Able Co. Fire Training

10/20/2025

04/18/2025

Static Bed Thoughts (repost from Engine Company Resurrection)

The question often gets asked, Why the preference for this over pre connects?

First, one of the least thought out reason is tempo, the static bed forces us to engage our brain and slow down, visualize the stretch, estimate the stretch, and be purposeful with the stretch. With the ability of the nozzle being able to be taken directly to our drop point we don’t have to get caught in the pre connects conundrum that often happens, how do I get rid of this hose that I don’t need or do we have to spot the rig in a specific place to make a pre connect work.

Stretch short assurance-The static bed allows us to maintain our working length while in transit to our drop point without “flaking” line off what we may need. If we stretch short it’s easy for the driver to simply pull another length off the bed, no Chiksan swivels to deal with, additional connections, etc.

Every stretch is built to order-With the static bed we have variability and versatility, our job is making unknowns become knowns, we are in the craft of variable reduction. With a static bed we can easily conquer short, long, and vertical stretches without having to manipulate the system to accomplish a stretch. The static bed should be free of gated wyes or other unnecessary appliances. At most a reducer of 2 1/2 is used in the system.

To put it quite simply, a static bed can do everything a pre connect can, but a pre connect cannot do everything a static bed can.

04/12/2022

Here we come!! Super stoked to catch up with friend and talk shop! Always the recharge I need!.fredericks.trainingdays

04/06/2022

Quotes and notes worth remembering. Don’t let your passion and talents be waisted under bad leadership…

12/19/2021

Registration opens on Tuesday, December 21st at 11:00 EST for AFTD Lexington. We're incredibly excited to bring 12 outstanding fire service instructors to you this March at the historic Kentucky Theater. Click through to see the full list of speakers, the schedule and registration details.

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12/10/2021

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12/07/2021

Tactical Thermal Imagining with the

08/19/2021

Some of the best are instructing, jump on some last minute opening!

Online registration for 2021 Heavy Rescue Conference.

07/25/2020

Excellent example of focusing on the right thing:

During World War II, the Allies mapped bullet holes in planes that were hit by N**i fire.

They sought to strengthen the planes, reinforce areas heavily damaged by enemy artillery to be able to withstand these battles even more.

The immediate decision was to rebuild and reinforce areas of the plane that had more red dots (or received more bullets). Theoretically, it was a logical deduction. After all, these were the most affected areas.

But Abraham Wald, a mathematician, came to a different conclusion: the red dots represented only the damage to the planes that were able to return, that came home.

The areas that really should reinforce, were the places where there were no points because these are the places where the plane would not survive being hit.

This phenomenon is called survival deviation. It happens when you look at the things that have survived when you should focus on the things you don't.

What are you looking at in this crisis? Where are you taking bullets or where should we act?

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