Advanced Search and Rescue - Adult Victim Profiling with FETC

  We all understand the mission of the fire service. Upon arrival to a given building fire, the fire department’s number one priority is “…

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Take a Tool: Basement Self-Rescue Part 1

From Jason Hoevelmann of Engine House Training, LLC We have all been taught to take a tool with us anytime we get off of the truck. There…

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"CATSINRO" Preventing FD Sexual Harassment

Fire Department Policies and Procedures Policy Prohibiting Harassment, Including Sexual Harassment   The purpose of this post is to provid…

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Responding to Incidents at Night - Using Maps or Computers or Both?

Responding to an incident at night and looking for an address, at least for me always seemed to be a little more difficult, not being able…

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Daily Drill Part 3: Forcible Entry

Here is another great post from my friend Lance Peeples of the Webster Groves Fire Department in St. Louis County.  Thanks Lance and now fo…

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Mind Set

I seem to find that you can't get some firefighters to accept new ideas because they seem to have Mind Set meaning that they won't change t…

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Opinions needed about professionalism

Hey everyone, I am in need of some opinions about rules regarding professionalism. My department is volunteer. We train weekly and due to t…

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Pet Oxygen Masks - Do you provide these Pet EMS tools?

Pet Oxygen Masks - Do you provide these Pet EMS tools? In this day and age of negative press, lack of funding and budgetary nightmares, som…

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Does high discharge pressures hurt the engine/pump?

One characteristic that always gets brought up in low pressure hose(low fricition loss characteristics)and low pressure nozzle discussions …

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How do you practice forcible entry?

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