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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, ...

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 ...

It should be no secret by now that the number 1 killer of firefighters is cardiac arrest. They are happening so often now they have become a predictable event. It is no longer an if it is a when this ...

This past weekend I was staying out-of-town in a hotel for the running of the Crawling Crab Half Marathon. While leaving to go to dinner I noticed the locking mechanism on the door was a little different than I had seen ...

A lot of engine companies out there utilize the “triple layer load”. It is a great hose load for low man power as 1 firefighter can deploy the entire cross lay in about 65 feet, and have the working coupling ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-f_GPz4E-0&w=560&h=315] Above is a video from the 2013 FDIC Presentation “Why Thermal Flow paths Are Key To Successful Firefighting”. This was presented by Dan Madrzykowski from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). Flow paths have really become a hot ...

It has been announced via the Richmond Remembers 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Richmond-Remembers-9-11-Stairclimb/211763862249836 That the 3rd Annual Richmond Va 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb will be Sunday September 8th 2013! More details are to follow. I have had the honor ...

Sure the calender says Spring but here it has been COLD! A few days ago we even had 3 inches of snow! Due to that a lot of times our Hands On Training (HOT) has to be postponed until warmer and ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHzam9ijOA0] This is coming a little late in the month, but there is still time to do it! We just had a recruit school graduate at work and my shift was assigned a rookie. I love getting rookies. It really ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlr_dddjpkQ] I subscribe to the Firerescuefitness.com email blasts and got the email for this workout the other day. Since I had no plans for my daily workout I thought I would give it a try. THIS WORKOUT IS A ...