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Remembering Worcester 6: Dec. 3, 1999
Never forget the Worcester 6 who lost their lives on Dec. 3, 1999. Here is an article that covers the incident very well; much better than I could do. Also, check out the tribute video below....
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How to Vent a Field?
There is alot of this kind of construction in Western Europe, but it is becoming popular in parts of the U.S. as well. There obvious concerns for firefighters here. The load itself, having dirt and...
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Oh, The Good Old Days are Gone!
Remember the good old days when your commerical buildings were block and mortar or steel buildings with large dimensional lumber? Those days are long gone and it has made our job that much more...
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How to Deploy
How do you assign these firefighters? Here is the scene. You are the officer in charge here and when you arrive this is what you see. You have reports of possible victims in an early morning fire. Now,...
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The Long Stretch and Push
Take a look at the pictures and think about getting water on the fire to the upper floor and/or making rescues. This building is one that is old and not sprinklered. It sits off of the road and aerial...
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Ground Ladders for Firefighting
This episode is a discussion about ground ladders. It’s a basic piece of equipment that has such a huge value to us on the fire ground, but in many cases, get’s forgotten. Â They’re forgotten until...
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Don’t Discount the ‘Can’
As a young firefighter at my first career job, I had a captain that made us take a can on just about every type of alarm. Fire alarm–take the can. Odor of smoke–take the can. The list goes on and it...
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Truck Ops Podcast Series–Episode 1 from Engine House Training
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadingunderfire/GMT20180402-191521_Jason-Hoev.m4a This is the first in a series of podcasts from Engine House Training, LLC that will discuss Truck Work. We will be...
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