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Expect Fire: Philadelphia

AFA becomes smoke showing

Posted by Bill Carey on February 14, 2013 • Filed under: Engine Company, fire, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", communication, communications, David DeStefano, engine company, engine company operations, Expect Fire, fire alarm, Fire Engineering, fireground sizeup, FireRescue Magazine, Homer Robertson, Philadelphia, sizeup, training, video

Video Discussion: Brooklyn Box 0212
All Hands at Coffee Shop Fire

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Size-up discussion for Williamsburg worker

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Posted by Bill Carey on January 20, 2013 • Filed under: Communication, Education, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Bill Carey", "truck company", 2 1/2 hoseline, apartment, apparatus, apparatus positioning, Brooklyn, communicating, communication, communications, engine company, engine company operations, fdny, fire escape, hoseline stretches, hoselines, ladder companies, NYC Fire Wire, reading smoke, sizeup, sizeup report, truck company operations, videos, Williamsburg

2012 Maydays

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A year of communication we hate to hear, but train to say

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Posted by Bill Carey on January 12, 2013 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Dispatch & Communications, Emergency Communications, Firefighter Safety & Health, Rescues, Special Operations, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "fireground audio", "rapid intervention", audio, communicating, communication, communications, FAST, firefighter down, mayday, priority traffic, radio, rapid intervention team, RIC, RIT, urgent

Helmet Cam Perspective:
Training Questions

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A few questions to challenge you and your crew

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 4, 2012 • Filed under: Communication, Education, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "helmet camera", "truck company", communicating, communication, communications, decision making process, firefighter training, FL, Jacksonville, sizeup, sizeup report, training, truck company operations, video

San Francisco Working:
Audio, Video of Four-Alarm Fire on Ocean Avenue

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You can hear it got a little tense early on.

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 9, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, fire, Fire Dispatch, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "fire behavior", "fireground audio", audio, backdraft, communicating, communication, communications, radio, San Francisco, sizeup, sizeup report, ventilation, videos

California Helmet Cams:
Hayward and Contra Costa County

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Why we believe this first-person view is important to the fire service.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 15, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Communication, Dispatch & Communications, Engine Company, fire, Fire Dispatch, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Technology & Communications, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "helmet camera", "public education", "public relations", communication, communications, company training, Contra Costa County Fire, Education, engine company, engine company operations, firefighter training, public image, sizeup, sizeup report, training, video, videos

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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Posted by Bill Carey on May 10, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Fires, Learning Behavior, News, Technology & Communications, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "close calls", "Firefighter Mentality", bailout, communication, communications, engine company, engine company operations, firefighter safety, radio, radio problems, roof collapse, technology

Globe’s WASP
Physiological and Location Monitoring on the Fireground

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More on Globe's WASP technology.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 25, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Emergency Communications, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, News, Technology & Communications, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", communications, FDIC, firefighter health, firefighter safety, firefighter tracking, FirefighterNation, FireRescue Magazine, Globe WASP, mayday, physiology, safety, technology

Snohomish County Working:
Rescue Off Balcony

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First due engine reportedly has a rescue awaiting them.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 19, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Training, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "truck company", communications, engine company, engine company operations, ladders, obvious rescues, rescue, sizeup, sizeup report, truck company operations, video

Mayday Transmitted During Reading Apartment Fire

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Calm and collect a member calls for help as crews evacuate the fire floor.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 12, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Dispatch & Communications, Engine Company, fire, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Bill Carey", "truck company", communicating, communications, engine company operations, firefighter safety, firefighter survival, mayday, PA, radio, Reading, truck company operations, video

Berwick, PA Working:
West Ninth Street Fire Videos

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Nice series of video and audio of a Columbia County fire from start to finish.

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 24, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", Berwick Fire Department, communications, engine company operations, sizeup, sizeup report, truck company operations, videos

Communications Drill with DCFD RS.3 Video

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Arrival video from D.C. offers opportunity to train on sizeup report expectations.

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 18, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Dispatch & Communications, Education, Fire Dispatch, Firefighting Operations, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", communicating, communication, communications, dcfd, radio, sizeup, sizeup report, training, video

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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Posted by Bill Carey on February 6, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Learning Behavior, News, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Bill Carey", communicating, communication, communications, firefighter safety, legal issues, primary search, safety, search, search and rescue, sizeup, stress, Toledo

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Fire Keeps RIT from Reaching Probie, Texas 2004

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Increasing heat, crowded entrance, radio not used and victim 15 feet from the door.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 20, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "fire behavior", "forcible entry", "Probationary Firefighter", "rapid intervention", accountability, bailout, communication, communications, disorientation, firefighter safety, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, sizeup, Texas

Boston Mayday Training Sample

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Video highlights communications during fire attack and mayday.

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 23, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Rescues, Technology & Communications, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "rapid intervention", boston, Boston Fire Department, communicating, communication, communications, Education, mayday, training, video

Truck Tuesday:
Riding Assignments and Roof Questions

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If you are going to the roof, you have a plan, right?

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 1, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "truck company", communicating, communication, communications, fdny, riding assignments, roof ventilation, truck company operations, Truck Tuesday, ventilation, video

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

“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

“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

“Expect Fire” San Francisco Weekend Apartment Fire over Commercial Occupancy

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Worker in Noe Valley neighborhood goes to two alarms on a Saturday afternoon.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 27, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Bill Carey", "first due", "truck company", communications, engine company, Expect Fire, San Francisco, sizeup, truck company operations

“Expect Fire” Early Footage of Chicago Multiple Alarm on Weekday Afternoon

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Only a block away, Engine 22 has an afternoon full of fire and first line choices.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 20, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "first due", "risk management", 2 1/2 hoseline, Chicago, Chicago Fire Department, communications, engine company, engine company operations, Expect Fire, firefighter safety, FireRescue Magazine, hoselines, sizeup, sizeup report, training, video

Lessons Learned:
Deadly Disorientation at Texas Plant Fire

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Eight contributing factors present before the fire actually started.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 2, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", "risk management", command, communicating, communication, communications, firefighter safety, Lessons Learned, Maxim Egg Farm, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, preplan, preplanning, risk, safety, sizeup

Lessons Learned: Fatal, Illegal Renovation in the Bronx, August 2006

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A repost in memory of Probationary Firefighter Mike Reilly and Lieutenant Howie Carpluk.

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 30, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", Bronx, collapse, communication, communications, fdny, Lessons Learned, mayday, NIOSH reports

A Loss Of Decorrum

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Dave LeBlanc on what is the biggest hurdle in fire service education and dialogue.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on August 10, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", Commentary, communicating, communication, communications, Education, training

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Archives for communications

Expect Fire: Philadelphia

Video Discussion: Brooklyn Box 0212
All Hands at Coffee Shop Fire

2012 Maydays

Helmet Cam Perspective:
Training Questions

San Francisco Working:
Audio, Video of Four-Alarm Fire on Ocean Avenue

California Helmet Cams:
Hayward and Contra Costa County

Ohio Close Calls
Blaming Radios and Remembering Past Tragedy

Globe’s WASP
Physiological and Location Monitoring on the Fireground

Snohomish County Working:
Rescue Off Balcony

Mayday Transmitted During Reading Apartment Fire

Berwick, PA Working:
West Ninth Street Fire Videos

Communications Drill with DCFD RS.3 Video

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

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Fire Keeps RIT from Reaching Probie, Texas 2004

Boston Mayday Training Sample

Truck Tuesday:
Riding Assignments and Roof Questions

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

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

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

Trabajo lateral del carro de Charlie

“Expect Fire” San Francisco Weekend Apartment Fire over Commercial Occupancy

“Expect Fire” Early Footage of Chicago Multiple Alarm on Weekday Afternoon

Lessons Learned:
Deadly Disorientation at Texas Plant Fire

Lessons Learned: Fatal, Illegal Renovation in the Bronx, August 2006

A Loss Of Decorrum

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