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Engine 23 reporting heavy smoke showing from the rear

Posted by Lloyd Mitchell on June 4, 2013 • Filed under: Education, Engine Company, fire, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training, Videos • Tagged: backup hoseline, Buffalo, engine, engine company, engine company operations, Fire Engineering, FireRescue Magazine, hoseline stretches, hoselines, Lloyd Mitchell, training, video

“You Can’t Handle the Truth”

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"Quid est veritas?"

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on March 23, 2013 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "line of duty death", "The Front Seat", Colerain Township, Education, learning, Learning Behavior, Lessons Learned, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, Loudoun County, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, Prince William County, training

Never Ask The Dead

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Teaching is of more importance than urging. – Martin Luther

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 23, 2013 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, Education, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, Philosophy, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "line of duty death", firefighter safety, lodd, Rhetoric, rhetorical lessons, training

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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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on March 22, 2013 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "social media", "The Front Seat", Education, Facebook, firefighter training, learning, Learning Behavior, training

Expect Fire: Philadelphia

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AFA becomes smoke showing

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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

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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Posted by Bill Carey on February 12, 2013 • Filed under: Commentary, Communication, Learning Behavior, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", communicating, communication, company training, conversations, discussions, firefighter training, firehouse kitchen, FireRescue Magazine, Stephen Marsar, teaching, training

Video: Remembering DCFD Sergeant Carter

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Make it your ambition to never stop learning

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 25, 2012 • Filed under: Education, Engine Company, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "line of duty death", Dave Statter, dcfd, firefighter down, firefighter training, Lessons Learned, lodd report, training, video

Mentoring

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Posted by Ron Ayotte on October 19, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Education, Learning Behavior, Training • Tagged: Chief Concerns, firefighter training, leadership, mentoring, Ron Ayotte, training

Filling the Probie’s Pockets

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New twist on 'what's in your pockets?'

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 18, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Probationary Firefighter", Education, firefighter training, training

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

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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Posted by Bill Carey on September 22, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Commentary, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Learning Behavior, News, Philosophy, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "close calls", "near miss", communication, Dave Statter, Education, firefighter injuries, firefighter safety, firefighter training, Learning Behavior, live burn training, STATter 911, training

“Good Job”

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Getting good at getting by can get you killed

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on September 21, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "The Front Seat", company training, Education, firefighter safety, firefighter training, mentoring, sops, training

“Expect Fire” Kentland
Smoke Showing at the AFA

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There’s a different smell coming from Eight O’Clock Coffee

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 10, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Dispatch, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", Combat Ready, Expect Fire, Kentland, sizeup, sizeup report, Traditions Training, training

“Good Enough”
Let’s Not Be Neanderthal about Roof Ventilation

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You're cutting a hole for ventilation, not slicing off half a pound of Pimento loaf.

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Posted by Bill Carey on July 23, 2012 • Filed under: Commentary, Education, Firefighting Operations, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "helmet camera", "truck company", Education, ladder companies, roof ventilation, saws, training, truck company operations, ventilation, video

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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Posted by Bill Carey on June 23, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Education, fire, Firefighter Safety & Health, Fires, Learning Behavior, News, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", behavior, Education, firefighter safety, firefighter training, hands-on training, Learning Behavior, live burn, live burn training, NFPA, NFPA 1403, training

Seaside Working:
California Helmet Cam View of Store Fire

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Response and arrival at this small taxpayer job.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 18, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Technology & Communications, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "helmet camera", "truck company", classroom training, communication, company training, drill, engine company, engine company operations, response, sizeup, thermal imaging camera, training, truck company operations, 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

Hyattsville Working:
Truck 1 Supports Technical Rescue

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Three people rescued from high water on 38th Street.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 2, 2012 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, News, Rescues, Special Operations, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", Hyattsville, Mark Brady, Paul Hawkins, photography, rescue, special operations, Technical Rescue, training, video, water rescue

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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Posted by Bill Carey on February 29, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Education, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Strategy Reconsidered, Training, Training & Development, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "fire behavior", engine company operations, fireground operations, sizeup, strategy, Strategy Reconsidered, tactics, training, Transitional Attack, video

Squad Co.18 Working:
Top Floor Fire on Lower East Side

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Fire showing from the fifth floor of 39 Eldridge Street and related material on truck company operations and ventilation.

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 23, 2012 • Filed under: Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Brotherhood Instructors", fdny, firefighter training, FireRescue Magazine, Manhattan, roof ventilation, Squad Co.18, training, truck company operations, ventilation, 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

Pushing the Envelope

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Despite modern challenges, many basics still keep us alive.

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Posted by Ron Ayotte on February 18, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "risk management", Chief Concerns, firefighter safety, firefighter training, leadership, risk, Ron Ayotte, safety, training

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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Posted by Bill Carey on February 13, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Learning Behavior, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Firefighter Mentality", "helmet camera", Alameda County, communication, decision making process, engine company operations, sizeup, training, VES, video

Why Everyone Goes Home doesn’t always mean “Everyone Goes Home.”

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The cowboy in us asks 'If great responsibility is founded on personal responsibility, then what place does personal experience hold?'

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on January 28, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "Everyone Goes Home", "line of duty death", "risk management", "The Front Seat", cardiovascular fitness, classroom training, company training, Education, experience, firefighter fitness, firefighter safety, firefighter training, fitness, hands-on training, leadership, physical fitness, physical training, responsibility, risk, safety, training

Plan B

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Having various plans is like having various resources. You'll never be stuck trying to solve any fireground problem with the same solitary solution.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on January 18, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Rescues, Training, Training & Development • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "The Front Seat", bailout, company training, Education, firefighter safety, firefighter survival, firefighter training, hands-on training, mayday, training

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Archives for training

Buffalo Working (Video):
Stretching In to the Davidson Avenue Vacant

“You Can’t Handle the Truth”

Never Ask The Dead

Expect Fire: Philadelphia

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

Video: Remembering DCFD Sergeant Carter

Mentoring

Filling the Probie’s Pockets

Helmet Cam Perspective:
Training Questions

A Little Bit of Gas, a Whole Lot of Stupid

“Good Job”

“Expect Fire” Kentland
Smoke Showing at the AFA

“Good Enough”
Let’s Not Be Neanderthal about Roof Ventilation

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

Seaside Working:
California Helmet Cam View of Store Fire

California Helmet Cams:
Hayward and Contra Costa County

Hyattsville Working:
Truck 1 Supports Technical Rescue

Reader Definitions of Transitional Attack

Squad Co.18 Working:
Top Floor Fire on Lower East Side

Communications Drill with DCFD RS.3 Video

Pushing the Envelope

Alameda County Responds
More About What You Think You Know

Why Everyone Goes Home doesn’t always mean “Everyone Goes Home.”

Plan B

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