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Nick Martin: Sep 16, 2025 11:04:05 AM
There are several cut styles for different garage/roll-down doors. The “box cut” is one of my go-to’s because it works in many different circumstances and quickly provides a huge opening. Here are a couple of quick tips on this cut: ⭐️ Plan your...
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Nick Martin: Sep 16, 2025 10:56:44 AM
PEOPLE TRAPPED! Are you doing VES or left/right searches? 🔥 When would you choose which? 🧐 But it doesn’t have to be an either-or. Sometimes, the...
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Nick Martin: Jun 2, 2025 1:50:00 AM
If you’re gonna have a sign out front of your building for decades that says “fire department” - it’s reasonable to expect that you have a PLAN for...
Nick Martin: Mar 7, 2025 9:46:47 PM
Among other things, the inspection cut clues us in to the materials we are dealing with and the depth of the roofing materials. Both can impact the...
Nick Martin: Mar 7, 2025 9:33:44 PM
Air is one of the essential things a trapped or lost firefighter must have. Managing these potential issues requires you to be able to both THINK...
Nick Martin: Mar 7, 2025 9:26:40 PM
Top 5 uses for the Thermal Imager at Commercial Fires 📹🔥 1️⃣ Note the layout and configuration of the space 2️⃣ Confirm location of the fire 3️⃣...
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Nick Martin: Mar 6, 2025 1:18:00 PM
No one wants to go defensive - but if you have to, you can still operate with AGGRESSIVE intent from a DEFENSIVE position. 🚒🔥 ⭐️ Defensive...
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Nick Martin: Aug 15, 2022 1:03:00 PM
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 wish to be.
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Nick Martin: Aug 11, 2022 1:45:00 PM
The most common failure at basement fires is delayed recognition. 🔥⚠️
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Nick Martin: Jun 8, 2022 1:59:00 PM
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 "worst fire of...
