I received an email from a Chief for whom Traditions Training had done some work with in the past. He was having problem and wondered if we could help. They, the “old school” firemen, and some of his “new school” firefighters, were having a disagreement as to the importance of and perhaps even the relevance of the SCBA waist strap. He asked me my opinion on the SCBA waist strap and its importance in relation to the safety of his members….. (more…)
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Here’s a situation…you respond to a working fire on the first floor. On arrival there is such a heavy body of fire on this first floor, it’s blocking the main building entrance as well as any chance to find the interior stairs. Neighbors are reporting someone trapped on the second floor! You are on the first responding Truck Company. What would you do?
Now we all know that we’re involved in an opinionated service and that this scenario could be discussed for days! Well, that being said… this is the perfect scenario for:
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On Sunday, February 8, TT Instructors Nick Martin, Ricky Riley, and Doug Mitchell traveled to Delaware for a FFRB class with the Clayton Fire Company and their invited guests from Hartly, Marydale, Goldsboro, and Cheswold. On what turned out to be one of the most beautiful Sundays in February, there were 60 students in attendance.
As usual we had some great discussions on residential firefighting tactics & issues – fires that represent over 53% of our operational firefighter deaths. And on a lighter note, Clayton hit a home run with lunch – which included the old favorite, beef & dumplings…. And a lot of pie.
To learn more about our Fighting Fires in Residential Buildings course, please click here. As always, if you are interested in attending or hosting any of our classes please contact us.
Election night is over and you were elected to an Officer position or you just got the call from the Chief that you got promoted. Regardless of your affiliation, you are the new “Loo” and tomorrow you will go from riding the backstep to sitting in right front seat….now what?
The admin part you got, the training your probies part you got (in-part from visiting the TT weblog), the “lead the guys down the stairs” part, well either you got it or you don’t by now. The question that remains is, are you prepared for your first working fire while riding that right front seat as the officer in charge?
Your first call is a reported building fire and you arrive second due. The Chief is responding but still a while out and tells you to hold “Command” until he gets there. Now you must be ready to manage a working fire.
Some "hell yeah" ladder company chauffeur work there...
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