Pike Pole Stretch The Pike Pole Stretch is very similar to the “Rope Stretch” covered earlier here:http://averagejakeff.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/alternative-hose-line-stretches-the-rope-stretch/ There are a few differences but the benefits are the same taking less hose to reach an objective, and keeping a majority of ...

Continuing on with our “Alternative Hose Line Stretches” series in this installment we will be covering the “Well Hole” Stretch. *Disclaimer* The pictures in this post are not mine they were taken from an article from Fire Engineering. Well Hole ...

Well folks I did it, I am now officially a TOUGH MUDDER! For those that do not know what Tough Mudder is take a look http://toughmudder.com/ Like I have posted before, about 2 years ago I was up to about ...

In the next few posts on the site we are going to take a look at a few alternative hose line stretches. No building or situation is the same and a good engine company has to have many tools and ...

This video depicts a problem plaguing my department. I am not against the hydra-ram, in fact quite the contrary. I think it is a great tool in the right situation, and when I was assigned to a truck company I ...

  If you are interested in viewing the services this weekend from the National Fire Academy in honor of our fallen brothers then look no further that right here. The stream is below. The schedule of events is here http://weekend.firehero.org/media/live.html ...

Well folks it has been super busy here! Work, life, hobbies it is all taking up so much time that sleep has become that relative that comes to visit every so often and never tends to stay long. Some cool ...

Fast forward the video to about 1:56 in it you will see an exterior fire attack being performed. During this fire attack the firefighter on the nozzle goes down (unknown reason) and is experiencing some sort of medical emergency. After a ...

  First take a look at the video, I’ll wait…. In the video you see a house fire with heavy involvement to the B/C (or 3/4) side of the structure. It looks like it could be an attached garage, or ...

    It may seem simple but watch any video, look at any recruit class even veteran firefighters mess this one up. Getting this one right usually makes the difference from “man that was a close one” to “MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY”. The good part ...