Kevin F. Burns's Groups (23)

"Outside The Box" Engine Company Operations

180 members Latest Activity: Oct 20, 2020

Engine Company work is often viewed as easy or not as fulfilling as "Truck Company work". This is absolutely not the case and some very "high…

Step Up and LEAD

123 members Latest Activity: Nov 7, 2019

This group is a place for leaders in todays fire service to come and discuss "all things leadership"

This House Rocks!

59 members Latest Activity: Dec 16, 2018

Captain Mike Dugan (FDNY) and Captain Mike Gagliano (Seattle Fire) are having a blast talking with other firefighters are about making their…

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…

Operational Guides

84 members Latest Activity: May 30 Incident Specific Operational Guides for firefighters

Haz-Mat

148 members Latest Activity: Jun 22, 2014 For those firefighters who want to learn and share ideas about hazardous materials training and mitigation

HazMat Placards to Success

108 members Latest Activity: Nov 28, 2017 HazMat Placards to Success will provide a step by step process for response to a Hazardous Materials incident.

Unique HazMat Incidents

54 members Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2013 This is where we can share pictures of scenes or pre-plans that you would consider unique for Hazardous Materials. This will be a class at FDIC 2009…

Forcible Entry/ Forcible Exit!

111 members Latest Activity: May 19, 2016 All things under the heading Forcible entry/ exit. Tools, methods (which are most effective in your area?) , locks, bars, gates, enclosures (What's…

Air Management - The Seattle Guys

155 members Latest Activity: Oct 30, 2017 Don't Breathe Smoke!!! The Rule Of Air Management(ROAM), NFPA 1404, Hydrogen Cyanide/Toxic Smoke, Firefighter Cancer, MAYDAY/Out of Air and all…

Tommy Truck

66 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…

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,…

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…

Start Water

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

Routine Responses

78 members Latest Activity: Jan 16, 2013 A place to discuss those responses we go on all the time that sometimes can hurt us.

Tactical Building Blocks

459 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…

“Pride and Ownership”

602 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…

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.

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…

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