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“Occupy” the 28th Floor

Manhattan box near Wall Street protestors goes to two-alarms.

Posted by Bill Carey on October 31, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", alarm assignments, apparatus, box alarm, fdny, fire apparatus, Manhattan, New York City, Squad Co.18

“No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
Lloyd Mitchell on Fire Photography

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Young photographer shares his view on the "art" of firefighting.

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Posted by Lloyd Mitchell on October 28, 2011 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: Brooklyn, fdny, fire photographers, fire photography, Lloyd Mitchell, photography

Real World Staffing
Required Reading for The Front Seat Program on Firefighter Netcast

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Here's a sample of what we'll be discussing.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on October 27, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Dave LeBlanc", "firefighter netcast", "The Front Seat", "truck company", communications, engine company, firefighter safety, fireground operations, Gastonia, minimum staffing, Pine Bluff Arkansas, rules, sizeup, staffing, Two and Three-Man Crews

Mark My Words

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Is 'Legal Counsel' going to be the newest riding position?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 27, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Bill Carey", "chief officers", "public education", "public information", "public relations", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", culture, Education, firefighter safety, legal issues, primary search, public image, rescue, risk, safety, safety officer, search and rescue, sogs, sops, victims, VSP

Tale of Two Fires, And One Big Question

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If the occupant dies after the fire, we don't worry about the rules so much, right?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 24, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Strategy Reconsidered, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Dave LeBlanc", "Victim Survivability Profiling", Homewood, obvious rescues, persons trapped, primary search, rescue, rescues, rules, search and rescue, Vallejo, VSP

A Tale of Two Fires

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At what point do we add so much to our “incident evaluation” that we handcuff ourselves into inaction?

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on October 22, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, News, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "line of duty death", "risk management", "vent-enter-search", "Victim Survivability Profiling", decision making process, fdny, firefighter safety, Homewood, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, primary search, risk, safety, search, search and rescue, sizeup, Stephen Marsar, Vallejo, victims, VSP

“We’re just trying to do the best we can.”
Engine 42 Lieutenant Catches Boy and Provides Training Questions for Engine Companies

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Rescues at Roxbury apartment reminds us of the need for training under antagonistic conditions and the value of teamwork.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 18, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", boston, Boston Fire Department, boston firefighters, command, communicating, communications, company training, engine company, engine company operations, hoselines, initial command, ladders, obvious rescues, rescues, sizeup, sizeup report, training, video, videos

Two Less Names, But Still Just as Dead

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You may have missed this small fact in the 2010 LODD information.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 17, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Commentary, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, News • Tagged: "Bill Carey", Commentary, lodd, lodd report, statistics, USFA

“Expect Fire” Contra Costa County
Two Rescues from Reported ‘Odor Investigation’ (Helmet Camera Footage)

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Crew from Station 6 rescue two from house fire.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 15, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "helmet camera", communicating, communication, communications, Contra Costa County Fire, Expect Fire, persons trapped, primary search, rescue, sizeup, sizeup report, video, videos

Trabajo lateral del carro de Charlie

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Side Charlie truck work.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 13, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Brotherhood Instructors", "College Park", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "tower ladder", "truck company", Beltsville, Branchville, Chillum-Adelphi, communications, Hyattsville, ladder companies, ladders, roof ventilation, sizeup, sizeup report, truck company operations, ventilation

Two and Three-Man Crews Entry No.2:
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

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This two-man ladder company is the standard for working structure fires in their city.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 12, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "truck company", "vent-enter-search", Education, firefighter safety, ladder companies, minimum staffing, Pine Bluff Arkansas, research, safety, search, search and rescue, sizeup, truck company operations, Two and Three-Man Crews, VES

FDNY Working:
Rescues at Harlem Apartment Fire

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Two lines stretched and operating.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 11, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "truck company", fdny, fire escape, Harlem, ladder companies, Manhattan, New York City, Rescue Co.1, rescues, Squad Co.41, truck company operations

P.G. Working:
Two-Alarm Langley Park Apartment Fire

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Numerous calls for the 1400 block of University Boulevard.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 11, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Bill Carey", "College Park", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "truck company", Chillum-Adelphi, Hyattsville, ladders, Mark Brady, truck company operations

Boston Working:
4-Alarms in Dorchester, District 7

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Dorchester apartment fire brings in Quincy and Brookline companies on the transfers.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 11, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", boston, Boston Fire Department, boston firefighters, video, videos

Behavior: 3 Firefighters and 8 Kicks Later…

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Why carry tools, or even buy them, if you are not going to use them?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 10, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "forcible entry", behavior, Education, hands-on training, Learning Behavior, training

Two and Three-Man Crews Entry No.1:
Gastonia, North Carolina

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North Carolina engine company is staffed with four but routinely runs with three.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 9, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: engine company, engine company operations, Gastonia, hoselines, minimum staffing, NC, staffing, Two and Three-Man Crews

“Expect Fire” New Haven
After Medic-Local, Engine 11 Comes Across Working Fire and Makes a Rescue

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“We noticed a commotion on the sidewalk. People were pointing,”

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 7, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", engine company, Expect Fire, hoselines, New Haven, persons trapped, rescue, sizeup, sizeup report

Two and Three-Man Crews – We Want You!

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Upcoming posts are about you, so let's see if you're ready!

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 6, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Dave LeBlanc", "firefighter netcast", "risk management", "The Front Seat", communication, firefighter safety, minimum staffing, risk, safety, sizeup, staffing

The Firehouse Doors

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Ron Ayotte on why we should be continually replacing the welcome mat and our image.

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Posted by Ron Ayotte on October 6, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics • Tagged: "leadership management", "public education", "public information", "public relations", "social media", "social networking", Chief Concerns, Dave Statter, leadership, marketing, politics, press, press relations, public image, Ron Ayotte

“Burn”
The Boston Version

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"Classic Rock" and Boston Jakes.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 2, 2011 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, Fires, Videos • Tagged: boston, Boston Fire Department, boston firefighters, video, videos

More ‘Bunkroom Articles’ From FDLiveIn.com

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Starting live-ins off on the right foot.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "leadership management", "Probationary Firefighter", bunkroom, bunkroom articles, FDLiveIn, leadership, live-in, Nick Bailey, personnel, recruits

P.G. Working:
Laurel 2-Alarm Apartment Fire

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PIO Brady with photos and video from Saturday's 6th Battalion fire.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 1, 2011 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: "apartment fire", "garden-style apartment", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", Laurel, Mark Brady, second alarm

NIOSH Reports:
July, August, September Releases

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Six line of duty death incidents and one close-call during an explosion.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "line of duty death", Education, Learning Behavior, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports

Boston September Multiples

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Second and third alarm fires in the month of September.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 1, 2011 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", boston, Boston Fire Department, boston firefighters

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“Occupy” the 28th Floor

“No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
Lloyd Mitchell on Fire Photography

Real World Staffing
Required Reading for The Front Seat Program on Firefighter Netcast

Mark My Words

Tale of Two Fires, And One Big Question

A Tale of Two Fires

“We’re just trying to do the best we can.”
Engine 42 Lieutenant Catches Boy and Provides Training Questions for Engine Companies

Two Less Names, But Still Just as Dead

“Expect Fire” Contra Costa County
Two Rescues from Reported ‘Odor Investigation’ (Helmet Camera Footage)

Trabajo lateral del carro de Charlie

Two and Three-Man Crews Entry No.2:
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

FDNY Working:
Rescues at Harlem Apartment Fire

P.G. Working:
Two-Alarm Langley Park Apartment Fire

Boston Working:
4-Alarms in Dorchester, District 7

Behavior: 3 Firefighters and 8 Kicks Later…

Two and Three-Man Crews Entry No.1:
Gastonia, North Carolina

“Expect Fire” New Haven
After Medic-Local, Engine 11 Comes Across Working Fire and Makes a Rescue

Two and Three-Man Crews – We Want You!

“Burn”
The Boston Version

More ‘Bunkroom Articles’ From FDLiveIn.com

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Laurel 2-Alarm Apartment Fire

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