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Vertical Ventilation on Light Weight Truss Roofs

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Ventilation: East Coast vs West Coast

The following video from the Firefighters Support Foundation is a great back to the basics training on Vertical ventilation. Abraham Madrigal does a great job explaining the difference between vertical ventilation on the East and West Coasts. He covers basic operations,...

Essential Ladder Skills

The following video from the Firefighters Support Foundation is a great back to the basics training on essential ladder skills. Michael Wood does a great job explaining the importance of ladder carries, positioning, raises, climbing and moving ladders in emergency situations. He also...

Vertical Ventilation and Corrugated Polycarbonate Skylights

We can all agree that operating on the roof above a heavily involved structure can be dangerous if we are not paying attention to fire conditions, but the fire may not be the only hazard we are faced with. We must...

“Too Busy to Train”

Have we as a fire service lost our focus on solid company level firefighter training? Since when did we replace training with “experience” or my personal favorite “WE ARE TOO BUSY TO TRAIN”? These excuses are simply not acceptable! Today’s fire...

Commercial Vertical Ventilation

Great training video from the guys at tailboard toolbox on vertical ventilation! This video does an excellent job highlighting all of the extra considerations involved with vertically ventilating a flat roof. Most of us don’t get the opportunity to fight these types...