truck_tactics

08/22/2026

Milford, CT

🚒 Congratulations to the Milford, CT Fire Department on the delivery of their new E-ONE HR 100' Aluminum Quint Ladder Truck!

A special thank you to Chief Waiksnoris, Chief Fabrizi (Ret.), Deputy Chief Rabel, and the entire committee for their commitment to working with Greenwood Emergency Vehicles throughout this project. We also extend our sincere thanks to the Town of Milford, CT, for their continued support.

Thank you for your business, and congratulations on this outstanding new apparatus!
Apparatus Specifications:

• E-ONE Typhoon chassis
• Cummins L9 450 HP engine
• EVS 3000 transmission
• 420-amp Leece Neville alternator
• Hale 1,500 GPM pump
• TPG Class 1 pressure governor
• 470-gallon UPF water tank
• Trident primer
• Advanced Aerial Control System
• 3/16" aluminum/extruded cab
• 100' aluminum ladder
• Whelen warning light package

Click here for more: https://www.greenwoodev.com/milford-ct-e-one-hr100-ladder/

08/22/2026

Greenfield, MA. Sets & Reps!

07/18/2026

We out there!

This morning, firefighters will be training with truck_tactics for their aerial truck tactics course. You may see us around town with our Tower 1, practicing our skills and pre planning some key areas in our district. This type of training is invaluable to help us better serve the people of Bloomfield! Feel free to say hello and as always thank you to our volunteers for taking time out of their morning to become the best firefighters they can be.

06/29/2026

06/27/2026

Looking for some insight on positioning your aerial in and around wires? Have a look at our Training Notebook article in this months Fire Engineering magazine! Any questions, let us know!

WHEN AERIAL APPARATUS operators arrive at an emergency scene, they often face numerous hazards and obstacles as they position the apparatus for optimal

06/07/2026

New England folks - take advantage of this excellent training opportunity and support a great cause!

05/31/2026

🚨 LOW FREQUENCY, HIGH RISK: Is your department ready? 🚨

​Lately, we’ve seen an increase in industrial incidents spanning the country—from California to Maine, Texas, and beyond
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Fire departments everywhere are being called to operate at complex incidents that don't happen every day, but carry significant risk

​🚒 It's an uncomfortable feeling rolling up to a major emergency at a facility you know nothing about.

​When you combine a low-frequency, high-risk event with:

❎A total lack of familiarity with the complex
❎​Unknown/unpredictable industrial hazards
❎​No prior relationship with the facility’s subject matter experts

​...you get a recipe for extreme danger 💥

​👉 Don't wait for the tones to drop. Use these recent national incidents as a wake-up call to reach out to your local commercial and industrial partners today.

​What you can do right now:
🚒 ​Get out there: Conduct proactive pre-fire planning
🤝​ Make introductions: Build relationships with facility managers and safety directors before the worst happens
​Know who your subject matter experts are and how to contact them in a crisis

👍 This will also increase their comfort and confidence in the agencies that respond into their facility

​Knowing the layout, the hazards, and the people on the inside can help to increase your operational safety and allow your company or department to develop baseline pre-plans

05/11/2026

Very generous opportunity from the Columbus FD to download their truck positioning guide

The Art of Positioning

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:d2b8ed3e-bd36-4466-a4f4-936702d4223c

This manual tackles positioning challenges for CFD drivers on mid-mount platforms and TDAs. However, all can benefit. We ask that you please cite CFD if referring any of the material in this publication. Enjoy.

05/08/2026

Be vigilant, folks.

05/08/2026

Set it up!
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Following up with our last post about getting out and positioning your apparatus

Sometimes we would like to recreate a particular problem. Maybe this was something we encountered at the last fire or alarm, or maybe it's a problem that we frequently encounter

Oddly enough, sometimes it's hard to find that particular problem when you're looking for it

💥 So make your own problems

🚨 Here we positioned the Chiefs buggy to recreate a congested parking problem on the wires side of the street, positioning to gain access to the A & B sides and roof of this multiple dwelling

Utilizing other fire department vehicles allows us to quickly create a more focused and controlled environment for training. This allows us to replicate specific situations that we are trying to expose our operators to. This works particularly well when setting up problems for newer drivers or even for driver check offs

It also allows us to not have to worry about a nervous 🤔 public 🚗 when 🚙 we 🛻 are positioning 🚕 near 🚜 their 🏎️ vehicle. Sometimes it's just easier to avoid a problem then having to explain to a concerned citizen why we are doing whatever they don't understand around their vehicle

🔥 As always - get out into your district and get those spots. Positioning on real buildings with real obstacles greatly increases your operators comfort and capabilities