The Order of Operations ©2012 Christopher Brennan Fireground Flowthough as a concept is simply a particular way of examining the often-discussed “Coordinated Fire Attack.” The efforts of attack, ventilation, and search crews must be coordinated to bring the fire under control and maximize the ability of firefighters to save lives and property; this idea…
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The Keyboard Warrior
By: Chris Brennan I spent a few days last week at the 2019 Firemanship Conference in Portland. It was the first Fire Service conference I’ve been to in over four years. It was invigorating to be around so many folks who give a damn. It was overwhelming to have so many folks come up to…
The Garage Gym
The Garage Gym By: Travis Rask A good CrossFit/Strength and Conditioning gym is worth its weight in gold. Well-run gyms provide the right mixture of community, coaching, programming and equipment. Unfortunately, many CrossFit gyms are expensive, some charge around two hundred dollars per month for unlimited participation. While some gyms provide service discounts, the…
We are not Cyborgs
by: Gea Leigh Haff We are still doing it. After all the critical incident stress debriefings, suicide prevention workshops, and unacceptably high number of firefighter suicides, (3 in one year on my dept.) we are still shutting people down who try to speak about calls and the sorrow they bring. In the past two weeks…
Happy New Year
The Fire Service Warrior and Adult Academy team would like to wish all of you a safe and happy New Year. 2018 has been amazing. It has seen a rebirth of FireServiceWarrior.com because of YOU. The donations you made allowed us to repurchase the domain name. The books and shirts you have bought have allowed…
Connecting Relevance
By: Gary Lane We don’t have those. We don’t do that. That’ll never work or happen here. How many times have we heard, or sometimes even spoken, those words? It happens all the time in departments across the country. Guys see or hear about a department, big or small, that does something at a fire…
Share and Share Alike
By: Gary Lane I was shown something by another fireman that I really think should be shared. It is so simple that I am actually embarrassed to admit I never thought of doing it. Before I share it with you, I wanted to just talk for a quick minute about what that means, “To share”. …
Backdraft
By: Eddie Crombie On March 28, 1994 the Fire Department of New York responded to reports of heavy sparks and smoke coming from a chimney in an apartment located at 62 Watts Street Upon arrival companies found light smoke showing and prepared for an offensive attack. Crews positioned themselves outside the apartment door to mount…
The Day The Universe Hit me with a Bat
Chris talks about his experience of Line of Duty injury and retirement.
Extreme Fire Phenomena
By: Eddie Crombie Over the last two articles we have examined event we call flashover and heat release rate, the dynamic measure of energy that partially defines why the traditional fire behavior curve is changing. The next step in expanding our understanding of the modern fire ground requires us to delve…