From Rookie to One of the Guys
Guest post today from JD “Hey kid, you’re in MY chair!” 21 Years ago I was 10 minutes into my first day at the Fire Department and I already screwed up! One of the guys saw me nervously standing near...
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On Motivation and Quality
When you see a speaker talking about motivation why do you get motivated? Well if they are any good its contagious and you are open to it. If you weren’t open to it you wouldn’t be hearing them, right?...
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Opening Up, a team event.
When 2 hands, 2 tools is brought up I assume it means to carry a tool to work with and a company specific tool. Company specific means engines bring attack lines and trucks bring ladders. OK, so let’s...
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Custodial Duties
First off I need to thank Brandon for reminding me of this. This is going to sound bad, but stick it out. When recently asked how a firefighter can make changes in a fire department I gave a list of...
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The Company that Trains
The company that trains With the face of fire service changing every day fire departments are finding it hard to fit mandatory training into their schedules and budgets. This is shifting the...
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Laddering with Purpose Part 1: The Problem
What is it that prevents fire departments from throwing ground ladders or aerials? Why do ground ladders remain on the apparatus and aerials remain in their beds at fire calls? Why are RIT teams...
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Laddering with Purpose Part 2: Primary Laddering
In the first section we talked about the lack of laddering at fire scenes and the changes some departments have made to address the issue. Bringing ladders to a fire building is the first step in...
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Laddering with Purpose Part 3: Engine Support
We have identified a problem (ladders left on the apparatus) and an initial solution in the first chapter. In the second chapter we talked about some initial considerations for primary laddering and...
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In defense of the Senior man
Lately there seems to be a push against experience in favor of education in the fire service. This push isn’t new, but this wave is riding the coattails of the preliminary results of the first large...
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Access & Egress
“Throw ladders until you run out of them or window” Has this battle cry helped or hurt the fire service? Don’t get me wrong, I firmly believe we, the fire service, need to throw more ladders at fire...
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