Matt Bertsch's Groups (14)

Safety and Survival John Salka FDNY

82 members Latest Activity: Oct 25, 2014 Duxbury Firefighters are excited to announce FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka for our 2nd annual Safety and Survival Conference. The two training…

COMPANY DRILLS

614 members Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2020

A resource for Company Officers to assist with the delivery of company level training.

Tactical Building Blocks

460 members Latest Activity: Dec 16, 2018

This group will focus on aggressive interior firefighting. We will address tactics that increase your chance of not getting jammed up and cover…

Quotes, Quotes, and More Quotes

147 members Latest Activity: Apr 5, 2013 A timely quote can say what a thousand words can't Some are famous, some infamous. Some are just great statements about this crazy busines we're in.…

Fireground Strategies

219 members Latest Activity: Aug 10, 2016 A site where strategies and tactics as well as case studies and lessons learned can be shared and dicussed

Truck Company Operations

411 members Latest Activity: Jun 25, 2019 A place to discuss any and all things related to Truck Company Operations on the fireground.

Start Water

356 members Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2018 A place to discuss Engine Company Operations.

Heavy Rescue

182 members Latest Activity: Nov 16, 2016 All things pertaining to heavy Rescue operations

Fireground Strategies -- Test Prep -- Multiple Choice Scenarios

137 members Latest Activity: Mar 2, 2016 For those members preparing for a promotional exam or who just want to challenge their decision-making skills. Scenarios will be posted. Answers…

Street Smart Fire Officer

258 members Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2018 Becoming an officer is a daunting task. Becoming a good officer on the fireground is even harder. This group will concentrate on Fireground…

Fire Service Leadership

330 members Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2020 No matter what type of tactics or operations your department provides, the quality and efficiency are dramatically affected by the leadership skills…

The Professor: Building Construction

215 members Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2018 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…

Tradition, TRADITION!

373 members Latest Activity: May 13, 2015 This is the group dedicated to the glue that holds "Pride and Ownership" together - tradition! We'll be talking about historic fires, important…

FireFighterClose Calls

260 members Latest Activity: Jul 16, 2017 Fires & runs with a "Close Call" where we coulda, shoulda, woulda-or, it was simply not avoidable. Short and sweet: what happened, what we learned,…