All Blog Posts Tagged 'truck' (22)

Five People Killed in Baltimore Inferno

Hello, my father Bill Hennick wanted me to share this note with you on Baltimore's recent tragedy.

Brothers & Sisters,

This morning, October 11, 2012 at 2:00, Northeast Baltimore experienced a horrific dwelling fire in which 4 children, ages one, two, four and seven, were killed along with their grandmother. Another male adult resident jumped out the window…

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Added by Rachel Hennick on October 11, 2012 at 6:44pm — No Comments

First Due Friday; Heavy Fire, Standpipe Ops & Mayday! (Video)

This video is a great training tool for size-up, radio comms & Command presence. This FD sounds very professional despite difficult fire conditions. This week we've got heavy fire & smoke on an upper floor w/ standpipe ops in progress and a Mayday called while transitioning to Defensive Ops. Compare this FD's ops to your FD and give us your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!…

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on April 13, 2012 at 10:33am — No Comments

First Due Friday; Water, Water, Who's Got the Water?

Large residential w/ HEAVY FIRE! We'll call this one a rural firefighting operation. Could your FD handle a water shuttle operation for this? What resources would you use for it? What may be some other issues to consider? What does the RECEO VS profile look like for this one? Enjoy!

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Thanks and Be Safe!

Added by SAFE Firefighter on March 9, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

First Due Friday; "Houston" We Have a Problem!

THE SCENARIO: HEAVY FIRE from the attic w/ extension to TWO other houses! If this one doesn't test the strength and discipline of your crews and alarm assignments, congratulations! Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on March 2, 2012 at 10:11am — 1 Comment

First Due Friday; Attached Garage w/ Heavy Fire & Extension

What would your FD do for this attached garage fire? What would you do to address the extension issues? Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Enjoy!

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Be Safe

Added by SAFE Firefighter on February 24, 2012 at 8:44am — No Comments

First Due Friday; Surf's Up! We Need More Than the Surfboard On This One!

Check out this video. Heavy fire from the top floor. Pre-arrival and post arrival footage. What would you do? What do you of their tactics? Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Surf's up!

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Thanks and Be Safe!

Added by SAFE Firefighter on February 10, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

First Due Friday; Bread & Butter House Fire? (Video)

What would do you do for this heavily involved attached garage fire? Does the split-level layout change your strategies/tactics? Give us the report and your RECEO VS considerations. Have fun!

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on February 3, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

First Due Friday; Heavy Fire on 2 Floors (Videos)

This week we've got a rippin' 2-story single family dwelling. Share your strategies, tactics and experience!

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on January 27, 2012 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

First Due Friday; 2-Story Balloon Frame Rockin' on the Peninsula

Watch the video of this heavily involved 2-story balloon frame house. Note the wind and the exposures. Give us your RECEO breakdown, initial actions and initial rig placement. Have fun!

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE!!!

Added by SAFE Firefighter on January 6, 2012 at 11:59am — No Comments

Your Chance to be the Chief's Aide (Cool Video)

Get a front row seat next to the Battalion Chief for this working Multiple Dwelling fire in Brooklyn. Listen to the BC give great radio reports, great size-up information and even take time to talk to the neighbors. Nice video with links to the popular conversation on Facebook.

Other things you'll see:

The Command presence
Notice the professionalism of the operating crews
Notice the window A/C unit falling to the street (around :40)
Notice the…

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on January 4, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

First Due Friday: Row House Fire

Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we'll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.

THE SCENARIO: You're wearing all the hats today! You're dispatched to a reported "structure" fire. It's the middle of the week during Christmas vacation and the neighbors don't know if the kids are there or not.

What is your initial report?
Where is the fire?
Where is it going?
How…

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on December 23, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

First Due Friday; Truck Arrives First at a House Fire

Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we'll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.

THE SCENARIO: You are the Officer on the 4 person TRUCK company who ARRIVES FIRST at this single-family house fire. Due to other call volume, the FIRST DUE ENGINE is 5 minutes away.

Where is the fire?
Where is it going?
As a TRUCK, what tactics can you perform ahead of, without, an Engine for 5…

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on December 16, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

Video- Detroit's 9th Fire in One Hour!

Found this 2-part video of a serious fire in Detroit. This fire originated in the obvious dwelling, then spread to the neighboring duplex.

Some background of this incident and some of the things people will notice:

According to the description, this was the 9th arson fire in THIS NEIGHBORHOOD in ONE HOUR.
The minimal use of SCBA. According to the comments, these crews had run FOUR fires continuously and their was no more air available when this fire was…

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on October 3, 2011 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

Through the Lock; A NEED to Know Skill

I recently updated the through-the-lock setup that I carry in my gear (see pics below). For years I had used a modified set of locking pliers (ViseGrip style) with separate key tools and shove knife. This setup has proven extremely effective at both alarm runs and working fires.

I've decided to change my setup to a modified "Channelok" setup. It's going to allow me merge 2 tools into 1 and I'll be able to store it in a smaller pocket. I am actually using an Irwin/ Vise…

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on September 6, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

Forcible Entry:What Are You Doing?!?!

Forcible entry is always an interesting discussion around the service. On one side, you've got the forcible entry purists (myself included). These guys can force a door with a safety pin, a rock and a piece of duct tape. Despite their McGyver-esk skills, they prefer the irons.…

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on March 11, 2011 at 1:21pm — No Comments

Rio Hondo Regional Truck Academy - June 2010

Rio Hondo Regional Truck Academy

Class 4, June 7-12 & 14-18, 2010

Applications are currently being accepted

www.riohondotruckacademy.com

Added by RHTA on April 9, 2010 at 2:47pm — No Comments

whats your department?

mine is little river volunteer fire department. station 11. my department number is 11-41. i was wanting to see how many other small town firefighters are out there. even big city firefighters. tell me a little bit about your department..if your paid what truck your assigned to.

Added by Dylan Blake Zachary on May 6, 2009 at 11:29pm — 4 Comments

research paper

I am writing my research paper for english on should it be nessecary for a career firefighter to have basic EMT training. I was going to try to get some input from true career firefighters. I personally believe that there should be at least 3-4 on each shift who are trained in emt but not all should be required to. what do you think? anything posted could help.

Added by Dylan Blake Zachary on May 4, 2009 at 12:25am — 3 Comments

UPDATE ON Please help a North Carolina Fire Department WIN a NEW Fire Truck.. Please Vote by 24 April at 1 PM

As I have been told.....

Hey All,

Thanks to all of you who voted and forwarded the e-mail on to everyone else to help Powellsville Fire Department. I learned this evening that Powellsville did win the truck. It was announced this afternoon at FDIC.

Thanks to everyone for your help

Ronnie Fulcher

Added by Wolfy Lang on April 25, 2009 at 1:07pm — 3 Comments

I need me a tiller truck

OK everyone, you read right, Happy needs a tiller. Somewhere out there is my perfect rig, let me describe it to you:

circa 1976-1980 open cab or white top american lafrance 100' tiller drawn aerial ladder truck.

It needs to be in good running order and in decent body shape.

Here's the great part, the ladder DOES NOT need to be operable, tested, heck if it's missing, I'm still game.

If I have to drive it across this great land, or have it shipped, I will do… Continue

Added by the Happy Medic on March 4, 2009 at 6:48pm — No Comments