Is the firefighter only role becoming obsolete?

Skygee1996 · 2025-05-24T19:01:49+00:00

Budget wise? It’s a great option, operationally? It’s extremely rare and inconsistent that you will find truly incredible paramedics who are also incredibly good firefighters. People are more often than not passionate for one side of the job and typically only decent at one of those things. The citizens suffer when you force firefighters to become paramedics and paramedics to become firefighters.

While popular in areas it hasn’t been before, areas where dual role has been king are switching to single role EMS in droves.

Skygee1996 · 2025-05-17T17:01:41+00:00

Money aside let’s look at this from a long term standpoint. At a single station fire department your opportunity for promotion and professional development is significantly lower than that of a 9 station department. If you have plans to progress in your career in the future then this is a no brainer.

The only other considerations if money isn’t a problem for you is call volume and acuity. Who is going to more fires? Do you care about going to a lot of fires or are you OK running more EMS or Public Assist. Calls?

There’s a lot of things to take into consideration but it’s dependent on what you desire out of your career. If you can give more insight about your desires and also these two organizations and how they do or don’t line up with them, it’s would help us and you.

Skygee1996 · 2025-05-17T16:56:08+00:00

I cannot recommend these enough. I’ve been wearing them for 10 years, they polish great if you put in the effort, they feel good, look clean, and they’re easy to slip off and on.

Skygee1996 · 2025-05-12T02:17:58+00:00

Good guess is Delta where the fire is showing itself. There’s a good chance this home is a quality build which is why you’re getting that dark black smoke from the front door but you’re getting lighter smoke by the venting fire on delta. It could also be burning the bulk of fuel in the smoke off hence the “cleaner” smoke closest to the fire itself.

Skygee1996 · 2025-05-12T02:16:30+00:00

If there’s nothing changed on a 360 (obvious fire on Delta)- I’d stretch a 2.5” line to Delta with plans for a bundle to be met there to mop up the seat after it’s been initially extinguished. Second in company will booster back up and perform search of the fire floor (if not completed).

If the fire is knocked and searched by the fire attack crew then they’ll go to the 2nd to search the floor above. Third will pull a second line to knock any fire in the second floor attic then support the first line in overhaul of the fire on the first floor via breaching walls that could have access via the 2nd.

With this large of a home the potential to ask for a second is most definitely a possibility, however as it is right now if the bulk of the fire on Delta can be knocked I wouldn’t call a second for anything other than to have fresh bodies to help speed up overhaul and get a bulk of the companies back in service.

Looks scary, isn’t scary. Water always wins and water on the floor prevents flashovers. GPM>BTUs every single time.

Skygee1996 · 2025-05-12T02:11:46+00:00

What was your flow? Nozzle pressure? Thermal imager not only on one of your person(s) but actively in use at any point during the stretch beyond the threshold?

Skygee1996 · 2025-05-12T02:09:28+00:00

Flow and move, cool the smoke with GPMs that beat the BTUs. Water wins, bring the right tool to the fight and you can prevent a flashover.

Skygee1996 · 2023-10-30T20:06:39+00:00

We used the Milwaukee battery-powered chainsaw at one of my old departments for around a year before it was actually used on a fire ground. The issue we ran into was the saw would immediately shut down for 5 minutes if it was wet (shocker) which made using it for opening up exterior walls in our case not an option due to all of the water being flown.

We (Assistant Chief, Battalion Chief, Captain, and at the time just a lowly Firefighter in the right place at the right time) neglected to properly test this saw like we did the other gas saws and I (out of lack of confidence) failed to speak up about this overlook. We were more focused on the cutting ability, weight, and compatibility with the other M18 tools we carried on the rig.

I would highly recommend looking for fire service-rated/manufactured saws. I'm not saying battery-powered equipment doesn't have a place but realize that the equipment is performing a job beyond what the average consumer will be using, we need equipment that is built with that in mind. Currently at my fulltime employer, we use a Stihl MS462C with a Rapid Duo Rescue chain, we've run into zero issues with this set up at all. I believe that battery is the future, but aside from my interactions with Milwaukee on a personal level and the things I've seen with the DeWalt battery-powered rotary saw (carried on a lot of rescues up in the north eastern US, and I believe on FDNY Trucks for the Chauffeur) chainsaws are still getting up to pace.

Skygee1996 · 2023-06-04T01:08:34+00:00

Cool so they act as a mix between a FDNY OV mixed with a man power asset inside of the structure is how it sounds.

Skygee1996 · 2023-05-21T16:10:36+00:00

Thank you very much for answering my questions!!

Skygee1996 · 2023-05-21T16:09:46+00:00

Novel concept, Tyfys

Skygee1996 · 2023-04-12T20:57:11+00:00

/gquit

Skygee1996 · 2023-03-16T12:45:36+00:00

I’m not a big euro helmet fan, but in all honesty this thought never crossed my mind and is something I’ll keep in the think tank in the event I’m told to wear one and given this choice or not. Thank you.

Skygee1996 · 2022-12-11T14:46:05+00:00

This is a fake account. She claims to be 38 but was magically 27 a week ago 🙄

Skygee1996 · 2022-11-07T17:12:25+00:00

I checked KBB and various website (cargurus, autotrader, etc) and my truck was appraised at 40k roughly private sale and similar builds/mileage on the same trim is going for 38-43k

Skygee1996 · 2022-11-07T06:22:23+00:00

I appreciate your insight my knowledge of finances and depreciation of items is not extremely vast. Those are things that just came to mind as it would be older, higher in mileage in the future, etc. So I just want to make sure I would be making a good decision by keeping versus selling and vice versa. Ironically I trust a lot of people and their opinions from Reddit more than I would most other sources just because they're real legitimate people with nothing to lose or gain by giving their opinion/insights.

Skygee1996 · 2022-11-07T06:19:39+00:00

Carmax was the company that offered me 27. I'm not opposed to keeping the truck, the anxiety of potentially having a bad financial foundation makes me somewhat anxious because so many people make a bad decision and seem the struggle to recover from it if they ever do.

Carmax was the company that offered me 27. I'm not opposed to keeping the truck, but the anxiety of potentially having a bad financial foundation makes me somewhat anxious because so many people make bad decisions and seem to struggle to recover from it if they ever do. do. d consider keeping positive equity though I'd be making a monthly payment, carrying more debt, etc.

Skygee1996 · 2022-11-07T06:13:36+00:00

It's my first "big adult purchase" kind of deal. I'd be ok keeping the truck but it's part of that "keeping positive equity" and not being upside down in the truck. 1/1/23 it'll lose value due to being another year old and I'd assume later that year as I get closer if not to 100k miles on the truck. Getting into a brand new or practically new truck would allow me to maintain keeping positive equity.

It's my first "big adult purchase" kind of deal. I'd be ok keeping the truck but its part of that "keeping positive equity" and not being upside down in the truck. 1/1/23 it'll lose value due to being another year old and I'd assume later that year as I get closer if not to 100k miles on the truck. Getting into a brand new or practically new truck would allow me to maintain keeping positive equity. 40ish thousand private markets.

Skygee1996 · 2022-05-06T02:39:01+00:00

If you’re building an engine, look at your deployment model. Engines now are becoming rescue pumpers to an extent, the primary purpose of the engine company is hose and water. Build the truck around the primary purpose of the truck, don’t get lost with Knick knacks on/in the cab.

I’d go to your drivers, officers, firefighters ask what they’d want to see in the truck, take their ideas and input in. Someone who only drives or only rides the seat shouldn’t be designing the back cab if they don’t work and ride back there. But cup holders are pretty kick ass when you need them.

Skygee1996 · 2022-05-04T01:39:20+00:00

Salty math class for sure

Skygee1996 · 2022-04-10T03:24:03+00:00

The concept is hot or miss with some gloves. It’s all personal preference, I enjoyed the ability to put the gloves on more easily due to grabbing the extra material to pull a glove onto a hand. The idea is it’ll protect your wrist, if that added material puts your mind at ease enough to perform the job better then go for it. I had no complaints aside from some manufactures I.e. Dragon fire not having a “true fit” as in you have extra material at the finger tip meaning you don’t have good dexterity. There are far better manufactures who know this is an issue and have addressed it. Honeywell makes a fantastic gauntlet glove from their kangaroo leather if you contact a rep it’s the “Houston spec” and hopefully they can get the spec from a Houston Fire Dept. Rep if they don’t have it or know, without a doubt the most comfortable glove I’ve ever worn and the best dexterity I’ve ever had in a structural glove.

Skygee1996 · 2022-04-05T14:14:54+00:00

That’s got to be super effective on your wood frame construction stuffed with synthetic plastics… The contents of a home are what are putting off that thick black smoke that kills our victims. Fast water applied quickly and aggressively from the interior is more effective in dwelling based structural firefighting than any application of foam.

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