CHAINSAW 101
“Engine 1 on scene, Working Fire. Ladder 3 you are assigned Support, I need you to get topside and open up.” “Ladder 3 copies, taking Support, going to the roof for vertical ventilation.”
Health Culture in the Fire Service
Metabolic Syndrome, also known as Metabolic Dysfunction, driven by Insulin Resistance. Terms rarely heard in western medicine.
Top Training Methods Every Firefighter Should Practice Regularly
Skill decays. That’s not an opinion; it’s a fact every veteran officer has watched play out on a fireground when a member who trained hard a year ago suddenly can’t execute a technique they used to own. The hands forget
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.”