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CHANGE YOUR VIEW EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE

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CHANGE YOUR VIEW EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE

One of our department wide drills this month has been "role reversals". Each month we schedule each shift a day out of service at the burn building. This month, we've been using the time to run "box alarm drills" - live fire scenario based roll-in...

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Understanding Ventilation Promotes Aggressive Firefighting

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Understanding Ventilation Promotes Aggressive Firefighting

Ventilation is the exchange of gases. In order for bad air to go out, good air must come in (otherwise we would create a vacuum). Like water, air...

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Overhead Obstacles

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Overhead Obstacles

Great job by Ladder 1 managing some overhead obstacles at a box alarm last week. When dealing with wires or other overhead obstacles, remember that...

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WHAT’S IN MY POCKETS?

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WHAT’S IN MY POCKETS? 👩🏼‍🚒🔥🤔

My job... I am a BC and either end up as command in the buggy, or as a division/group supervisor (“on the fire floor”, etc). At mutual aid fires, I...

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