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Size-up discussion for Williamsburg worker

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

P.G. Working:
Three Alarms at Co.28 Apartment Fire (Videos, Images)

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Precautionary third alarm as fire takes two floors of garden apartment

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 27, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Berwyn Heights", "Bill Carey", "garden-style apartment", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "truck company", Billy McNeel, fire photographers, fire photography, garden apartments, Hyattsville, Kentland, Mark Brady, sizeup, truck company operations, West Lanham

Buffalo:
Response, Initial Work Videos

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On the scene with Ladder 14

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 16, 2012 • Filed under: Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "truck company", Buffalo, engine company, ladder companies, sizeup, sizeup report, videos

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

The Age Old Question,
from Boston Fire Gear

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Let's see what caliber of responses we get from 'thinking firemen'.

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Posted by Bill Carey on July 27, 2012 • Filed under: Education, Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Philosophy, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "truck company", boston, Boston Fire Gear, engine, engine company, engine company operations, ladder companies, Roger Kendrick, truck company operations

Brooklyn Working:
Seven Alarms Transmitted for Large Fulton Street Structure

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Multiple tower ladders at work on Box 1846.

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Posted by Lloyd Mitchell on July 24, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "tower ladder", "truck company", Brooklyn, fdny, fire photographers, fire photography, Lloyd Mitchell

“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

Vallejo Ventilation Video

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Opening up the roof in Vallejo.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 22, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training, Training & Development, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "truck company", firefighter safety, FirefighterNation, FireRescue Magazine, Jim McCormack, ladders, Randy Frassetto, roof ventilation, sizeup, truck company operations, Vallejo, ventilation, video

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

Harry M. Archer Medal
Courage and Valor…Understated, Revisited

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The citation is proof that people can survive even in the most unthinkable conditions.

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Posted by Bill Carey on May 9, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "The Front Seat", "truck company", Brooklyn, decision making process, fdny, firefighter safety, rescue, rescues, risk, safety, search and rescue, truck company operations

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

The Pressurized Water Extinguisher,
aka “The Can”

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New contributor reminds you that "the can" is not a door chock.

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Posted by Joe Fitzgerald on January 12, 2012 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, Training, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company • Tagged: "truck company", firefighter training, Joe Fitzgerald, Lloyd Mitchell, pressurized water extinguisher, primary search, search, training, truck company operations

Stockton, California Working:
A Little ‘Shot in The Arm’ for the Fire Service

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First-in footage at Stockton working fire.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 9, 2011 • Filed under: Commentary, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "fire behavior", "first due", "forcible entry", "truck company", "vent-enter-search", CA, engine company, engine company operations, ladder companies, sizeup, Stockton, truck company operations

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

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

“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

FRM: Common-Sense Ventilation on the Fireground

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Article from Jim McCormack stresses the need for "coordinated attack."

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 23, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "fire behavior", "truck company", Fire Department Training Network, FireRescue Magazine, Jim McCormack, training, truck company operations, ventilation, video

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

Squad Company 1 Working: Bensonhurst

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Bensonhurst laundromat fire brings in the the squad company on the 10-75.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 27, 2011 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "truck company", Brooklyn, fdny, Squad Co.1, ventilation

A Nickel(back)’s Worth of Firefighting

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A light post for your Friday. Enjoy, or pick it apart.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 24, 2011 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, Fires, Videos • Tagged: "forcible entry", "helmet camera", "truck company", San Diego, sizeup

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Archives for truck-company

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

P.G. Working:
Three Alarms at Co.28 Apartment Fire (Videos, Images)

Buffalo:
Response, Initial Work Videos

Helmet Cam Perspective:
Training Questions

The Age Old Question,
from Boston Fire Gear

Brooklyn Working:
Seven Alarms Transmitted for Large Fulton Street Structure

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

Vallejo Ventilation Video

Seaside Working:
California Helmet Cam View of Store Fire

Harry M. Archer Medal
Courage and Valor…Understated, Revisited

Snohomish County Working:
Rescue Off Balcony

Mayday Transmitted During Reading Apartment Fire

The Pressurized Water Extinguisher,
aka “The Can”

Stockton, California Working:
A Little ‘Shot in The Arm’ for the Fire Service

Truck Tuesday:
Riding Assignments and Roof Questions

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

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

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

FRM: Common-Sense Ventilation on the Fireground

Detroit’s “Paradigm Shift” Jams Gears

Squad Company 1 Working: Bensonhurst

A Nickel(back)’s Worth of Firefighting

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