Training Articles & Videos

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...

Forcible Entry – Proper Size Up

My passion for forcible entry was ignited the day I experienced what I consider to be one of my greatest failures. At shift change one morning my volunteer company was dispatched to a structure fire in a rural community with a reported victim...