I asked and you delivered...This past week, I asked you what your favorite Fire Training Facebook pages were on The Fire Critic Facebook Page. Below is the list you all shared, along with a couple of others I added. Many of them have corresponding web sites, so be sure to check them out too!
Read More »I Introduce to you…The Valley of the FOOLS
Yesterday, the Valley of the FOOLS met for the second time almost doubling our membership in the first month. If you don't know what the FOOLS is or what we do, this might explain a little bit.
Read More »Training Video: Positional Assignments with Helmet Cam Footage From BoxAlarmTraining.com
Brother Matt Hinkle runs BoxAlarmTraining.com and is most recently using video, and sometimes helmet camera video within his videos to share training tips.
Read More »What kind of Leader are You?
As for me, I am a Rogue. It is obvious to me and it would be to those around me. I am not a bad Rogue that is out to destroy anything. I have always been the kind of person to ask the hard questions.
Read More »Attention Virginia Firefighters: F.O.O.L.S. Chapters Forming. Meeting January 5th in Lexington
F.O.O.L.S. (Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society) Chapters are being formed in Virginia. Firefighters from the Staunton/Harrisonburg area and Roanoke/Salem area are meeting in Lexington, VA at the Lexington firehouse on January 5, 2014 at 6:30pm to discuss creating chapters in the region.
Read More »Top Ten Christmas Gifts For Firefighters List for 2013
Here it is! The 2014 List of Top Ten Christmas Gifts for Firefighters from The Fire Critic! Enjoy...let me know if you would add something else.
Read More »Video: A Look at the 6th Annual Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School
I missed the 6th Annual Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School by a couple of days. I was in Nashville just prior to the event this year, I just couldn't pull off being there for it.
Read More »Oak Ridge (TN) FD…Proud Brothers, A Chief that “Get’s It”, and an Unbelievable Story in the Atomic City
Yes, when we bump into a fire department like this I enjoy telling you it is that simple...If you treat your men great, they will make you shine!
Read More »Close Call Training Video: Firefighters Bail Out When Training Doesn’t go as Expected
PPA (Positive Pressure Attack) Drill doesn't quite go as expected in North Las Vegas. At least that is the jist of what I got out of the video title and radio traffic after the bailout.
Read More »Video: LAFD (Lehigh Acres FD, FL) House Fire…”Go Get the Irons”
As with most videos of fires I post, I think this one has some training bits in it. I don't like armchair quarterbacking fires I wasn't at, but I do like sharing videos that might have something to help provide some training talk.
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