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Making the Basics, Basic!
Is this an acceptable drill for your new engine or truck company? One of the highlights of my profession is the networking you are allowed to do. A person I consider a Ture Brother, Mentor, and Friend...
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The Test
The recruits have graduated, they will be moving into their first assignments. They have a lot of things left to learn but they have the basics of fire behavior and attack to build from. Towards the...
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SCBA Familiarization
Do you know your SCBA? Really, REALLY know it? I do…mostly, I’m ashamed to admit I could know the numbers and pressure levels a bit better. My current position as Fire Academy Instructor has really...
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Setting Up a Hoseline For Success
You arrived fire showing, Alpha, Bravo Second story . Often times firefighters miss the opportunity to get it right on the drill ground by failing to work on steps in small segments. In order to be...
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35′ of Getting the Job Done
This is the first of hopefully many follow-ups to the Boston Ladder Culture article. After the Aerial or main ladder there are only 2 ladders of consequence on a truck; the 35′ and the 50′. The rest...
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Long Lug Out Drill
Long Lug Out Smooth, Bump, Bump, to the Pump We were going over this basic firefighter safety drill with a class a while ago. I started the evolution by letting them know that this should not even...
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Join Firefighter Basics at the SC Firefighters Conference
The crew of Firefighter Basics will be teaching a class entitled Suburban to Urban Fire Tactics at the SC Firefighters Conference June 10 in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Follow the link to learn how to...
View ArticleBasics Training: Dressing Drilll
The drill below are typical drills that happen almost everyday in the fire service. Focusing on the Drill at hand, is it effective? Does this drill bring forth realistic expectations? In what...
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Keep The Saws Running by Tai Rondeau
How often do we give our fire service saws a soup to nuts inspection and cleaning? I’m sure that there are people reading this with a wide range of answers; once a week or after every use that saw...
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In defense of the Senior man
Lately there seems to be a push against experience in favor of education in the fire service. This push isn’t new, but this wave is riding the coattails of the preliminary results of the first large...
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