First and foremost HAPPY NEW YEAR! If you have got some plans tonite then please be safe. If you’re pulling a tour of duty then be extra careful, we all know how crazy New Years Eve can get, and the multiple ...

It has been a busy few days here in the Richmond area, well busy except for were I work. Not to say we have not been running calls but it seems like everyone is going to fires except us. On Sunday ...

This video comes to us from Oconomowoc WI and shows a late stage fire and the crews going defensive in order to try to extinguish it. I will let you draw your own conclusions, but in my opinion this is some ...

Just wanted to wish all of my brother (this includes you ladies as well) fireman out there a very MERRY CHRISTMAS. If you pulling a tour today, I hope you stay safe, and in the blue chair all day long. ...

A lot more is coming out about the early morning fire in Chicago that killed 2 firefighters and injured several others. Rhett over at www.firecritic.com has probably the best link for you to get all of the news and coverage ...

  Right now Chicago Firefighters are desperately trying to rescue 2 of their own after a Commercial building collapse this AM. Originally 4 were trapped but they have managed to get 2 out. Right now I do not know the status ...

  This video comes to us from Whitehall, Pa by way of YouTube. In it you see a fire company responding to a multi family dwelling fire with an attached garage(Some might call this a row house). The have smoke ...

Well it has been a few days since I posted, but like I said in my last post I was heading out-of-town so that I could take my wife “Average Band Aide Bunny” on her birthday trip here: I know not ...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW is it cold outside and it is not going to get any warmer for a long long time. If you remember I posted a couple of weeks ago about some Winter Operations tips for the Firefighter http://averagejakeff.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/winter-operations-the-firefighter/ In that post I said ...

This video comes to us from West Valley City (I do not know where that is) and it shows the middle stages of a car fire that auto exposed into a structure via the siding and soffit and the attic is ...