Combat Ready Fire Training Show

Nick Martin, Frank Malta, Kevin Burges, and Sean Donovan discuss the two primary fireground command models: Incident Command Driven vs. Predetermined Assignment (SOG Driven) fireground command. They get into challenges and tips for operating in both environments, and how each affects our ability to rapidly deploy firefighters to get water on the fire and hands on the victim as fast

Nick Martin, Floyd Wise, and Kevin Burges discuss common missteps and misunderstandings about organizing the fireground and accounting for our members. This is one you won't want to miss if your department has ever struggled to establish and maintain control of the location and function of members on scene. 🔥⬇️ LINKS & RESOURCES ⬇️🔥 👨🏻‍🚒 Learn more

We're talking with seasoned truck company officers, Bill Cunningham and Chris Ford out of Columbia, SC, and Drew Evans with DCFD. We'll get into search techniques and tactics, some victim rescue stories, and searching survivable spaces. 🔥⬇️ LINKS & RESOURCES ⬇️🔥 👨🏻‍🚒 Learn more about me and our classes http://www.CombatReadyFire.Com 💻 Access

We'll be talking with Frederick County Fire & Rescue's Battalion Chief Frank Malta and Captain Sean Donovan about their top notch Recruit Training Academy. If you follow Chief Malta (@firefightnchief) on Instagram - you've no doubt seen this hardcore recruit school that builds motivated, disciplined firefighters. Join us as we talk about the mindsets, concepts, and

When should you deploy a SEARCH ROPE? What is it used for? What are the best techniques for utilizing it? 🪢🧐👨🏻‍🚒 We'll be talking about search rope operations, our equipment setup, and our workflows - including video and lessons learned from deployment on some real fires. Nick will be joined by Kevin Burges (Captain), Jake Richardson (Engineer) and Christian La

How do you build a #CombatReady culture in your company/department? 🤔👨🏻‍🚒 It starts with you, in whatever position or rank you are in. With me will be the members of SFD Ladder 1, B-Shift - and this will be a unique opportunity to hear from the captain, engineer, and firefighter perspectives. We'll talk about their workflows, daily actions, fireground actions, an

On this podcast we’ll dive into why good command matters on EVERY fire. The thing is, not everyone understands this. Some people tend to think that command doesn't matter - at all, and some think it only matters on "the big one". You won't be surprised to hear that our take is that BOTH ARE WRONG. Nick Martin (Deputy Chief, Salisbury NC), Floyd Wise (Deputy Chie

We'll be diving into ventilation practices and cultures. Nick will be joined by Captains Bill Cunningham and Chris Ford from the Columbia, SC Fire Department, to talk about how departments tend to ventilate very differently based on the truck company culture. Some departments are quick to cut the roof. Others avoid the roof but take the windows. Many do both. Some just place fans a

This month's dicsusion will center around fires in residential structures with reports of people trapped. We'll essential considerations and our thoughts on the inital operations of the first arriving engine, truck, and chief. We'll talk not only about what to do when you've got plenty of help, but what to do when it's JUST YOU... Join Nick, Bill Cunningham (Capt, Columbia Ladder 1

This month's conversation focused on the outside truck company, particularly vertical ventilation. We talked about when and why we go to the roof, ventilation to improve conditions or to stop extension, roof tactics & considerations, and our preferences on setup of chainsaws and rotary saws.    On this show: 👨🏻‍🚒 Nick Martin Drew Evans - DCFD Truck 16 Chr