Firefighter training drill by Forest Reeder
Methods of fire attack and proper fire stream selections are this week’s focus in our ongoing battle of wits and knowledge between the recruit and the veteran. Consider your department’s (or the local) definition of each of the main types of fire attack and compare them to types of fire streams used in fire attack.
- Today’s Evolving Fire Attack
- Fire Attack: Experience-Based Principles and Practices
- Firefighting Basics: Transitional Fire Attack
Our recruits will amaze everyone with their book-smart definition of each stream type and our veterans will be able to tell it like it is from the street perspective: What works, what doesn’t, and, more importantly. why. Safety precautions should be highlighted in your discussions.
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Forest Reeder began his fire service career in 1978 and retired as fire chief of the Tinley Park (IL) Fire Department in 2021. He has worked extensively in the areas of instruction, firefighter safety, and officer development and earned his Master of Science Degree in Public Safety Administration in 2004. He is the author of Fire Department Incident Safety Officer 4th edition (2025) and co-author of Fire Service Instructor Principles and Practices, now in its 3rd edition. Forest presents nationally on fire service leadership, safety, and instructor development. He was inducted into the Moraine Valley Community College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2020 and awarded the Distinguished Alumnus award in 2021. In 2008, he received the ISFSI George D. Post Instructor of the Year, considered to be the highest recognition for fire service instructors in the nation.
