Scott Thompson's Groups (25)

Suburban Fire Tactics

50 members Latest Activity: Jul 29, 2015

Suburban Fire Tactics is a forum to research, document and…

Tommy Truck

64 members Latest Activity: Jun 29, 2014 Looking for personal experiences/stories of how Tom Brennan inspired, lead, or taught you about firefighting. From Random Thoughts, to war stories of…

F.O.O.L.S.

225 members Latest Activity: Mar 19, 2019 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…

Start Water

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

Common Sense Firefighting

216 members Latest Activity: Aug 10, 2016 A group dedicated to Decision Making and Leadership on the Fire Ground

FDIC

116 members Latest Activity: Jan 14, 2018 For those attending and presenting at the Fire Department Instructors Conference.

HONOR THEIR SACRIFICES

47 members Latest Activity: Feb 15, 2013 Group dedicated to honoring the sacrifices of our fallen brothers / sisters by learning the lessons their last alarm has taught us

Books, Articles, Web Sites

38 members Latest Activity: Apr 5, 2014 Have you read any good books or articles lately or discovered a web site that may benefit this community? Are you looking for information on a…

Command Safety

54 members Latest Activity: May 12, 2015 Forum on mission critical challenges during combat fire engagement in the areas of; Building Construction, Risk, Operations, Behaviors & Safety…

Becoming a Better Instructor!

213 members Latest Activity: May 9, 2018 A group to discuss becoming a better instructors!

Tradition, TRADITION!

371 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…

Truck Company Operations

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

“Pride and Ownership”

599 members Latest Activity: Dec 16, 2018 What are you and your department doing to get your firefighters to take ownership? Grab a cup of coffee and let’s visit! …and don’t forget to…

Chief's Aid

12 members Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2013 This group is for discussion for people who serve in the role of Chief's Aid, Command Tech., Field Incident Tech., or Chief's Driver or Chauffeur

Quotes, Quotes, and More Quotes

145 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.…

COMPANY DRILLS

611 members Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2020

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

Policies and Procedures

54 members Latest Activity: Mar 16, 2014 The purpose of this group is to share and review policies; and to create a clearing house for departments that need guidance or ideas in developing…

The Professor: Building Construction

213 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…

Current Issues: Emergency Management

26 members Latest Activity: Jun 26, 2011 Disaster Planning, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Issues

Tactical Building Blocks

456 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…