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Change Taking Place in Charleston

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“Our name is still the same.  Everything else has changed.”

 

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“You Can’t Handle the Truth”

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"Quid est veritas?"

 

 

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Never Ask The Dead

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Teaching is of more importance than urging. – Martin Luther

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There is No Profile for the White Elephant in the Smoke Filled Room

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Video bites, Facebook morsels continually shape our education

 

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The Firehouse Kitchen,
aka “In-House Training Academy”
Send Us Your Meal Time Pics

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More fires may have been fought here than in the entire city

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Senseless in Indiana

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How's that pledge thing working out for you?

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Defining Aggressive, Part I
Tasks and Identity

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Understanding the word within its culture

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Mentoring

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The Basis Behind “Expect Fire”

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It is imperative that you bring your mind to the fight.

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Lesson Not Learned
Texas, Tennessee and Emmitsburg
Why Does Johnny Not Read?

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Everyone went home so who the hell cares?

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A Little Bit of Gas, a Whole Lot of Stupid

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STATter911 story reveals ignorance in the 21st Century

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“Good Job”

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Getting good at getting by can get you killed

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“Getting it Done”
Absurdity on Alabama Fireground

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Video begs us to ask why isn't the message getting out and why is this thought to be okay in the first place?

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Arizona Live Burn Mistakes
Third Degree Burns and a Burnt Hoseline. Lessons Anyone?

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Glaring inadequacies hurt us all when your training goes wrong.

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Ohio Close Calls
Blaming Radios and Remembering Past Tragedy

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Calls show hindsight and misguided blame. Are we sure we're headed in the right direction when looking for "lessons learned"?

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Pasadena Working: Transitional Attack

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Brief knockdown of visible fire comes from the outside.

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Denver Working: Apartment Fire, Transitional Attack?

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Denver apartment fire video and more consideration.

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The Area of Refuge and “Experience Makeup”

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The area of refuge only applies to truckies forcing apartment doors, correct?

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Reader Definitions of Transitional Attack

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Providing a brief fire attack video to pick your brain on what you think transitional attack is.

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John Salka and the Transitional Attack

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Popular instructor and FDNY battalion chief shares his thoughts on Facebook.

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Alameda County Responds
More About What You Think You Know

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More information on the popular helmet cam video.

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So Much for That “It’s Not Vacant Until We Search” Ideology

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Aggressive and Safety each took a hit in Toledo.

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Playing the Rescue Card

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Comments show that our beliefs are hypocritical once we find a body.
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A Comment Worthy of a Post

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Executive Director of the NFFF reminds us of the purpose of "EGH".

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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Disorientation, Radio Problems and RITs Driven Out, Missouri 1999

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Two rapid intervention teams forced to withdrawl from search for battalion chief.

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