Prefiring Your Most Dangerous Building
Raul Angulo relates a personal episode that illustrates the benefits of firefighters using EMS calls to preplan possible future fire scenes.
Defining Rescue and Risk-Managed Search for Fire Departments
The renewed emphasis on rescue begs the question: how do we define a rescue? Raul Angulo on the impact to risk management.
Time of Day in Size-Up Doesn’t Mean What It Used To
The pandemic has changed traditional factors firefighters rely on for size-up. Raul Angulo on how this can impact your firefighting operations.
Drills You’re Not Going to Find in the Books
Raul A. Angulo offers helpful company-level firefighter training drills that will improve any department’s capabilities.
Drills You Won’t Find in the Books
This presentation from Raul Angulo answers the above question with numerous creative and exciting drills and ideas for engine and ladder companies and individual firefighter skills.
Plastic Tubing Ax Scabbards
One of the iconic symbols of the fire service is the pickhead fire ax. Raul Angulo looks at some of the considerations for carrying this tool and some tricks of the trade to help with safety concerns.
Drills You Won’t Find in the Books: Class A Foam
Raul A. Angulo writes, "These experiments are fun to watch and easy to perform right at the firehouse kitchen table for a “rainy day” drill. They’ll also go a long way in making firefighters believers of the benefits of Class A foam to enhance fire extinguishment."
Drills You Won’t Find in the Books: Bangor Ladder Rescue for H-Shaped Buildings
By Raul Angulo The two pieces of equipment firefighters tend to avoid when drilling are charged 2½-inch hose and Bangor ladders, mainly because they’re heavy…