In this simulation responding companies are faced with a fire in an apartment complex with an enclosed interior stair. As always when viewing these take into account your department, resources, etc. when discussing tactics. As always sharing with your crew ...
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Engine Company Officer Fire Ground Management with Limited Staffing: Hand line Management
In the last installment we delved into the importance of rapid yet descriptive size ups, and how this not staffing plays a critical role in determining hand line selection. In this article we will discuss hand line management with limited ...
Read More »Engine Company Officer Fire Ground Management with Limited Staffing: Size up and Hand line selection
In the last installment of this series we discussed training Engine Companies with limited staffing, and how creating pre-determined response assignments, or giving pre-arrival instructions to incoming units while enroute to the emergency and how doing this can increase minimize ...
Read More »Engine Company Officer Fire Ground Management with Limited Staffing: Training and Pre Arrival
*This is part 1 of a three part series discussing managing the fire ground with a limited sized crew from the company officer perspective. I hope you enjoy it, learn from it, and share it. This is something I deal ...
Read More »2016 Richmond 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
On September 11th 2016 I was lucky enough to participate in the Richmond Virginia 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb held at the SunTrust building in the City of Richmond, hosted by the City of Richmond Fire Department. This was the 6th ...
Read More »Averagejake Tactical Simulation 6
The above simulation is #6 in the line of tactical simulations. This depicts a fire in a converted gas/service station that now houses a tire shop and is full of tires. While viewing the simulation take into account your department, ...
Read More »Rope Stretching Tip
Take a look at my latest YouTube video on a simple tip when utilizing rope to stretch lines, into a building. Please be sure to check out all my other videos on my YouTube channel. Also if you have any ...
Read More »Prioritize & Execute: A Tale Of A Fire
As we pulled out of the station and started up the hill, black smoke poured over the horizon. We have got a fire I spoke out loud to the engine driver. He was the only one to hear it, as ...
Read More »Firefighter Podcast Guest Appearance
I was honored to be given the chance to be a guest on The Firefighter Podcast The Firefighter Podcast to discuss Firefighter Cardiac Arrest. This is a very important topic that I have written and presented on several times, and ...
Read More »Rim Lock Forcible Entry
The above video is highlighting some recent forcible entry training we have been doing at the company level and a critical issue we experienced. I hope you enjoy it!
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