Loss of a Brother & A Mentor - remembering Mark "Mick" McKenzie 👨🏻🚒
There was no saltier, more blue-collar, more backstep fireman than Mick. He was both the fireman we all want next to us and that we all...
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Nick Martin
- Aug 11
- 3 min
"The Basement Check"
The most common failure at basement fires is delayed recognition. 🔥⚠️ Throughout my career, basement fires have been a plague. They are...
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Nick Martin
- Jun 8
- 2 min
Actions Seen at a Box Alarm for a "Light Smoking" (Throwback)
This post is from 2015, but is still a great demonstration on what it really means to be "Combat Ready" and have ANTICIPATION of that...
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Nick Martin
- May 16
- 3 min
FE: Sledgehammer vs. Flat-Axe (Throwback)
I first wrote this post in 2008. I'm reaching back into some archives to re-share this information for those who missed it. Also, I'm not...
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Nick Martin
- Jun 15, 2021
- 6 min
Aggressive Command: Strip-Mall Fires
In this post we'll discus organization & command of fires in strip malls.
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Nick Martin
- May 12, 2021
- 5 min
EVERY Fire Department Has a Truck Company. 🚒
So you don't have big buildings, or you don't have a "ladder truck". Do you still need to do truck work? And can you? YES and YES. Truck...
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Nick Martin
- May 6, 2021
- 2 min
CHANGE YOUR VIEW EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
One of our department wide drills this month has been "role reversals". Each month we schedule each shift a day out of service at the...
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Nick Martin
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Understanding Ventilation Promotes Aggressive Firefighting
Ventilation is the exchange of gases. In order for bad air to go out, good air must come in (otherwise we would create a vacuum). Like...
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Nick Martin
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
WHAT’S IN MY POCKETS? 👩🏼🚒🔥🤔
My job... I am a BC and either end up as command in the buggy, or as a division/group supervisor (“on the fire floor”, etc). At mutual...
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Nick Martin
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
Overhead Obstacles
Great job by Ladder 1 managing some overhead obstacles at a box alarm last week. When dealing with wires or other overhead obstacles,...
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