Just wanted to say happy Memorial Day to all of you out there, and a big huge thank you to all of the military past, present, and future. Also a big shout out to my brother-in-law, Fireman 3rd Class Adam ...

The video below is an oldie but a goodie. It shows an advancing house fire, where several firefighters become trapped while conducting a search on the upper floors. Now this video was taken before the “Saving Our Own” and “Mayday ...

In the below video you see a couple of firefighters vent a window, and jump (fall) out of a window. The occupancy looks to be a Tri Level as there are windows above and below the midlevel window. A lot ...

If you have read this blog for any length of time you will know that I love going ut in the district, I think that it is some of the best, and easiest raining you can do and usually offers ...

As we all know this year is the 10th anniversary of the murder of 343 of our brothers, and thousands of civilians. Lots of things are going on to memorialize our fallen brothers. In my opinion one of the best ...

If your looking for a reason to start getting your physical fitness squared away then the Richmond Firefighters Beat The Heat 5K is the race for you! It is a short distance (slightly more than 3 miles), and walking is ...

This video shows a commercial warehouse fire. Usually we show videos and they have a lesson or something that can be improved in them, not to bash but in order to learn. However this video does not really give us ...

There is still a lot of talk out there about searching when to go when not to go, size up vs. survivability profiling bla bla bla. We are constantly bombarded with buzz words in the fire service no matter the topic being discussed. ...

Far to often we hear the debate of which is better Education or Experience. The sad thing is people tend to discount younger firefighters with degrees (especially the older ones). What a lot of people fail to realize is that there ...

Well here it is folks the long-awaited Black Diamond X2 Boot Product Review. Before I get started I really have to thank Black Diamond specifically Caitlin Gambee for giving me the opportunity to review this great product. It was a great and ...