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Leadership Chart
Some people learn by watching, some by reading others by doing, most by a combination of each. Here’s chart we found on Facebook via Tim Nemmers, Lead Instructional Designer for Suburban Fire...
View ArticleFirst Due Friday; Going to Work in a Garden Apartment!
Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we’ll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation. THE SCENARIO: You are first to arrive on whatever you normally...
View ArticleShock, Gap, Set, Force- It Works In The “Real World” (Video)
Here is a great video that gives some “street cred” to the SHOCK, GAP, SET, FORCE process of forcing doors. A Truck 1 pulls up, they are able to force and control the door and begin the primary...
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First Due Friday; Decisions, Decisions
Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we’ll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation. THE SCENARIO: You are first to arrive to find this heavily...
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The Italian Stallion on “Getting It Done”
As budgets get tighter and fire companies get thinner, the job doesn’t change. The responsibility doesn’t change. Our duty to GET IT DONE doesn’t change. We just have be more creative, more...
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First Due Friday; How Do You RIC?
This week for FDF, we’re wondering: How does your FD staff the RIC & what, if anything, are they allowed/expected to do at a fire?
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CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT! “Street Smart” Forcible Entry
Safe Firefighter, LLC is proud to announce that we’ll be back at Irmo Fire District (Columbia, SC) offering 3 DAYS of OPEN ENROLLMENT forcible entry training OCTOBER 23, 24 & 25. 3 training days...
View ArticleThe Fireground is Like Loading a Dishwasher
I suppose I am fortunate that one of the only ongoing debates between my wife and I are the nuances of loading the dishwasher. You see, I load the dishwasher the way it was designed to be loaded. My...
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A New Years Resolution Mad Lib “On Firefighting”
“[A] FIREFIGHTER who is uncertain whether he can SAVE someone, or [a] FIREFIGHTER who for religious or moral reasons knows he will not ENTER A BURNING BUILDING, should not be in a FIRE TRUCK and, for...
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CLASSES! “Truck Work 101″
16 HOURS OF HANDS-ON LIFE SAVINGS SKILLS!!! Smoke & heat KILL people, including firefighters. The only way TRAPPED people live, is if we RESCUE them. The only way we live is by CONTROLLING and...
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CLASSES!!! Come Break Stuff With Us!
Safe Firefighter, LLC is proud offer “STREET SMART” FORCIBLE ENTRY 1 (Conventional “Irons” Entry and Thru-the-Lock) . This OPEN ENROLLMENT class will be graciously hosted by the Batesburg-Leesville...
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Take Your Search Skills to the Next Level!
Primary search can present numerous challenges for those faced with completing one of the most important fireground tasks. Rapidly deteriorating conditions, building layout, short staffing all are...
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“Street Smart Forcible Entry” 1 & 2
Enjoy the most fun, realistic and intense forcible training in the region! Safe Firefighter, LLC is proud offer “STREET SMART” FORCIBLE ENTRY 1 & 2 . This OPEN ENROLLMENT class will be...
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Real World Forcible Entry Problems
At SAFE Firefighter, LLC, our philosophy on forcible entry is based on three basic ideas 1) keep it simple 2) match the technique to the problem (good size-up) and 3) trust the technique. While...
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Back by Demand…MORE Forcible Entry Training!
After our last Forcible Entry 1 & 2 day, the first question we were asked was “WHEN’S THE NEXT ONE? Well, here it is… Enjoy the most fun, realistic and intense forcible training in the region!...
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**CLASS DATE CHANGE** Forcible Entry 1 & 2 in Bluffton, SC
DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, WE HAD TO CHANGE THE CLASS DATES FOR THE DECEMBER FORCIBLE 1 & 2 CLASSES IN BLUFFTON. PLEASE SEE THE CHANGED DATES BELOW… After our last Forcible Entry 1 & 2 day,...
View ArticleRollin’ Heavy!
Couldn’t help but share this video of our Brothers and neighbors from Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue rolling heavy to, what appears to be a Box Alarm. Enjoy!
View ArticleStreet Smart Shop Talk on Fire Engineering Talk Radio
On the menu for tonight’s episode of “Shop Talk” we’re talking about BROTHERHOOD, PRIDE & TRADITION. For April Fool’s Day, we’ve themed tonight on the F.O.O.L.S. (Fraternal Order Of Leatherheads...
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Street Smart Forcible Entry 1 & 2 in Burton, SC
Safe Firefighter, LLC is proud to offer “STREET SMART” FORCIBLE ENTRY 1 & 2 featuring “The Pig” Forcible Entry Tool. This OPEN ENROLLMENT class will be hosted by the Burton Fire District in...
View Article1st Due Friday; Front Row for Rescues & Truck Work
Check out this great helmet cam video from Jacksonville (FL) of a house fire with rescues. It also has a buffet of Truck Work to salivate at. ENJOY! Happy Birthday America!!! Welcome to “First Due...
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