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Be Smart About The Hype: Transitional Attack, SLICE-RS, and Our Blue Collar Roots

August 26, 2016 Mutual Aid 22

The coupling of transitional attack and SLICE-RS together is a complete fallacy that is bringing a poor light on a tactic that has legitimate value […]

Success?

August 20, 2016 Mutual Aid 0

I was recently granted the opportunity to help instruct a forcible entry class for the new recruits at our fire academy. After a long eight […]

0846

July 27, 2016 James Cook 0

At 0846 Tuesday September 11th, the United States took a hit on the north tower of the World Trade Center. At 0903 a second passenger […]

Salvage?! But I’m Here To Save Lives!

May 3, 2016 James Cook 1

Ok, so when I started writing with Station-Pride, I made it very clear that I wasn’t going to write any kind of operational, tactical, strategic […]

BlastMask

April 17, 2016 James Cook 0

Holy cow, where do I begin??? BlastMask is a product made for firefighters by firefighters right here in the USA. Through the physical demands of […]

Stickers

March 13, 2016 James Cook 1

I am going to start this article off with a minor disclaimer before we get into the meat of the post. First, yes, I said […]

Know YOUR Role!

February 29, 2016 James Cook 0

I’ve heard it more times than I have ever cared to hear it. It all started when I was new and sounded like, “yea, great […]

The Media Damage to the Fire Service

October 4, 2015 Mutual Aid 14

Take a moment to look back at the shows that were about firefighters and EMTs, such as Emergency, 3rd Watch, Rescue Me, and now Chicago […]

One Less

September 25, 2015 Mutual Aid 0

What does Brotherhood mean to you? Is it a phrase, slogan, t-shirt heading that you cling to as a firefighter? Are you willing to hurt […]

Perceived Status

September 10, 2015 Kenneth Burson 2

How many times have you seen a T-shirt or […]