Top Equipment Mistakes Every Firefighter Should Avoid
A tool doesn’t fail on its own. I’ve sat through enough honest debriefs to know how these stories actually go. The irons didn’t break. The saw didn’t quit. Somebody set the tool wrong, swung it wrong, or reached for it a half second too late.
Top Strategies Every Fire Department Should Use to Improve Training
Most departments don’t have a training problem because they lack hours. The real problem is that the hours they log don’t produce the skill they think they do.
Top Rescue Techniques Every Firefighter Should Know
For most people, the image of firefighting involves firefighters using hoses to fight fires. The essence of the profession is, in fact, rescuing.
Top Ladder Safety Tips Every Firefighter Should Know | Brass Shamrock Training
It’s 0200 hours. Residential structure fire. Heavy smoke pushed from the second floor. The engine makes the front door with a line. Truck company swings to the Charlie side and throws
Where Have All The Ladders Gone?
It seems that a certain phenomenon has occurred to the fire service, one that in my opinion has not benefited the safety and efficiency of our personnel on the fireground.
Firefighters operate at the scene of a fire in West Los Angeles. Photo: CIty of Los Angeles (CA) FIre Department
As a result of the nation’s housing crisis, we are seeing a rapid rise in multifamily dwellings. Developers are leaning toward the development of large,
Why Training Props Are Essential for Firefighter Training
A firefighter can ace a written test on forcible entry technique and still freeze the first time a real door fights back. Knowing the steps and performing them under resistance are not the same skill,
How to Build a High-Performance Fire Training Program
If you ask ten fire officers about their training program, you’ll get ten different answers, all of which have been wrapped in ten different words: “We drill when we can.”