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How many clowns can you fit into a car? The answer is as many that will fit. This is a growing trend when it comes to residential housing.   Today we are seeing more single and two family houses containing up 5 or 6 families. What is the cause? Tough economic times have forced...

As we conclude our review of the #30 Dowling Circle event in Baltimore County, Maryland, we will expand on the truck company’s role in task assignments. Once again, I must point out this is a learning piece not a critique or critical piece. If you have not reviewed the...

Hopefully you have had the chance to review the information in part 1 of our series and the associated NIST and NIOSH documents. As we pointed out in part 1 this is not a critique of what the folks on the ground did or did not do that day. It is a learning opportunity....

We have all responded to the fires that just didn’t go well. In many cases, the only thing hurt was our pride and the building. In some cases, we got hurt, civilians got hurt, or we lost someone. I want to touch on one such event in this article. I want to make clear, this...

We have discussed many aspects of truck work, now I would like to focus on some of the “getting the job done” aspects. As previously discussed, each riding positions has a set of roles and responsibilities. For a review, let’s get the rig there in one piece, position it well,...

We have discussed many different aspects of truck work. Now I would like to focus on some of the “getting the job done” aspects. As previously discussed, each riding positions has a set of roles and responsibilities. For a review, let’s get the rig there in one piece, position it...

Today we look at the top 5 truck company articles of 2013 as determined by you the readers. We hope you have taken home some valuable information from these articles to use on the incident scene. Share them with your shift, crew or company so that when the incident wraps up the...

We often read and hear about incident size-up. Most of the information is in regards to the command level strategic goals and tactical objectives information gathering and assessment that establishes tactical priorities. Once the tactical priorities have been set by the Incident...

In previous articles we talked about the truck company as a team and the role and responsibility of the truck driver/operator. In this segment I want to touch on the subject of just where we put that large toolbox on wheels when we arrive. The Thought Process Many, many people...

Welcome back to the final part of our discussion on the quint.  In Part 1 we discussed the background of the quint and some of the thoughts a department must examine when purchasing this piece of equipment. In Part 2 we will wrap everything up by discussing the compartments and...