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Rhetorical Lesson No.7:What’s Your Point?
If your defense boils down to this, then what are your really trying to say? “When in the course of debate over firefighting strategies, tactics and firefighter safety, as well as the induction of...
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A VSP-ish Result in Pennsylvania
Code enforcement draws the line at this Collyer Mansion fire. A 66-year old Lansdowne man died in a house fire Wednesday where his illness of hoarding culminated in a condemned building ruling, barring...
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Tale of Two Fires, And One Big Question
If the occupant dies after the fire, we don't worry about the rules so much, right? The Vallejo, California fire[i] from September brings to mind another similar fireground incident. As Dave LeBlanc...
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“Those Fires”?Maybe Andy Fredericks was Right.
VCOS speaker puts you in service faster than a residential sprinkler. At the IAFC's Volunteer Chief Officer Symposium in Flordia last week, an interesting statement was made about the future of our...
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The Definition of Insanity
How can we expect change when we repeat the same behavior? According to some, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. It would appear that...
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John Salka and the Transitional Attack
Popular instructor and FDNY battalion chief shares his thoughts on Facebook. The following is from John Salka offering his thoughts on "Transitional Attack" in a Facebook group. "First, I know you...
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Reader Definitions of Transitional Attack
Providing a brief fire attack video to pick your brain on what you think transitional attack is. Earlier we wrote about the Facebook comments from John Salka (FDNY Ret.) on his view of the transitional...
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Denver Working: Apartment Fire, Transitional Attack?
Denver apartment fire video and more consideration. Note: The video below is not intended to be specifically critiqued, but to offer a mental picture for you as you consider more about this tactic....
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Kensington Working:Basement Fires, Ladders and Kinks
Kensington house fire highlights basement fire and some other things. Montgomery County, MD firefighters responded to a house fire at 12010 Valleywood Drive in the Kensington area. The video below...
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A Profiling ScenarioDo you know what your next move is?
Scenario should worry you and lead you to look into what might happen. O400 hours… “Communications to Engine 7, Truck 4, neighbors are reporting that there are people trapped inside 604 Smith Street.”...
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The Greatest Risk, Taking No Risk At All
There is a debate that rages, on a daily basis; aggressive versus safe – interior versus exterior – searching versus waiting. Depending on where you work and what your experience is, you no doubt...
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Making Johnny a Poor Rescuer and Reader
Do you understand what you ‘like’ or do you like whoever posted it? Context is defined as “circumstances or conditions in which something exists or takes place; surroundings.” It is also defined as...
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Firefighting Back to The Future
A dialogue about research in a guest post from Jim McCormack Remember when firemen wore denim jackets and three-quarter boots? Remember when there was one, maybe two, SCBA in boxes on the apparatus?...
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Putting Out Fire is Nothing New
Interesting discussion on fire science, ventilation and learning behavior The video below is of a Google Hangout moderated by Pete Lamb of Firefighter Training and www.petelamb.com. Our own Dave...
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Fire Behavior or Firefighter Behavior? Pennsylvania House Fire Video
Our views must be balanced to include what may happen, what is obviously happening and why it is happening The video of a house fire in Dunmore, Pennsylvania last week became popular as it was viewed...
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Don’t Look Now, But SomeoneBroke the Cookie Cutter
Not sure it ever worked in the first place We are in a fascinating period of time for the fire service. Never before have the resources (financial, physical and mental) been greater. We are finally...
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Slicing and Dicing with Bobby Halton
Google chat had more mnemonics than a Swiss Army knife has foldouts Fire Engineering Editor-in-Chief Bobby Halton had Lieutenant Ray McCormack and Chief Eddie Buchanan on discussing the currently...
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Nowhere But Up – A Look at Attic and Exterior Fire Spread
William Schnaekel adds on to what is burning above us. In January I wrote an article titled “What’s Burning Above You?” The intent of the composition was to ask the fire service if we can improve the...
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Who Looks After The Victims?
If you are changing the mission you better let the citizens know – Captain Dave LeBlanc So with all the discussion going on about SLICE-RS there is a lot of concern from firefighters about such...
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Easy-Button Firefighting
There is no magic bullet, by Capt. Dave LeBlanc As we read today about the incident in Woodmere New York, it drives home the point that no matter how much we train, learn, research and perform,...
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