Combat Ready Fire Training Show

Join Nick Martin & Heath Steen for this can't miss conversation about what it takes to develop and maintain an Aggressive Command culture within your department.

Join Nick Martin, Kevin Burges, and Christian Lambis for a live conversation that gets candid about leadership, mindset, and fireground performance. This is a real talk about the Combat Ready Mindset, Common Command Issues, and How to Build Culture from the Bottom Up.

How do we build the next generation of motivated firefighters? How do probationary firefighters start strong and stay motivated? It starts on Day 1.The probationary period is one of the most influential times in a firefighter’s career. That’s when mindsets are shaped, habits are built, and expectations are either raised—or left behind.This one’s for:👨🏻‍🚒 The new firefighter – what to do, how to act, and how to earn your place👨🏽‍✈️ The senior firefighter or officer – how to lead, mentor, and engageWe’ll share what’s worked (and what hasn’t), along with actionable concepts you can bring back to your crew.

Over the past 20 years, there have been significant lessons learned, studies, and changes in thought about how to manage a MAYDAY event.We’ll be talking about these important changes, and how WE would manage a MAYDAY on one of our incidents.Joining Nick will be Deputy Chief Floyd Wise (Harrisburg Bureau of Fire) and Battalion Fire Chief Chris Mullendore (Frederick County Fire).

Watch the full 90-minute discussion on http://www.thebayfloor.comThis podcast is for our aggressive engine companies! Nick Martin, Sean Donovan and Spencer White discuss hotly debated, unknown, or uncommon engine company tactics such as… 💧What are hydrant valves for?🚒 Why would we have an engine pump the hydrant?👨🏻‍🚒 Why do we stretch attack lines on every reported fire?🕰️ Some Stories and folklore from aggressive engine companies "back in the day".This is the first portion of a recent member’s-only podcast delivered exclusively on our training community, THE BAY FLOOR. The Bay Floor is an online training community where like-minded firefighters can connect, train, and access exclusive resources like these members-only podcasts where we deep dive into topics that give you tangible tips, techniques, and ideas you can take to your next shift. You're sure to come away with ideas you can implement, so head over to The Bay Floor and become a member to get access to the entire thing and lots more: http://thebayfloor.com

One of the most challenging tasks of the company officer can be just PLANNING YOUR DAY. What does each of my firefighters need to progress? What will we drill on? What is the workout? What projects do I need to do? WHAT DO I PRIORITIZE? HOW DO I FIT IT ALL IN? This is the first portion of a recent member’s-only podcast on Planning the Ideal Day as the Company Officer, delivered exclusively on our training community, THE BAY FLOOR. The Bay Floor is an online training community where like-minded firefighters can connect, train, and access exclusive resources like these members-only podcasts where we deep dive into topics that give you tangible tips, techniques, and ideas you can take to your next shift. When it comes to planning your day, there is a fine line between over and under planning. And in many departments, there needs to be more preparation for this part of the job. That's why we're giving our tips and methods for planning a solid day for your company including: Our instructors' experiences, tips and methods for making the most of their shift. A new "tactical professional athlete approach" Captain Burges has been applying to help his crew stay disciplined and organized. How to make lots of small choices that result in progress. You're sure to come away with ideas you can implement, so head over to The Bay Floor and become a member to get access to the entire thing and lots more: http://thebayfloor.com

Fires may burn with the same physics in the “county" as they do in the “city", but often resources, manpower and other factors create challenges for applying traditional fire tactics to the rural or county environment. In this episode we discuss how we apply common fire tactics from the city environment to the county and rural environments. We’ll get into the specifics of water supply, fire attack, search, ventilation, all in the rural environment! Nick is joined by Frank Malta (Frederick, MD) and Jake Richardson (SFD) - all who have experience as both firefighters in a well-staffed city environment, and also have to apply the same tactics in a lower staffed county environment. This is a great opportunity to learn from each other hear some new or interesting strategies you can take with you and adapt to your own environment.

Join Nick Martin, Bill Cunningham (Flint Hill, SC), Drew Evans (DCFD), Kevin Burges, and Christian Lambis (SFD) for a powerful topic on searches for civilian victims. On this show we will be diving deep into search techniques, scenarios, and lessons learned from actual rescues we've been a part of.

What makes an engine company Combat Ready? Nick Martin, BC Frank Malta (Frederick County), Capt. Sean Donovan (Frederick County), FF Tim McCloskey (Horry County Fire and Rescue) and Capt. Spencer White (Salisbury, NC) answer this question as they talk about setting up the apparatus, crews, and plans, plus the mindset and habits that go into developing an aggressive engine company.

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 about me and our classes http://www.CombatReadyFire.Com 💻 Access our library of online courses https://www.CombatReadyFire.com/indiv... 🧢 Shirts, hats, command boards, our store https://www.combatreadyfire.com/shop 🎙 Check out our podcast https://spoti.fi/3TgV7S4https://apple.co/3rWKkRA

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 practices behind this training academy and the high-quality firefighters that it produces.

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, and how their mindsets contribute to building an effective and cohesive company. Join Nick, Kevin Burges (Captain), Jake Richardson (Engineer) and Christian Lambis (Firefighter), from Salisbury Ladder 1 for some tactical truck company talk.

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 at the door. Some are fans of hydraulic ventilation, others are not. After working in departments with significantly different ventilation cultures, it has been interesting to observe that the primary difference has been the truck company CULTURE more than the fires or buildings. So, on this show we’ll be discussing the pro’s and con’s of these various ventilation tactics and how our departments operate. We'll talk about windows vs roofs vs fans - how our departments operate and why.  Plus, we'll get into some of the often overlooked science behind ventilation and how it impacts the effectiveness of these techniques. ⭐️ Like what you've heard? ⬇️  Video version of this topic: https://youtu.be/nsoVk5HmIq0 Check out our online courses: https://www.combatreadyfire.com/individual Contact us about in-person seminars and hands-on training: https://www.combatreadyfire.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nmartin33/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickMartinCombatReady