SAFE Firefighter's Blog – April 2011 Archive (3)

30% Club... Wanna Join? Pay Your Dues

This article is being posted, with permission from the author Jake Rixner

In everyone's career, things are said or done that…

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on April 27, 2011 at 9:45am — No Comments

What Is Your Favorite Attack Line & Nozzle Setup and Why?

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on April 19, 2011 at 11:53am — 11 Comments

Is Anyone (Else) Out There? First Arriving & Trapped

As reported in our nations news, five DC Fire Department members were injured yesterday in an early morning house fire. They became trapped by a ceiling collapse shortly after making entry. The speed with which the RIC deployed and made rescues, coupled with the the IC immediately requesting a 2nd Alarm resulted in not only rapid rescue of multiple trapped firefighters, but also quick knock down of a serious fire.

Unlike urban/metro FD's, the suburban FD may not have quite…

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Added by SAFE Firefighter on April 11, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments