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Michael Tucci's Groups (25)
Swift Water Rescue
8 members Latest Activity: Nov 5 Swift Water Rescue as it relates to the fire service. Forum about equipment, tactics, special hazards, and anything related to swift water rescue.
Leatherheads
33 members Latest Activity: Nov 18 A group composed of those members who wear or want to wear the traditional leather fire helmet!
Report of the Week
17 members Latest Activity: Sep 24 An area where we can discuss the Report of the Week, as published by the National Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System.
TRADE YA
22 members Latest Activity: Sep 19 Without getting ridiculous, a place to swap patches, helmets, fronts, t-shirts, other memoribilia
TOOLS OF THE TRADE-BASIC TOOLS OF THE JOB
82 members Latest Activity: Nov 14
Pandora's Box
55 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 A group that discusses, questions, challenges common practices within the fire service such as staffing, tactics, unions, attitudes, government, etc.
Fire Service Leadership
254 members Latest Activity: Nov 18 No matter what type of tactics or operations your department provides, the quality and efficiency are dramatically affected by the leadership skills o…
Safety and Survival John Salka FDNY
70 members Latest Activity: Oct 9 Duxbury Firefighters are excited to announce FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka for our 2nd annual Safety and Survival Conference. The two training pres…
Tools and Tricks
176 members Latest Activity: Nov 3 Tools that you carry in your pockets, on your rigs, have fabricated or modified. All ideas are welcome, Truck, Engine, Rescue..... Show us!
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Our Next Generation......The Rookie
49 members Latest Activity: Sep 25 We talk a lot about changing the Fire Service for the Better. What kind of energy are we investing in our rookies. They are our profession's next gen…
Tradition, TRADITION!
295 members Latest Activity: Nov 18 This is the group dedicated to the glue that holds "Pride and Ownership" together - tradition! We'll be talking about historic fires, important dates…
Firehouse Kitchen
92 members Latest Activity: Nov 15 We spend a lot of time at the firehouse. We train there, we sleep there, and we eat there. Because of that, there are many incredible firehouse cooks…
High-Rise Fire Group
138 members Latest Activity: Nov 11 So many cities have High-Rise structures and the tactics used by various departments varies as much as the cities themselves. The group is designed t…
F.O.O.L.S.
183 members Latest Activity: Nov 18 Come and discuss or brag about your Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society (FOOLS) organization. Looking to start a chapter in your area, I am sure…
Haz-Mat
121 members Latest Activity: Oct 6 For those firefighters who want to learn and share ideas about hazardous materials training and mitigation
Heavy Rescue
140 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 All things pertaining to heavy Rescue operations
COMPANY DRILLS
375 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 DRILLS ONLY.....A resource for Company Officers to assist with the delivery of company level training. List the learning objectives and a step by ste…
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Fitness, Wellness, Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention
44 members Latest Activity: Oct 26 This group will be used to promote fitness and wellness among firefighters to prevent injuries and deal with the rehabilitation of the injuried firefi…
The Professor: Building Construction
189 members Latest Activity: Oct 30 In this group, we'll discuss all things building construction. What are the lessons of recent fires? What have past fires taught us?. What are the…
Structural Collapse Rescue
91 members Latest Activity: Nov 15 discuss issues, incidents, causes and prevention of Structural collapse in rescue operations
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