Small Town Tactics and Tools is a group designed to help firefighters who protect rural and suburban areas. As the name suggests, we discuss tactics and tools and everything in between including training, leadership, manpower and water struggles, current fire events, and science. If you're from a department who protects rural and suburban areas, this is the group for you. If you're an urban firefighter this is a great place to get a general idea of what these men and women deal with in these areas and we certainly welcome you here for collaboration and general discussions. So come join your host as we discuss and bring you the latest and greatest for Small Town Tactics and Tools.Thanks for joining us!

Writings on teamwork, leadership, pride, loyalty, brotherhood and other simple subjects that contribute to the enduring legacy of the Profession of Firefighting.

Passion is a doubled edged sword. Knowing which side of the sword to use and when defines us as leaders and as firefighters. This page is designed to help motivate leaders and aspiring leaders by incorporating passion in their leadership style.

  So, you have come to the right place.  Our new blog community will help you get started. Get new ideas from firefighters and training personnel who share the same love and passion for eLearning training as you!  In this blog, we can share examples, templates, slides, interactions, assessments and much more.

            In order for this community to grow within the fire department training community, we need to hear from you. If you have any questions, or just want to throw around some ideas, we’d love to hear them. 

Midwest training company comprised of owners Jason Hoevelmann, Frank Lispki, Andy Seers, Gary Graf and Dave Konys, all students of the fire service.  Just wanting to share and learn our craft.

To Carry or Not To Carry is a group discussion on what firefighters carry in-side their pockets of their turn out gear. 

Engine Company work is often viewed as easy or not as fulfilling as "Truck Company work". This is absolutely not the case and some very "high speed" Engine Companies go to work everyday in very tough and arduous environments. They are only successful by relying on their relentless training, personal experiences and hunger to progress in the engine world.

This group is geared toward Engine Company tactics that use "outside the box" thinking to accomplish. Its purpose is to exchange information that will help others that view the discussions, posts and pictures.

This group is a place for leaders in todays fire service to come and discuss "all things leadership"

Only the Best Go Big.

Perfect Small Vehicles before you go big.

The Scope opens up a whole new world.

This group will discuss issues related to searching related to structural firefighting.

Suburban Fire Tactics is a forum to research, document and share the challenges and solutions encountered by firefighters and fire department administrators operating in urban interfaces.

Suburban Fire Tactics is not a be-all, cure-all conclusion the the ailements, hazards and challenges that evolve daily in our industry. Just as the science, infrastructure, tools and mentalities change, so should the tactics used to complete our fundamental mission- to save life, mitigage hazards and preserve property

Welcome to our Tap the Box with FETC Services Group. We have been doing Professional Development - Leadership Programs on Fire Engineering Blog Talk Radio. We would love to hear from you all.

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