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...

In this post we'll discus organization & command of fires in strip malls.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Great job by Ladder 1 managing some overhead obstacles at a box alarm last week. When dealing with wires or other overhead obstacles,...