About this episode

Hosts David Polikoff and Sam Villani discuss effective tactics for fire attack, covering various challenges and strategies in firefighting.

Hosts David Polikoff and Sam Villani have an in-depth discussion about tactics on this episode of Talking Tactics. They cover outside-in fires, disciplined company assignments, and decisive engine work to darken the C side before committing to interior crews. They also break down building challenges and high-rise issues like failed self-closing doors and hallway smoke travel. Throughout the discussion, Polikoff and Villani emphasize training, preplans, shelter-in-place messaging, and realistic water/manpower decisions.

People in this episode

Hosts: David Polikoff, Sam Villani

Topics covered

• fire attack tactics
• outside-in fires
• company assignments
• engine work
• building challenges
• high-rise issues
• training and preplans

Keywords

• fire attack
• tactics
• high-rise
• engine work
• training
• preplans
• smoke travel

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