Fire Apparatus - Virginia Beach Frontline Firefighter

VBFD Cab Tilt

December 1, 2020

Fire Apparatus, Fire Equipment, Operations

Aerial Cab, American LaFrance, Apparatus, Cab Tilt, Control Switch, Cyclone, Cylinder, E-ONE, Lock Release, Locking, Lower, Manual Pump, Manual Release, Pierce, Piston, Pull Cord, Quantum, Raise, Release, Safety Latch, Set Jacks and Outriggers, Stay Arm, Tilt Switch, Typhoon, VBFD, Vehicle Maintenance

Hydrant Color Coding

November 30, 2020

Fire Apparatus, Fire Equipment, Operations

Barrel, Bonnet, Caps, Encrustation, Fire Hydrant, Flow, Flow Pressure, Friction, Gallons Per Minute, GPM, Hydrant, Hydrant Color Code, ISO, Maintenance, National Standard, NFPA 291, Paint, VBFD, Water Supply

Engine 12 Incident

October 28, 2020

Fire Apparatus, Incidents, Operations

Engine 12, Entrapment, Fire Truck Accident, Fire Truck Crash, Overturned, Pin, Technical Rescue, VBFD

Station 17’s New Quint Engine

January 30, 2018

Fire Apparatus, Operations

Adjustment, Aerial, Bale, Blitzfire, Double Donut, drafting, Engine 17, Exposure, Fire Apparatus, Fire Department, Fog Stream, Front intake, Gallons, Ground Ladder, Highrise Hose, Ladder Pipe, Ladder Truck, Pickoffs, Pumper, Quint, Reach, Safety Feature, Side Intake, Straight Stream, Training, unmanned Monitor, VBFD, Virginia, Virginia Beach

Ladder Positioning

January 30, 2018

Fire Apparatus, Ladders, Uncategorized

2nd Alarm Fire, Access, Aerial Operation, Apparatus Protection, Area familiarization, Condo Fire, Exposures, Familiar with the ladder, Fire Apparatus, Fire Department, Ladder Control Panel, Ladder Positioning, Observer, Obstacles, Outriggers, Page Court, Pre-plan, Pump Operator, Short Jacking, Smoke, Spacing, Turntable Restriction, VBFD, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Water Supply

Oceana Volunteer Fire Department’s New Cub Cadet

January 23, 2018

Fire Apparatus, Operations

Apparatus, ATV, Brush Fires, Fire Apparatus, Fire Department, Forestry Hose, Nozzle, Oceana Volunteer Fire Department, Operation, OVFD, Pump, Special Events, Support Technician, Towing, VBFD, Vehicle, Virginia, Virginia Beach

Rags to Wrenches: Tanker 13

January 18, 2018

Fire Apparatus, Operations

Appliances, County Area, DEF, Diesel Exhaust Fluid, Discharge, drafting, Dump, Features, Fill Site, Fire Apparatus, Fire Department, Folding Tank, Freightliner, Gauges, GPM, Intakes, M-Series, Nursing Operations, Pierce, Rags to Wrenches, Rural Area, Scene Lighting, Special Operations, Suction Tube, Tanker, VBFD, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Water Indicator Light, Water Shuttle, Zico Hydraulic Tank Rack

EVOC: Due Regard

December 18, 2017

Fire Apparatus, Safety and FMO

Clear Every Lane, Dangers, Driving, Due Regard, Equipment, EVOC, Fire Apparatus, Fire Department, Fire Recruits, Flooding, Health, Height of Apparatus, Inclement Weather, Jacob Brake System, Jake Brake, Laws, Liability, Projectile, Route, Safety, Siren Side, Traffic Pattern, VBFD, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Wellness

Truck Positioning

Ladder Positioning

December 18, 2017

Fire Apparatus, Operations

Access, Aerial Truck, Alternative, Blocking, DPO, Driver Pump Operator, Engine Company, Fire Apparatus, Fire Department, First Due, Flexibility, Ladder Truck, Laws, Laying Out, LDH Discharge, Narrow Street, Panic, Positioning, Prepare for the unexpected, Racing, Right of Way, Routes, Speed Limit, Training, Truck Company, Truck Placement, VBFD, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Water Supply

Brush Trucks

December 14, 2017

Fire Apparatus, Operations

Brush Fire, Brush Truck, Fire Apparatus, Fire Department, VBFD, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Wildland Firefighting