Combat Ready

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...

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...

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...

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...