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Ideology vs Philosophy: Are you Slicing or Dicing in the fire service trends

November 19, 2014 | Education/Training, Engine Tips, fire, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, Thoughts, Training, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics | firestudent1 | 3 Comments

We have a very Robust discussion going on about SLICERS and the use and avocation of it to be the end all be all of the fire service. I feel it necessary to make our position very clear on the latest fire service trends that are happening. Now I will say the greatest part of […]

Spartanburg Burns: Are you a Thinking Firefighter

May 19, 2014 | Building Construction, Education/Training, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, Training, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics | firestudent1 | No Comments

The second round of Fire Research burns are being conducted in Spartanburg. On Facebook and Twitter they are Spartanburg Burns. Will you be attending the burns? Do you think the research is necessary or is it just rehashing what firefighters know? Did you attend the first round of burns? If so did it change the […]

Postive Pressure Ventilation or Just a lot of Air

January 6, 2014 | fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, Training, training-development, Truck Tips | firestudent1 | No Comments

There seems to be a lot of discussion surrounding Positive Pressure Ventilation again. When and When not to use a Fan ( Blower ) well Before we get into all of that let's look at a few other things. 1. Just because you have watched Youtube videos or your neighborig FD's have one or some […]

Bread and Butter for Christmas by Training 38

December 24, 2013 | Building Construction, Education/Training, Engine Tips, fire-rescue-topics, firefighting-operations, fires, training-development | firestudent1 | No Comments

When you ask someone what does "bread and butter" mean, you usually get a reply into what type of structure you normally respond to. We train or simulate training around these types of calls. How many times have you witnessed the deployment of the pre-connect/crosslay get totally screwed up on these so called " Bread […]

Fire Ops

September 10, 2012 | Building Construction, command-leadership, Dispatch & Communications, firefighting-operations, training-development, videos | firestudent1 | No Comments

We want you to Identify basic functions by putting yourself in the position of our brother and sisters in the videos. Remember these are videos and you could be the next week. We want to learn and grow not critcize. Five basic points to consider. •Size-Up •Command •Hose Lines ( Deployment, Number ) •Truck Functions […]

Fire Ops

September 3, 2012 | Building Construction, command-leadership, Dispatch & Communications, Education/Training, firefighting-operations, Training, videos | firestudent1 | No Comments

We want you to Identify basic functions by putting yourself in the position of our brother and sisters in the videos. Remember these are videos and you could be the next week. We want to learn and grow not critcize. Five basic points to consider. •Size-Up •Command •Hose Lines ( Deployment, Number ) •Truck Functions […]

Fire Ops

August 24, 2012 | Building Construction, command-leadership, Dispatch & Communications, firefighting-operations, Uncategorized, videos | firestudent1 | No Comments

We want you to Identify basic functions by putting yourself in the position of our brother and sisters in the videos. Remember these are videos and you could be the next week. We want to learn and grow not critcize. Five basic points to consider. •Size-Up •Command •Hose Lines ( Deployment, Number ) •Truck Functions […]

Fire Ops

August 14, 2012 | command-leadership, Dispatch & Communications, fire-rescue-topics, firefighting-operations, videos | firestudent1 | No Comments

We want you to Identify basic functions by putting yourself in the position of our brother and sisters in the videos. Remember these are videos and you could be the next week. We want to learn and grow not critcize. Five basic points to consider. •Size-Up •Command •Hose Lines ( Deployment, Number ) •Truck Functions […]

Truck Positioning

August 1, 2012 | Aerial Operations, Education/Training, firefighting-operations, training-development, Truck Tips | firestudent1 | No Comments

When positioning your aerial truck square up with your objective, there will be a lot less twisting and negative force on your truck.

Fire Ops

July 30, 2012 | Dispatch & Communications, Drills, Education/Training, firefighting-operations, videos | firestudent1 | No Comments

We want you to Identify basic functions by putting yourself in the position of our brother and sisters in the videos. Remember these are videos and you could be the next week. We want to learn and grow not critcize. Five basic points to consider. •Size-Up •Command •Hose Lines ( Deployment, Number ) •Truck Functions […]