Tom Brennan's random thoughts collection

Content: Introduction --
Portable ladder safety (January 1988) --
Searching above the fire (February 1988) --
Teaching with fire photos (March 1988) --
Animals (April 1988) --
Circular power saw safety (May 1988) --
Aerial ladder safety (June 1988) --
Strategy and tactics: a safety relationship (July 1988) --
Tower ladders (August 1988) Forcible entry (September 1988) --
Recruit orientation (October 1988) --
Horseline safety (November 1988) --
Provocative questions (December 1988) --
Aerial apparatus arrival and placement (January 1989) --
SCBE use and safety (February 1989) --
What\'s in your pockets? (March 1989) --
Roof safety (April 1989) --
Windows (May 1989) --
Firefighting myths (June 1989) --
More on fire service myths (July 1989) --
Positive-pressure ventilation (August 1989) --
Searching (September 1989) --
High-rise tactics (October 1989) --
More high rise tactics (November 1989) --
Overhauling safety (December 1989) --
Truck work (January 1990) --
More truck functions (February 1990) --
Structure fires (March 1990) --
Truck functions size-up (April 1990) --
Truck size-up, continued (May 1990) --
More ladders and their use (June 1990) --
Apparatus myths (August 1990) --
Shall I or ...? (September 1990) --
Doing more with less (October 1990) --
Myths affecting safe and effective hoseline use (November 1990) --
Private-dwelling fires (December 1990) --
Rescue or removal? (January 1991) --
Engine company (February 1991) --
Engine company, continued (March 1991) --
IB standpipes and their use (April 1991) --
More on standpipes and their use (May 1991) --
Strategic factors (June 1991) --
Strategic factors, continued (July 1991) --
Engineered building protection (August 1991) --
Smoke as a benefit (September 1991) --
Fireground phenomena (October 1991) --
More on fireground phenomena (November 1991) --
Top-floor fires (December 1991) --
High-rise residence buildings (January 1992) --
High-rise residence buildings, continued (February 1992) --
More on myths (March 1992) --
A case for an extinguisher (April 1992) --
Cutting flat roofs (May 1992) --
I\'ll just throw up a ladder and get them! (June 1992) --
I\'ll just throw up a ladder and get them, continued (July 1992) --
The rear of the fire (August 1992) --
Get the rear (September 1992) --
Continuing at the rear (October 1992) --
Stairs (November 1992) --
More on stairs (December 1992) --
Stairs, part 3 (January 1993) --
Fire escapes (February 1993) --
Portable ladders and more (March 1993) --
Make the building behave (April 1993) --
Accountability (May 1993) --
Rolldown metal doors (June 1993) --
Fact of myth? (July 1993) --
Marketing by the numbers (August 1993) --
Marketing by the numbers, continued (September 1993) --
Primary search-when can you abort? (October 1993) --
More on search (November 1993) --
Search with a partner (January 1994) --
It\'s just a piece of rope (February 1994) --
Venting (March 1994) --
It\'s shocking (April 1994) --
Loose ends (May 1994) --
How basic can you get? How about hand tools for truck work? (June 1994) --
On the tools again (July 1994) --
Secondary search (September 1994) --
\"Weird\" fires (October 1994) --
More on \"weird\" fires (November 1994) --
More operations that no one talks about (December 1994) --
Fires you never read about (January 1995) --
Collapse points-truths? (February 1995) --
More reasons that a collapse on the fireground should not should not be a surprise (March 1995) --The more subtle fireground surprises (April 1995) --
Factors that could signal a shift a to defensive strategy (May 1995) --
Collapse indicators during operations (June 1995) --
More on tower ladders, part 1 (July 1995) --
More on tower ladders, part 2 (August 1995) --
Change it! (September 1995) --
Pearls, oysters, phoenix, ashes (December 1995) --
More lifelong lessons (January 1996) --
The critique (February 1996) --
Words that convey nothing (March 1996) --
Positioning (April 1996) --
More on truck positioning (May 1996) --
Storage on apparatus-a continuing nightmare (June 1996) --
The floor above (July 1996) --
More on the operations on the floor above the first floor (August 1996) --
The floor above, part 3 (September 1996) --
The floor above, part 4 (October 1996) --
The floor above, part 5 (November 1996) --
The roof (December 1996) --
This time, get the roof (January 1997) --
Drilling in the station (February 1997) --
Operating \"at\" vacant buildings (March 1997) --
\"Blowing the basics\" (April 1997) --Operating \"at\" vacant buildings, part 2: \"blowing the basics\" (May 1997) --
Blowing the basics, part 3 (June 1997) --
Fires that I wish I had never heard about! (July 1997) --
Philosophies I wish I had never heard about! (August 1997) --
Fake-outs, part 2 (October 1997) --
The \"new\" company officer-so now what? (November 1997) --
The \"new\" company officer-so now what? Part 2 (December 1997) --Things your instructor can\'t tell you (January 1988) --
You should K.I.S.S. this job (February 1998) --
Tool adaptation \"tricks\" (March 1998) --
\"Hey there don\'t break any windows\" (April 1998) --
\"Whadda ya mean by that!!\" (May 1998) --
More \"Whadda ya mean by that!!\" (June 1998) --
More \"Whadda ya mean by that!!\" (July 1998) --
More \"Whadda mean by that!!\" (August 1998) --
The meaning of strategy and tactics (September 1998) --
More on the meaning of strategy and tactics (October 1998) --
Continuing the search (November 1998) --
Private dwellings (December 1998) --
Roof operations, part 1 (January 1999) --
Roof operations, part 2 (February 1999) --
Roof operations, part 3 (March 1999) --
Burning question, part 1 (April 1999) --
Burning question, part 2 (May 1999) --
Hose stuff (June 1999) --
More hose stuff (July 1999) --
Letters ... I get letters (September 1999) --
More letters (October 1999) --
More on tower ladders (November 1999) --
More on tower ladders, part 2 (December 1999) --
Still more on trucks (January 2000) --
Even more on apparatus positioning (February 2000) --
Synergistic energy stuff (March 2000) --
Roof \"safely\" (April 2000) --
Collapse time (May 2000) --
Collapse: movement of the structure (June 2000) --
The signs of impending building collapse (July 2000) --
Humor in \"the bag\" (the uniform) (August 2000) --
Humor in \"the bag\" (the uniform), part 2 (September 2000) --
Fire escapes revisited (October 2000) --
\"Hey, where do you want this truck?\" (November 2000) --
When do you ... (December 2000) --
A few simple lessons for all time (January 2001) --
And when do you ...?(February 2001) --
Search (March 2001) --
Fewer fires, but more flashovers (May 2001) --
More simple lessons for all time (June 2001) --
\"Whaddya do ...?\" (July 2001) --
\"Whaddya do ...?\" part 2 (August 2001) --
\"Mutt of the year\" awards (September 2001) --
Tragedy at the towers (November 2001) --
Can we ... should we ... are we moving on from this? (December 2001) --
Give us another K-I-S-S (January 2002) --
Got another K-I-S-S for me? (February 2002) --
More mutts in our \"garden\" (March 2002) --
The multidimensional thought process: the structure fire size-up (April 2002) --
The multidimensional thought process: the structure fire size-up, part 2 (May 2002) --
Who else has the answers? (May 2002) --
Who has the answers? (June 2002) --
More stuff that you never do! (August 2002) --
More stuff that you never do, part 2 (September 2002) --
Hey! I have to ask you why (December 2002) --
Stuck in routine? (January 2003) --
Hey, I\'m still asking (February 2003) --
\"Great Manning\"? (March 2003) --
More on the roof (than off) (April 2003) --
Still on the roof (May 2003) --
Shopping for experience (June 2003) --
Tricks for that mind of mine (July 2003) --
Neglected rules of tactics (August 2003) --
I was still thinking ... (September 2003) --
High-rise, low-rise, mixed-rise (October 2003) --
How many little \"A\"s can you see? (November 2003) --
More simple stuff? (December 2003) --
Short tactical thoughts (January 2004) --
Again with the \"simple\"? (February 2004) --
Safety uncomplicated (March 2004) --
Safety on this job? (April 2004) --
Safety at random (May 2004) --
More safety on the unsafe fireground (June 2004) --
Deny denial! (July 2004) --
Here\'s lookin\' at ya! (August 2004) --
Photo on the wall, now what? (September 2004) --
Mistakes? (October 2004) --
Not more mistakes? nope, lessons again (November 2004) --
Not more mistakes? nope lessons again, part 2 (December 2004) --
Not more mistakes? nope, lessons again, lessons again, part 3 (January 2005) --
More lessons for the coffee table (February 2005) --
Still lining up simple lessons (March 2005) --
Where\'s your rope? (April 2005) --
Firefighters\' \"broken windows\" (May 2005) --
\"Nozzles schmozzles!\" (June 2005) --
Is it better to ...? (July 2005) --
Is it better to ...? part 2 (August 2005) Tactics: the limiting/enhancing factor for strategic decisions (September 2005) --
You fell that way? Why don\'t you just say it? (October 2005) --
Someone shuld say it (again) (November 2005) --
Still talkin\' in the kitchen (January 2006) --
Strategy is not a stand-alone concept (February 2006) --
Safety (March 2006) --
Safety, part 2 (April 2006) --
Tales from truck 111 (July 2006) --
In the beginning (August 2006) --
A few \"historical\" moments (September 2006) --
Those first days on the job: anything but routine, part 1 (October2006) --
Those first days on the job: anything but routine, part 2 (November 2006) --
Batallion \"assignment\" system (December 2006).