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excellently done. great work Chief!

That’s so precise and true. No one made you want to do this job, this is what YOU want. When I show up to a shift, I think I’m going to a fire. When I’m at home I’m learning, and reading how I can become more efficient at my job.

BUT, think about how much easier it is to get help IF you brought an ice cream truck. 😅

I really appreciate what you do. Thank you so much. You're truly amazing.

I WOULD PARTY WITH CHIEF ! 🇺🇸

My cop buddy used to have a turnout kit in his trunk. He's since made it to detective!

I thank you for sharing this. I am going to use this sequence next time donning. I been working in fire service more than w decades and I put my hood on after I Don facepiece after fishing for my hood during probationary year. I have had many fires first due so I am proficient at doing it Mt unique way. However, I know it isn't what is taught. The way seen by you today is the fix. I keep it up until ready to don face piecethen pull up but now easy to fetch and place helmet etc. This is why networking and dialogue helps you answer problems by seeing in entirely different landscape.

Good advice every second counts if it makes you faster gearing up it's worth practicing thank you for the tip

“Success is a lousy teacher.”

This is Spot On! Good one Chief Nick Martin!! Chief Hughes Battalion 1 (ret) Chicago FD

Normalization of deviance. Awesome message. Great class

I always say, "Better to be looking at 'em than looking for 'em!" No fire is going to be the same, even if it is in the same neighborhood with the same construction. Falling into that complacent mindset gets people killed. Canceling companies responding in on your alarm assignment is no big deal when compared to calling for them when it is too late. Well said, Nick.

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Great video. Enjoy your content. What brand and model helmet cam are you using?

1:09 we ensured we not only have two loops on the back half of our preconnects, but that we placed the coupling in the second loop so we have the cleanest stretch possible. We did the same for the minuteman bundle on our shoulder as well, putting the coupling even with the nozzle, so when we rotate and drop for the final stretch, we have the coupling and the nozzle at the entry with us.

Stretch on everything. 😂😂

And upon Arrival someone says there isn't a problem, don't leave until YOU know that is the case.

Jackass 😅

That boy was MOVIN’

Moving with a purpose, absolutely. Running I disagree with. Seen too many injuries. 1. First in engine arrives at a fire, bucket firefighter jumps out right into a large mud puddle. Rolls and breaks his ankle. First in engine company is now effectively out of service. 2. Command officer doing a lap, falls into a hole on side Charlie, breaks his knee. IC is now out of the picture until another officer gets there to relieve him. Plus the additional resources needed to treat these guys. Again I’m not saying take your sweet time, but when you’re laden with 60 pounds of gear, a simple fall can be catastrophic and take not only you but your entire crew out of the game. Move with purpose and watch where you’re going and what you’re doing.

Love to hear it all. So many at my dept need it but won't do it.

I like that a lot. “Speed is not something we try to achieve, but its a byproduct of how good we are.”

Badass presentation again. Stay safe everyone.

NFPA rated sweats...

Preach it! Thats a lost art right there

Good presentation. I promise, stuff happens whether you're ready for it or not. A best practice is to organize your actions and resources ahead of what the fire is doing, or everything will be a reaction action.

That’s law❤

Great videos as always from western Maryland ✅✅

Really good information shared by all. Thanks to everyone tonight.

Make no mistake, Firefighters retire, quit, resign because they are on a FD that is not the FD that you want showing up at your house when a fire strikes. Chiefs of Department may talk a good game but more often than not are the source of the problem and not the driving force behind leading a department that is worthy of the whole “be the FD you want showing up, blah, blah, blah.”

Great video. Thanks Nick

If you listen to this and don’t give a thumbs up then you were probably too busy arguing with the fry manager!

Thank you brothers I appreciate everything that you're doing It's helping me I cant thank you all enough 🤝❤️‍🔥💯🙏💪🏋‍♀️🏃‍♀️🤓📚

You gentlemen keep calling your engine a wagon. It sounds like you have tank water. Why do you call it a wagon? Where I'm from, a wagon has a pump and hose. No tank water.

I have found it helpful for my RIT company do an initial 360 and as certain benchmarks are made, then the RIT officer can re-access what (if anything) they need to do.

Well spoken

Updated chief’s buggy tour

There’s no catch-all answer for whether you should or shouldn’t lay your own supply line. In a city with hydrants everywhere, the next engine on top of you within a couple minutes, an understanding that the second engine catches the hydrant and forward lays to the fire, and your engines are only staffed with three people, absolutely nothing wrong with using tank water and someone else catching the hydrant.

Being a shot staffed Engine Company but when I was an Engineer I would stretch to a hydrant 200 feet away. Because our mutual aid is volunteer and our closest staffed Company is 15-20 minutes away.

Will an updated version of how your truck is set up being coming out soon. Since you got a new chief’s vehicle?

What about aggressive vs non aggressive driving based on order arrival

In my humble opinion, the driver is the most important job.

I can’t even begin to tell you how cringy this is..

I wish I could have been a firefighter. I have asthma and was told I could never.

May say that they have pulled hose a million times, but their ability to pull the hose looks like crap.

Thanks for the interesting discussion and points to ponder! Never really thought about, for example, having that 2 nd engine sit on the hydrant, charge the 5" with its tank, then hook up to the hydrant. I like that idea. May not work out, if the first due dumped 1500' of 5"- but that isn't most fires. ( That's a hike to the scene for the crew! ) A neighbor has NO hydrants outside the village. So every fire out there involves drop tanks and a shuttle. They send both engines and the tanker right in- one jas attack, the other sets up the dump site and supplies the first. So they have both booster tanks, and the 1500 gal from their tanker for starters. They do have a truck, mostly for the village. Outside, its mostly a manpower mover and big toolbox. Most times, the layout of the scene does not lend itself to aerial ops- big setbacks, huge trees and wires, looong narrow drives- with a 5" hose running down them, etc. thus, its last due, there. The engines carry saws, ladders, etc, crews just use those.

So many variables... As you mentioned: what "tools" do you have RIGHT NOW? Then there's what needs done most- right now. And, there's the "fun" specifics of the location itself. ( Can you GET a truck into position at the fire in a iseful spot-or at all. Can you get ANY unit right up to the scene? You name the problem , somebody has it in their forst due.) With that said, here's how my local depts typically operate. We're nearly all volunteers, with a few single career guys or daytime staff. Thus, the option of dedicated companies is off the table. You do whatever the IC assigns you to do when you arrive. WE had a quint, and positioned it as a truck. However, where it was first due, as often as not that crew stretched the first line, and the next due would handle ladder ops. Or, youd do both if there were enough crew. ( First line and entry/ primary search). Obviously, this depended on the needs of that scene at that time. ( And WHO was on the rig- there were probies and exterior only members, too). Point is, just because you arrived on a truck doesnt mean you WILL be doing truck work, same for engines. A major point of departure from most career and combo depts. As for.initial attack, our SOP was for the first engine to lay into the scene, then supply handlines off tank water until the line was charged. We carry 1000 gal on each engine, and have a class a foam system. That buys you some breathing room. Unless directed to come strait in- then the supply line is the next emgine:s top priority. And, yes, we'd lay in with our quint! We also carried a bulk bed of med dia hose finished with a gated wye, and hose packs, as well as having a manifold in the rear compartment for reverse lays, when required. The quint has only 300 gal, and no foam, but used properly, can darken a surprising amount of fire. Just act accordingly, until more water arrives. We all have automatic mutual aid dispatched when we are to structure fires, and an automatic upgrade as soon as someone declares a working fire. And we all have multiple units. Help will be arriving continuously. ( We dont get many fires, so it's often surprising just how many guys show up, lol. We special called a Rescue to a fire- for its high pressure cascade system. The members HEARD " to the scene of a working fire!". They arrived with every seat filled- in a 12 person walk in. Everyone else, same thing. We HAD no manpower issues, lol) Non hydranted areas, of course, its tank water, and those get extra engines and tankers. ( We dont HAVE aircraft. A tanker is water on wheels). The more rural guys are VERY good at water supply ops. My new local dept takes that a step further: engines carry 1250 min, with gravity dumps, and we have a fast attack with CAFS. ( Rural community, with lots of farms, woods, and a very large mobil home park. Thus it pulls double duty as our brush truck, too) In these areas, all units are equipped to handle all basic fireground needs- the first in may be the only one able to get in close. Better to have it there, than have to packmule it up a 2000' driveway, right? That's our story: Yes! Tank water AND hydrants or shuttles. Depends on the fire.

Love this show, great stuff, Chief

Strong work!!!!!

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