need to gain new insights and knowledge related to the modern building occupancy and to modify and adjust operating profiles in order to safe guard companies, personnel and team compositions. Strategies and tactics must be …
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Company Discussion: Building Characteristics
Some of you may have fought a fire or two in a building similar to this one or done an inspection at one.
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The New Rules of Engagement for Structural Firefighting
The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is committed to reducing firefighter fatalities and injuries. As part of that effort, the IAFC Safety, Health and Survival (SHS) Section has developed DRAFT “Rules of Engagement for Structural Firefig…
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Row Houses
This building fire give us many challenges and the need for resources. It is obvious we have extreme exposure problems. How do you handle this?
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Water and Fire, Oh MY!
How do you deal with a fire with confirmed victims? Oh, did I mention that the streets are flooded with moving water?
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How to Deploy
Assign your crews to tasks on this house fire with rescue. They are all sitting at the front door, but you need them elsewhere. Where do you put them and why?
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The Plain Clothes Vent Man
Don't allow this on your scene. There is no room for the Plain Clothes Vent Man at your calls.
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Kitchen Table Tactics 1-7-10
Give us your tactics and strategies for this large residential fire. Share you thoughts and ideas on how you would tackle this fire as the first arriving company officer or commanding officer.
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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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Company Training Discussion 2: Residential Fire with Exposure
This is the response from the posting from the other day. Our fried Fred commented with the following details:
Assuming wood frame construction of main structure. Challenges: fire already past egress point at patio doors of main structure. Exposure …
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Woe the Shopping Carts
With the holidays over, so to speak, the big sales days are upon us now. You might want to check on your big stores to make sure things are in order.
As we can see here, the shopping carts have taken precedent over the people inside for access to th…
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Company Training Discussion 2: Residential Fire with Exposure
Here is another look at a residential house fire. What challenges might we have with this fire and where would your first attack line go? Where would you put your second line and what size? How would your size-up be transmitted? What type of cont…
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Trooper Identfied
This is the trooper that was killed working an accident today. Here is the link to the news story: http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=192480&catid;=3
Stay safe and be careful out there.
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MO State Trooper LODD
It is with much regret to pass along sad information from Missouri. This morning a Missouri State Trooper was struck while working at an accident scene in Eureka, MO. Details are still few, but the trooper had gotten out of his vehicle and was struck b…
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Firefighter Nutcracker
I know Christmas is today, but, for those of you that do your shopping for next year the day after Christmas, check this out for you fire buffs. This would make a great addition to any fire buff's office, home or bar. You know, the firefighter that h…
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Help, Santa’s On Fire
This is what happens when you travel faster than the speed of light. Let's hope they got him put out before the presents burned. Have a Merry Christmas and stay safe.
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