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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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Don’t Look Now, But Someone Broke 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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Wanted: Honest Discernment in Our Fire Service Discussions
No educational value when one of the “sides” of fire service debates screws up “You’re doing it all wrong. Let me tell you how to do it.” Debate and the fire service are no strangers. As we grow and...
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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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Into The Breech
Coordination of the basement attack This is like artwork. It is photographic evidence of a well orchestrated suppression effort. A diverse selection of handline lengths has, in part, made it...
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