Interested in getting some thoughts or stories regarding various firefighting tactics and company operations. I'll start with the following:
It's around 1970...No Handi-Talkies, and obviously no air-packs...Two and two plus a Chief respond to a working fire on the 3rd floor of a 5-brick OMD. The Roof Man of the first due truck has climbed the aerial to the roof, vented the bulkhead door, and has climbed down the rear fire escape to a third floor window where there is smoke seeping from a window. He is able to open it and climbs into a bedroom. The smoke is thick and he feels some heat from the hallway and hear the crackling of fire somewhere in the apartment. He can also hear his truckmates attempting to force the door to the apartment. He assumes the Engine company is behind them with a charged line, ready to enter the apartment. The roofman's job is to search for possible occupants as well as perform ventilation.
How do these guys coordinate their tasks? You don't want to vent too soon and you don't want to be hit by the effects of an opened nozzle. How did they communicate? What would be the next steps in this scenario?
It's around 1970...No Handi-Talkies, and obviously no air-packs...Two and two plus a Chief respond to a working fire on the 3rd floor of a 5-brick OMD. The Roof Man of the first due truck has climbed the aerial to the roof, vented the bulkhead door, and has climbed down the rear fire escape to a third floor window where there is smoke seeping from a window. He is able to open it and climbs into a bedroom. The smoke is thick and he feels some heat from the hallway and hear the crackling of fire somewhere in the apartment. He can also hear his truckmates attempting to force the door to the apartment. He assumes the Engine company is behind them with a charged line, ready to enter the apartment. The roofman's job is to search for possible occupants as well as perform ventilation.
How do these guys coordinate their tasks? You don't want to vent too soon and you don't want to be hit by the effects of an opened nozzle. How did they communicate? What would be the next steps in this scenario?