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Becoming an officer is a daunting task. Becoming a good officer on the fireground is even harder. This group will concentrate on Fireground operations and the decisions that fire officers of all ranks make. I will post scenarios and ask question.
on Tuesday
Becoming an officer is a daunting task. Becoming a good officer on the fireground is even harder. This group will concentrate on Fireground operations and the decisions that fire officers of all ranks make. I will post scenarios and ask question.
December 4
yes, I would say that IMS is implemented the same way at my career and part time Fire Departments. EMS incidents may not require the depth of IMS that Fire, HAZMAT, or resuce incidents require but a scaled down version of IMS is always in place.
November 24
Becoming an officer is a daunting task. Becoming a good officer on the fireground is even harder. This group will concentrate on Fireground operations and the decisions that fire officers of all ranks make. I will post scenarios and ask question.
November 23
Skip Coleman and Larry Glover are now friends
November 6
Looking for personal experiences/stories of how Tom Brennan inspired, lead, or taught you about firefighting. From Random Thoughts, to war stories of the hey day in Brooklyn's Nut House, to growing up in his household.
November 6
Skip Coleman and Andrew Brassard are now friends
October 15
Becoming an officer is a daunting task. Becoming a good officer on the fireground is even harder. This group will concentrate on Fireground operations and the decisions that fire officers of all ranks make. I will post scenarios and ask question.
October 12

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Residence.
Cincinnati Ohio
Department:
Toledo Fire Department (Ret.)
Title/rank:
Assistant Chief (Ret.)
Years of public service:
32
Agency structure:
Paid fire department
Top issues in your department:
Finances. Budget and staffing cuts.
Topics you provide training for:
I do presentations covering both my text books. Incident Management for the Street Smart Fire Officer and;
Managing Major Fires.
I also do a presentation on Search called Searching Smarter.
Areas of expertise:
IMS, Strategy and Tactics, Search,Managing Incidents.
Bio:
Skip has retired as Assistant Chief of the Toledo Fire Department where he served for over 32 years. Skip is currently Tenchical Editor for Fire Engineering Magazine and is on the FDIC Educational Advisory Committee. Skip teaches throughout the United States and Canada.

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Skip Coleman

An Encouraging Training Session

I just finished giving a two-day training program to a very “together” group of firefighters and officers. I won’t mention where the training took place, but it was very apparent that these departments worked well together.
The group of fire departments was part of an area where over 40 departments existed in the same county. Of course, there was a major metropolitan department representing one of the 40 departments and surprisingly, they were represented at the training.
I had the chief’s of th… Continue

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 5:35pm — 1 Comment

Skip Coleman

More "Nevers"

In my last post, I was talking about the “NEVER” word. You see, we say things around the kitchen table and the young crew members listen and pick up on this stuff. Their minds are quite impressionable at that early age and their concern is to do a good job. So they listen and take in what they hear. So, if you’re at the kitchen table and discussing a fire and one of the old salts says something like “Did you see what Engine 16 did on Elm Street? They used a fog stream inside a building.” Then th… Continue

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 4:49pm — 2 Comments

Skip Coleman

Never say Never

I usually question veteran firefighters that tell a recruit or new-be “Son! Never hit smoke with a hose stream – Only the “red-stuff”!” or “Never take your gloves off”. (For those of you who are scratching your head saying “Tommie told me to never hit smoke”! If your intent is to cool unprotected steel, like the underside of a metal deck roof you are crawling under and all you see is smoke up there – it’s OK to hit smoke! I’ll discuss the glove thing in a minute.)
You see, when we tell these “mi… Continue

Posted on November 5, 2009 at 4:00pm — 9 Comments

Skip Coleman

It's like riding a bike

As I mentioned in my last blog about buddy breathing, 75% of what you learn (hands-on wise) is lost - forgotten, if you don't reinforce (practice) it within two weeks. There is psychological theory that states "when people are put in a stressful situation, they revert to what is "usual and customary" for them. These to "theory's" work hand in hand and ignoring them has cost a lot of us our lives.
Rick Lasky took self-rescue and firefighter rescue to new levels several years ago. With the "Saving… Continue

Posted on October 20, 2009 at 4:43pm — 4 Comments

Skip Coleman

Remembering September 11th. President Obama's way.

This Blog was originally posted September 14 but was deleted in the set up on the new web site. I am posting it again.

I generally let politics roll off my back. I believe I'm too ignorant about the true facts and history in general to comment. But something caught my eye (or more rightfully so - my ear) a few days back. I was listening to talk radio and the host mentioned that if you visit the White House web site (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-Pat… Continue

Posted on October 12, 2009 at 3:34pm — 3 Comments

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At 5:33pm on December 5, 2008, Jim Mason said…
Hey Chief
I just wanted to say hello. I've been so busy with Common Sense Firefighting on this site that I haven't gotten around to the rest of ti until now. I hope all is good with you and yours. Take Care
Jim Mason
Chgo FD
At 10:31pm on October 29, 2008, Todd McKee said…
Chief Coleman:

It would be an honor if you would join the group called "Unique HazMat Incidents". I will be presenting this at FDIC in 09 and would love to hear your thoughts on our discussions.
Todd McKee
At 2:05pm on July 4, 2008, Rob Bergerson said…
Chief,

Your book IMS for the Streetsmart Fire Officer is on several of our promotional exam study lists; and I have to say it's one of the best books on common sense (which alot of books lack) firefighting. I appreciate you writing something that is fundamentally sound. The Oriented Search is by far the most sensible approach to affecting a successful search operation. Enjoy retirement...
At 8:59pm on July 2, 2008, Todd McKee said…
Chief, Feel free to take a look at the HazMat forum called HazMat News and Training. Would love to hear what you have to say about te ERG discussion. Todd

If you would be kind enough to email me some info on you speaking at my local FD I would like that. toddcmckee@hazmatohio.com Todd
At 4:56pm on June 16, 2008, Marques Bush said…
Thank you for the add and I really enjoy your work.
At 12:31pm on June 6, 2008, Mike Douglas said…
Hey Chief,
Give me a call, I have some information for you. 777-1133
Thanks.
Mike
At 6:47pm on May 17, 2008, Mike Walker said…
Just thought you'd want to know, the entire Oklahoma City Fire Department has now been formaly trained in the Oriented Search Method.
At 10:12am on May 8, 2008, Mike Douglas said…
Great, give me a call and choose your poison.
At 7:33pm on April 25, 2008, Mike Douglas said…
Chief, how are you doing? Hope retirement is treating you well. Please give me a call at West Chester Fire Headquarters (777-1133) and I'll buy you lunch. I'd like to discuss some training opportunities.
Talk to you soon,
Capt. Mike Douglas
West Chester Fire
At 5:43pm on April 13, 2008, David Ebel said…

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