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To Our Veterans: Thank you for your Sacrifice, Honor and Duty to Country
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nick xLTx Nov 12.
Chris? Are you there?
Replied Nov 11
Chris? Are you there?
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Ten Minutes in the Street: “Dispatch to Chief..You’ve got Two Working Fires…”
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Started this discussion. Last reply by James Higley 1 day ago.
Ten Minutes in the Street: On-scene, with Engine 21, Second Alarm…
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Started this discussion. Last reply by truckeewads 12 hours ago.
Ten Minutes in the Street: On-scene, with Engine 13.....
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Dan Wilson Jr Nov 11.
Chris? Are you there?
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Ten Minutes in the Street: Trick or Treat
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Captain703 Nov 4.
Ten Minutes in the Street: The Wrong Dragon?...."Just look over your shoulder"
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Ten Minutes in the Street: "Just a Little off the Sides"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by John Crabbe Nov 4.
Building Knowledge = Firefighter Safety
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I'll give it a shot.
First off, I would hope that with units responding to another major incident, I would be thinking about requesting additional resources before I arrived. Especially if those units will be traveling a greater distance due to t...
Man did I take the easy one or the hard one? No one else is replying on this one.
Forum on mission critical challenges during combat fire engagement in the areas of; Building Construction, Risk, Operations, Behaviors & Safety supporting the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives and advocating advancements in fire service safety.
A forum to discuss issues affecting building construction, occupancy risk & hazards related to combat fire engagement, command & company officer decision making and firefighter safety and survival.
If i were the cheif, I would send our companies to the first alarm fire. Our mutial aid companies that would be going to the scene of the first fire would continue in and our change of quarter equipment would be used to take on the second call. On...
Thanks for the clarification, just goes with different terms for different parts of the country I guess.
For us, say it is a rubbish fire close to a structure, a full assignment is toned but if the first in rig can handle it they say so and send ...
John,
The term "All hands" simply means that all companies assigned to the Box are working. In many cases where a fire isn't particularly large, only a portion of the assigned companies will actually be put into service since "all hands" won't be...
All hands just means that everyone is working. Sorry. I'm from Indiana but I love that term. LOL
"all hands" fire.
Someone want to educate me on what is considered an "All Hands" fire? I've seen this term with FDNY and east coast, but what does it really mean?
Here we use no such terms, if we have a fire, everyone is working. We have 18 sh...
Ten Minutes in the Street: On-scene, with Engine 13….
You’re dispatched to a commercial building address in your first-due area along with the Truck Company for a report of smoke coming from the building. As you (Engine 13) and Truck 2 resp...
Here here! To all our veterans for serving past and present, I thank you!
-DT, I'll give ya a check, but you'd prolly be better off using it as a basketball instead of cashing it... haha
I am currently deployed to Iraq with the 591st MP Co and just wanted to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. It means alot to hear them.
Veterans, you will always be appreciated. I always have and always will appreciate everything the brave men and women of our United States military have done and continue to do for our great country. God bless all of you and thank you so much!!!
I chose to respond to the townhouse fire due to the fact of the resources already being called in and the fact that there is an entrapment meaning this will more than likely be an "all hands" fire.
I am going to have the truck company lay in a line to my engine first. My 2 firefighters are going to make entry on the first floor of the fire building and proceed to the second floor with a charged 1-3/4 handline and perform a search as well as ...
• Which alarm are you going to respond to, and why?
The townhouse fire has the greater potential for life hazard.
• If you’re not going to respond, why not and where are you going to go?
See my answer above.
• With two major events transpiring...
You are the real heros god bless
Like Ben...if I were a chief and if I were to ever get in such a position I would take such trainings to heart.
In this situation I would go to where you have a person trapped, just because the resources needed and greater potential for injuries e...
Chris,
The decision tree on this one is binary - the two choices are the incident that's the worst right now versus the one that has the potential to be the worst in the long run. The town house is the worst right now, due to the entrapment. The ...
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- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 35 years fire service
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Command Institute, Washington, DC
- Department Type:
- Other Response Agency Type
- Rank/Role There:
- Other Senior Command Staff
- 2nd Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- My Training:
- Thirty-five years of national and international experience in fire protection, incident command management, training and field operations within the fire service. Former Architect, Fire Protecion Engineer, College Fire Science Department Coordinator, company and command officer in both municipal and industrial fire service settings.
Adjunct Instructor, National Fire Academy, MD
Second Vice President, International Society of Fire Service Instructors-ISFSI
Board of Directors; IAFC, Safety,Health & Survival Section (SH&S)
Board of Directors; Open Fire Academy International (OFA)
Contributing Editor; Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com
Professional member grade; SFPE
- About Me:
- Provide training throughout the United States, Canada and internationally on Building Construction for the fire service; Collapse Rescue Operations, Systems and safety; Firefighter Safety & Survival, Command Risk Management, Integrated programs; Structural Anatomy™ Integrating the art and science of building construction, firefighting and command risk management. Launching late November 2009; new dedicated informational web sites and reference portal focusing on integrating the Art & Science of Building Construction, Command Risk Management and Firefighter Safety. www.buildingsonfire.com. / structuralanatomy.com and commandsafety.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/commandsafety
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bldgsonfire
Now on Facebook: Buildingsonfire.com
- Personal Site/Profile:
- http://commandsafety.blogspot.com/
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Comment Wall (38 comments)
- At 1:48am on October 19, 2009,
Justin said… - just stopping by to say hello and thank you for all the info and knowlage you bring to this site, be safe out there brother
- At 9:12am on October 4, 2009,
Lou Sclafani said…
- Chris- Good to be here. You have quite the fan club going. Are you still at the plant?
Am in the DROP and have about 4 to go. I have started to do more teaching here. Will have to get together to see if we can do anything jointly. Good luck with the new venture.
Say hi to the wife and girls.
- At 6:00pm on September 26, 2009,
Jake Zlomie said… - Wow! Thanks for all the information that you provide. I am just starting to look through it all.
I am currently in EMT class, starting my FF2 Academy next spring, and in the Fall of 2010 I start at Oklahoma State University for Fire Protection & Safety Technology.
- At 9:48am on September 17, 2009,
Station10Capt106 said… - Just wanted to say thank you for all the information you provide. Your strategy & tactics posts are always a treat and make us think. Keep up the good work!
- At 6:39am on September 8, 2009,
Sean McAdoo said… - I've mused over your info and I wanted to say 'thank you' for what is a treasure trove of information, valuable to me both as a firefighter and a code enforcement officer. Keep up the good work!
- At 9:23pm on August 10, 2009,
Chris said… - Hey Chris thanks for the add! When will your website be launching? I am looking forward to its launch. You and I same a lot of the same interests.
- At 8:23pm on August 7, 2009,
Hondo said… - So after 4 years as a FF I am adding EMT to that as well. My class starts on the 17th. Any advice?
- At 11:01am on May 15, 2009,
Firedog said… - Chris,
I just wanted to touch base with you and make sure that it is OK to use your material to conduct a weekly training class for my crew.They are required to come up with tactics/stratergy of the situation .These guys are young and you have excellemt material. It really gets them thinking and we have had some debates .
Thanks
Jim Kitchens Lt SAFD
- At 9:26pm on May 1, 2009,
Jeff Cole said…
- Just wanted to commend you on what I consider the best practical, informative, and educational contributions to this site. Instead of the usual garbage of what engine is better or who uses what, you have actually provoked thought and encourage tactical and strategic discussions. I have recently begun taking a stab at your well preparred scenario problems. I am studying for an up-coming promotional test for Deputy Fire Chief, which is through an oral assesment-type of exam. This will be my second time around, as I placed 1st. a few years ago, but politics intervened and...you know the rest. Anyways this helping me. I prefer to approach the problems in a general format, instead of being departmental specific as with particular apparatus, companies etc. Everyone reponds differently, but the engine and truck requirements basically don't change.
Again, I think you are really providing an excellent service to the officers and firefighters who are interested in sharpening their size-up skills...as everyone should! This is the best stuff here amongst endless boring filler. Thanks again, and keep 'em coming!
Jeff C
ps...I was born and raised in upstate NY in Amsterdam, in the Mohawk Valley, Montgomery County.
- At 9:38pm on March 7, 2009,
Tony P said… - "We'll get you "thinking" like a US Firefighter yet"? You gave me a laugh there mate, thank you!
I read, I learn, I try to understand. FF's in the US could often be horrified at our methods, just as we can be horrified by your methods! It's the way of the world, isn't it? As long as we all put the fires out, and try to have firefighter safety at the top of our lists, then all is good!
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