Added by Dustin Martinez on June 3, 2018 at 10:00pm — No Comments
In our world decisions are made in a split second. In our world victims in a house fire have minutes not ‘tens of minutes’. In our world first reports are often wrong. In our world, words said over the radio have an effect on operations. Those words can mean the difference between an aggressive interior search and a passive secondary only search. We all know…
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Truck Ops According to Jake - Episode #8
Vent. Enter. Search.
Three words that detonate an adrenaline “explosion” in a truckie!
Sure; squirting water is fun and there are times when positioning the big bores can be pretty demanding, but THAT is mundane, when compared to standing on a roof that is so hot that your boots stick to the tar;…
ContinueAdded by Art "Chief Reason" Goodrich on July 7, 2015 at 10:40am — No Comments
Multiple rescues from vacant home and commercial structure
Fire crews in Buffalo, New York and Sacramento, California responded to fires in vacant, abandoned buildings and rescued squatters from each.
Buffalo
Video courtesy of Don…
ContinueAdded by Bill Carey on November 5, 2013 at 7:44am — No Comments
Homeless people find their spot next door to a church on fire
Portland firefighters responded to a structure fire on North Maryland Avenue on 25 August. The structure was once a YWCA building and women’s shelter and had reportedly been abandoned for five years.
According to KOIN a homeless couple and their friend were…
ContinueAdded by Bill Carey on August 27, 2013 at 9:09am — No Comments
Jefferson City fire reminds us that vagrancy is not seasonal
Early Tuesday morning Jefferson City firefighters responded to a fire at 111 Adams Street. During the course of the fire and investigation a homeless man was arrested for allegedly starting the fire, knowing that other squatters were inside.
“[Police] also…
ContinueAdded by Bill Carey on August 12, 2013 at 5:51am — No Comments
It’s not just drunks and drug addicts in these joints
An 8-year old Columbus boy is in critical condition after having been rescued from a vacant house fire. Columbus firefighters responded to the Hamilton Road home and saw one young boy running from the structure. Inside they found the injured boy under a sheet. He was transported to Nationwide Children’s…
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This video is a great training tool for size-up, radio comms & Command presence. This FD sounds very professional despite difficult fire conditions. This week we've got heavy fire & smoke on an upper floor w/ standpipe ops in progress and a Mayday called while transitioning to Defensive Ops. Compare this FD's ops to your FD and give us your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!…
ContinueAdded by Matt McDowell on April 13, 2012 at 9:32am — No Comments
THE SCENARIO: HEAVY FIRE from the attic w/ extension to TWO other houses! If this one doesn't test the strength and discipline of your crews and alarm assignments, congratulations! Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
Added by Matt McDowell on March 2, 2012 at 10:11am — No Comments
What would your FD do for this attached garage fire? What would you do to address the extension issues? Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!
Be Safe
Added by Matt McDowell on February 24, 2012 at 8:43am — No Comments
When the zero visibility crap hits the hot and smokey fan, it's your training that makes all the difference between life and death, success and failure. Technology is great, but there is NO substitute for knowing the basics in any fire service discipline, strategy, or skill. Train, train, train, and then train some more!!!…
Added by Paul Combs on February 14, 2012 at 3:30pm — 9 Comments
Check out this video. Heavy fire from the top floor. Pre-arrival and post arrival footage. What would you do? What do you of their tactics? Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Surf's up!
Thanks and Be Safe!
Added by Matt McDowell on February 9, 2012 at 9:30am — No Comments
What would do you do for this heavily involved attached garage fire? Does the split-level layout change your strategies/tactics? Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Have fun!
Added by Matt McDowell on February 3, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments
This week we've got a rippin' 2-story single family dwelling. Share your strategies, tactics and experience!
Added by Matt McDowell on January 27, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments
Watch the video of this heavily involved 2-story balloon frame house. Note the wind and the exposures. Give us your RECEO breakdown, initial actions and initial rig placement. Have fun!
Added by Matt McDowell on January 6, 2012 at 11:58am — No Comments
Get a front row seat next to the Battalion Chief for this working Multiple Dwelling fire in Brooklyn. Listen to the BC give great radio reports, great size-up information and even take time to talk to the neighbors. Nice video with links to the popular conversation on Facebook.
Other things you'll see:
Added by Matt McDowell on January 4, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments
Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we'll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.
THE SCENARIO: You're wearing all the hats today! You're dispatched to a reported "structure" fire. It's the middle of the week during Christmas vacation and the neighbors don't know if the kids are there or not.
Added by Matt McDowell on December 23, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments
Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we'll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.
THE SCENARIO: You are the Officer on the 4 person TRUCK company who ARRIVES FIRST at this single-family house fire. Due to other call volume, the FIRST DUE ENGINE is 5 minutes away.
Added by Matt McDowell on December 16, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments
VSP is one of the hottest topics of conversation in the fire service today. Captain Marsar’s research has taken the fire service by storm and has created an interesting “new” flavor of the month for those who feed on “firefighter safety through spectatorship”. Maybe it was because of my animosity for the “let it burn” folks within our profession that I was initially against the concept of deciding if a building is searchable from the front yard and was unfairly biased. However, the more I…
ContinueAdded by Matt McDowell on December 5, 2011 at 9:18am — No Comments
Have you ever been to the zoo and watched the monkeys fling their own poop at each other?
Yeah; some of you already know where this is headed.…
ContinueAdded by Art "Chief Reason" Goodrich on January 12, 2011 at 2:22pm — 2 Comments
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