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Nick Martin: May 12, 2021 2:08:00 PM
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 work is not about the vehicle and good truck work must occur on EVERY fireground.
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Nick Martin: May 6, 2021 2:12:00 PM
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 burn building....
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Nick Martin: Apr 25, 2021 2:14:00 PM
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 water, air...
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Nick Martin: Apr 14, 2020 2:20:00 PM
Great job by Ladder 1 managing some overhead obstacles at a box alarm last week. When dealing with wires or other overhead obstacles, remember that...
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Nick Martin: Apr 14, 2020 2:17:00 PM
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 aid fires, I...
