Main Street Memo: Buildings Dictate Tactics and Tools
This training bulletin examines some of the implications of building construction for your crews' tool and equipment selection.
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Main Street Firefighting: James Johnson
Hosts Chris Tobin and Lex Shady talk firefighting and building construction issues with James Johnson.
Main Street Memo: Inverted Roof
This firefighter training bulletin focuses on inverted roofs and some of the challenges they pose for firefighting operations.
Main Street Firefighting: Occupied Until Proven Vacant
Hosts Chris Tobin and Lex Shady talk with Tyler Prater from St. Louis Fire Department about his "Occupied Until Proven Vacant" class.
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Main Street Memo: RIT on Main Street
The sheer size of your Main Street buildings will change how you approach rapid intervention at these fires.
Main Street Firefighting: Josh Burchick
Hosts Chris Tobin and Lex Shady talk with Josh Burchick about mainstream firefighting tactics.
Main Street Memo: Victorian and Queen Anne Homes
These stately homes can present an array of firefighting challenges. Joe Pronesti, Chris Tobin, and Lex Shady have a closer look.
Main Street Memo: Straight-Run Stairs
This month’s firefighter training bulletin on building construction focuses on the implications of straight-run stairs on fire behavior.
Main Street Firefighting: Corley Moore
Hosts Chris Tobin and Lex Shady talk with Corley Moore on fighting complaceny in the fire service as it relates to building construction.
Main Street Memo: Combustible Cornices
This month's firefighter training bulletin on building construction examines cornices and their potential impact on firefighting operations.
Main Street Firefighting: Joe Pronesti
Chris Tobin and Lex Shady talk with guest Joe Pronesti about bowstring trusses and the Hackensack (NJ) Ford Fire.
Main Street Memo: Commercial Cellars
Leaving someone at the top of the cellar stairs is a great legacy tactic that must remain on today’s modern fireground.