Raising ground ladders

I was just watching the tv show The Academy Season 3, of the Orange County Fire Academy, and I noticed in one of the episodes that when the…

Started by Sparky3317 in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

Radio Tower Rescue SOP's

I am currently conducting a needs analysis for a local fire protection district near the Denver Metro area. I am wondering if anyone has an…

Started by Brian Couzens in Fireground Tactics & Firefighter SafetyLatest Reply

Run!

Hey all I have a question! Do you think it's safe to run on the fire ground? The reason I asked is because I've seen and even read about a…

Started by Lark Kent in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

Do you still get to do this?

Started by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

Apparatus Manufacturers

I work for a career department of about 400 uniform personnel.  We have some pretty busy rigs (around 4,000 runs per year).  Currently abou…

Started by Billy Jones in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

Wildland Task Force SOP

I am helping start a wildland task force and strike team. Do you have any SOP's or guidelines that might help us get started on the right f…

Started by Michael Harkey in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

Running calls with squads/teams

I work for a volunteer/paid-on-call department and I am a lieutenant in charge of medical and split with one of the captains with doing tra…

Started by Will Ellis in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

New Firehouse Ideas

Hello everyone.  I just wanted to share some of the accomplishments our department has made in the past few months with improving our servi…

Started by Moose in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

To Workout or Not? When and what type of workouts do you do on shift?

This is a major concern for the fire rescue athlete,.  On one hand we know we should be working out to stay and get fit for duty.  Yet , if…

Started by Aaron Zamzow in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

Concealed Carry and fires

Maybe an odd question, but the other day I was looking at sub-compact pistols and revolvers for concealed carry (yes, I have the necessary…

Started by Eric Yunginger in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply