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  Today I was lucky enough to get to be the special guest “mystery reader” for my youngest son’s 4th grade class. March at the school is reading month and his teacher tries to get “mystery readers” to come in ...

I talk a lot about the 3 hours The 3 Hours PODCAST 1 Hour in the Gym 1 Hour in the Library 1 Hour of Hands on Training EVERY DAY However that can be difficult especially off duty! However with ...

Engine Company Search: Town House Life Safety is the fire services number one priority, typically accomplished by searching for victims of fire inside fire buildings. This is a high risk, high man power, and high intensity tactic that must be ...

Engine Company Search: Tri Level House Life Safety is the fire services number one priority, typically accomplished by searching for victims of fire inside fire buildings. This is a high risk, high man power, and high intensity tactic that must ...

Engine Company Search: Ranch House Life Safety is the fire services number one priority, typically accomplished by searching for victims of fire inside fire buildings. This is a high risk, high man power, and high intensity tactic that must be ...

I am an avid listener to Chief Pete Lamb’s Firefighter Training Podcast, and have been a guest twice. Recently two people near and dear to me have been guests as well. First my wife Karen author of Incident Command for ...

“Experience only prevents you from making a mistake the SECOND time, training keeps you from making it the FIRST time”   The above is a quote from one of my fire service mentors. While he himself is a veteran of ...

So I just got back from FDIC and as usual learned a TON! One of the lessons I learned was reinforced to me just the other day so I made a short video about it. Thanks to Sam Hittle from ...

The above video is a description of a simple drill you can utilize at your firehouse to practice roof ventilation with limited resources. While nothing can ever take the place of venting a real roof, those chances are few and ...

The latest in the line of tactical simulation utilizing What is your on scene report? What is your mode of operation? Where would you position apparatus? What is your initial hand line choice? If in interior fire attack mode, where ...