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Mark My Words

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

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

Detroit’s “Paradigm Shift” Jams Gears

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What was that new policy about vacant building fires?

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Posted by Bill Carey on July 27, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Strategy Reconsidered, Videos • Tagged: "risk management", "truck company", abandoned, Detroit Fire Department, firefighter safety, leadership, risk, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, vacant, ventilation

Multiple Rescues on Brooklyn Firefighter’s First Day as Chauffeur

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NY Daily News story recounts Sunset Park fire, multiple rescues for Ladder Company 114 and recognizes their Heroes of the Month.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 25, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "apartment fire", "fire behavior", "standard operating procedures", "truck company", Brooklyn, communications, fdny, mayday, radio, rescue, sizeup, sogs, sops, staffing

The Dichotomy of Risk

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What works in Brooklyn won’t work in Deals Gap.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on April 11, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "fire behavior", "fire load", "policy and procedure", "risk management", "standard operating procedures", construction, dave, dcfd, firefighter safety, Gary, IN, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics

But We Train All The Time

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Dave LeBlanc looks into whether or not it is our training that is getting us in trouble.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on March 4, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "standard operating procedures", communications, drill, Education, sizeup, sogs, sops, training

Thinking About Little Things

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Tunnel vision, prejudices, attitude, excessive talking – all can turn a fireground sour.

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 15, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "standard operating procedures", communicating, communications, radio, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics, training

Tool Choice

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Dave LeBlanc reminds us of one of Tom Brennan’s “Random Thoughts” and how it relates to riding assignments and filling your hands before going to work.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on February 12, 2011 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "standard operating procedures", "truck company", riding assignments, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tool assignments

From Sir Lancelot To Wyatt Earp to Dick Winters, Putting Others Ahead Of Ourselves

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“Every day we read that we must all come home and we are well on our way to a world where you will have to justify going in to search, not the other way around.” Dave LeBlanc

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on January 15, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "standard operating procedures", abandoned, rescue, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, unoccupied, vacant

The 2011 Firefighter

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Trained and confident? Or tentative and fearful?

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on December 30, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Everyone Goes Home", "firefighter netcast", "standard operating procedures", communications, drill, firefighter, Philosophy, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, staffing, strategy, tactics, training

Why We Search: Philadelphia
One “Rat” Unable to “Scatter Away”

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Small fire in a vacant warehouse reveals a 70-year old squatter.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 28, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Line of Duty, News, Rescues, Strategy Reconsidered • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "public relations", "standard operating procedures", "Victim Survivability Profiling", abandoned, homelessness, Philadelphia, rescue, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics, unoccupied, vacant, vagrants, warehouse

Firefighting According to Pirate Rules

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Reporting of Vermont house fire rescue emphasizes “rule breaker” persona and, well, very little else.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 16, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Learning Behavior, News, Rescues • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "standard operating procedures", firefighter, rescue, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, training

May I Quote You?

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You’ll never know what kind of caption lies behind that working fire photo.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 9, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Learning Behavior • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Baltimore City", "fire behavior", "Firefighter Nation", "standard operating procedures", safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics

Safety In The Abstract

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“We are taught safety, but it is a message of safety not grounded to tactics and techniques. It is safety in the abstract.” Dave LeBlanc

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on December 6, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Philosophy, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "standard operating procedures", firefighter, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics, training

“Shhhhh….”

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When SOPs, training and teamwork come together, the fire is almost a quiet, non-event.

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 30, 2010 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "engine companies" engine, "fire behavior", "standard operating procedures", sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics

Sizeup

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Dave LeBlanc leads us to consider that the ever-changing understanding of sizeup involves more than the actual on scene picture.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on November 30, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "standard operating procedures", sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics

Tools In The Toolbox

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Dave LeBlanc is wondering if the fire service has become so infatuated with the tools, that we’ve forgotten about the problems.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on November 18, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "risk management", "standard operating procedures", communications, Education, profiling, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics, training

6th Ed. First Due Blog Carnival:
Call For Policy

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Social media and social networking faux pas have created a lot of commentary among public safety bloggers. What would they do if they were in charge?

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 11, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Communication, Fire Rescue Topics, News, Technology & Communications, technology-communications-ems-topics • Tagged: "First Due Blog Carnival", "policy and procedure", "social media", "social networking", "standard operating procedures", communications, sogs, sops

Running The Line: Estimating the Stretch

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The housewatch wakes you, hitting the intercom yelling “first due box!”. At o-dark-thirty did you hear the address? Did it tell you how many lengths you’ll need?

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 4, 2010 • Filed under: Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "engine companies" engine, "fire behavior", "standard operating procedures", communications, dcfd, engine, radio, sizeup, sogs, sops, staffing, strategy, tactics, training

November Training Prompt:
How Is Your Truck Work Defined?

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November’s training prompt challenges you to look at one important part of truck work: Ladders.

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 1, 2010 • Filed under: 30-Second Drill, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "standard operating procedures", 30-Second Drill, drill, rescue, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics, training

October Training Prompt:
Delays and Reasons Why

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A San Francisco apartment fire garnered a lot of attention from the customers about where the water was. Take this misunderstanding and turn it into a list of ‘What if…” drills.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 22, 2010 • Filed under: 30-Second Drill, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "engine companies" engine, "standard operating procedures", 30-Second Drill, communications, drill, radio, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics, training

When Seconds Count,
You Don’t Have Minutes To Lose

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Dave LeBlanc offers a practical solution to offset the current trend of reduced staffing and brownouts. It’s called showing up, ready to work.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on October 14, 2010 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Funding & Staffing, News, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "fire behavior", politics, rescue, sizeup, sogs, sops, staffing, strategy, tactics, training

Firefighter Mentality Revisited

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As future work begins to look at being “wired” for firefighting, a review of an earlier article is necessary.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 4, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Firefighter Mentality", "standard operating procedures", communications, drill, Philosophy, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, staffing, strategy, tactics, training

Lesson in Awareness:
Mogadishu and Complacency

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Seven years ago this day one of the world’s greatest military forces got its chops busted. Learn how some mistakes happen long before the battle starts.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 3, 2010 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "standard operating procedures", communications, lodd, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics, training

Nothing Good Happens At 3 A.M.

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“Combat Ready” is not a slick ad slogan or an “aggressive” cliche. That call for bells at 0300 may be the only jump you get. How prepared will you be?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 2, 2010 • Filed under: 30-Second Drill, Command & Leadership, Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "engine companies" engine, "standard operating procedures", dcfd, drill, rescue, sizeup, sogs, sops, strategy, tactics, training

When Did It Become Okay To Say ‘No’?

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Dave LeBlanc reminds us that a blanket safety policy does no good when it comes to people trapped. Your sizeup is your own; no other department is going to fight this fire for you – and for the victims possibly inside.
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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on September 24, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "standard operating procedures", rescue, safety, sizeup, sogs, sops, staffing, strategy, tactics, unoccupied, vacant

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Archives for sogs

Mark My Words

Detroit’s “Paradigm Shift” Jams Gears

Multiple Rescues on Brooklyn Firefighter’s First Day as Chauffeur

The Dichotomy of Risk

But We Train All The Time

Thinking About Little Things

Tool Choice

From Sir Lancelot To Wyatt Earp to Dick Winters, Putting Others Ahead Of Ourselves

The 2011 Firefighter

Why We Search: Philadelphia
One “Rat” Unable to “Scatter Away”

Firefighting According to Pirate Rules

May I Quote You?

Safety In The Abstract

“Shhhhh….”

Sizeup

Tools In The Toolbox

Running The Line: Estimating the Stretch

November Training Prompt:
How Is Your Truck Work Defined?

October Training Prompt:
Delays and Reasons Why

When Seconds Count,
You Don’t Have Minutes To Lose

Firefighter Mentality Revisited

Lesson in Awareness:
Mogadishu and Complacency

Nothing Good Happens At 3 A.M.

When Did It Become Okay To Say ‘No’?

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