Black Friday Sale!
Check out our online store for the deals we are offering on Black Friday.
10% OFF ALL SHIRTS
10% OFF ALL STICKERS
To check out our online store and shop the Black Friday Sales CLICK HERE.
Product Giveaway - American Fire Apparel
American Fire Apparel has decided to support our training mission and will be giving away a free item on our Facebook page today! The winner will get a chance to select any item from American Fire Apparel and they will send it straight to you. To enter the contest make sure you go over to our Facebook page and look for the post with the giveaway. Like or comment on the post and we will select a random winner by the end of today, November 9, 2015.
You can check out a few of the products in our video below:
https://youtu.be/KALlE4z39c0
Movember is Here!
As many of you know firefighters are at an increased risk of developing many forms of cancer. November has become the month for men to raise cancer awareness and this movement has been largely credited to Movember. The Movember Foundation is a global charity committed to men living happier, healthier, longer lives. Since 2003, millions have joined the men’s health movement, raising $650 million and funding over 1,000 programs focusing on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and physical inactivity.
Box Alarm Training has created the Firefighter Mustache shirt to help raise cancer awareness for firefighters. We will be donating the proceeds of the sales of this shirt to Movember. To get your own shirt you can click here.
Why are we here?
As “one of those firefighter Social Media pages” I feel like I should share with all of you why Box Alarm Training even exists. It is pretty amazing to see the sheer volume of Facebook pages now dedicated to firefighting, training, and overall firemanship. I know things can become very cloudy and hard to sort through with this infinitely larger network of firefighter social media. Let me start by saying I believe the vast majority of the members in this network are doing amazing things. They are creating so many opportunities and opening the line of communication to share ideas, research and tradition.
So, why are we here? I know it sounds cliche but I grew up with a desire to become a firefighter. You can ask anyone that knew me when I was a kid, my dream never grew out of me. When I graduated high school I knew I wanted to join a volunteer department and I found an incredible department in Oxford, MS while attending Ole Miss “THE University of Mississippi”. I was a member of the Ole Miss Rebel football team and had some incredible opportunities to meet with amazing athletes and leaders including; Eli Manning, David Cutcliffe, Hugh Freeze, Robert Kayat, Jason Cook, Mike Espy, Michael Oher and many more. I learned a lot of life lessons while at Ole Miss and one simple phrase that Head Coach David Cutcliffe used to say on a daily basis was “leave this place better than you found it”. I continue to believe that our mission in the fire service is to leave this place better than we found it.
In 2010 I created a YouTube channel with the idea of shooting some simple training videos to help out some local volunteer departments that needed more training resources and couldn’t afford some $1,000 dvd package… So, I shot a few videos and before I knew it I was receiving messages from all over the world asking for more. It completely blew my mind and to this day I am amazed at the ability for some form of technology to change the way generations learn about firemanship. The absolute number one goal of Box Alarm Training is to provide training resources to all firefighters regardless of their budget, level of experience, or whether they are career or volunteer. After running the YouTube channel for awhile I decided to expand the channel to an actual training company so that we could grow. We have added a new website with more resources, a Facebook Page, and have several guys that have helped contribute on the site. In no way, shape or form do we claim to be the experts in all things fire and rescue. However, I firmly believe we can find the guys that are. I have been working hard at finding some other guys to contribute with more material and I believe I have some really good ones lined up. I thank you for all of the support you have given us. Every time you like, share or comment not only gives us confirmation that we are doing the right things but also allows us to reach more firefighters and that makes a difference. I thank you for the support and feel free to shoot us a message or recommend a new training video. We are always open to new ideas. Let’s leave this place better than we found it.
Box Alarm Training on YouTube - 700,000 Views
THANK YOU!
Box Alarm Training started as a YouTube channel that evolved into a full network of training resources and courses. We greatly appreciate all of the support you all have given us over the last few years. We have a lot planned for upcoming videos and product reviews and can't wait to get them on the channel. Thanks again for helping us reach 700,000 views!
If you have never seen our YouTube Channel you can visit it by CLICKING HERE! You will see several different playlists we have put together including our newest playlist the Nozzle Video Series. We have several more videos that are being added to the new video series and will be released soon. Here is our introduction video that explains Box Alarm Training and our resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tqFF7cUMC8
Baltimore Burning
Baltimore Burning
Firefighters have been busy fighting fires all over the city started by rioters "protesters". At one point rioters even cut the supply line at a working fire. We have several videos below for you to view:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McY3qIbf9Oc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngFn6Gr240
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGbFaVuM_MM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBekKSFJau0
Indy on Fire! FDIC 2015
We had a great time attending the Indy on Fire party put on by The Fire Critic, Wooden Ladders and Iron Firemen, The Model City Firefighter and Firefighter Wife. Several sponsors helped make the event possible including: TECGEN, Spartan, Black Diamond, FireCam, Viking, Titan, and Engine Company Apparel. If you have never attended it is worth your time, great fellowship, food, music and tons of give aways. Below is the entire playlist from all the songs the Renegade Pipes and Drums played during the event. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4NKqZJ7joyn631Hp9DkkLsFco53--0rn
New High-Rise Pack Innovation - QuickLay Fire Attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9ETzhw7i0 QuickLay Fire Attack has introduced their brand new Attack Pack and Lay Pack for the American Fire Service. I had an awesome opportunity to meet and talk with Sebastian Jacobs, the Managing Director of QLFA, about his innovative high-rise pack system. Sebastian is from Australia and developed this high-rise pack after seeing the "Cleveland Load" hose lays that gained popularity in the United States. He designed a pack to not only carry the hose but to become part of a hose management system to increase efficiency on the fireground. The premise of the design is to establish two packs to deliver 200' of 1.75" hose in a variety of situations.
The Attack Pack is designed to carry 100' of 1.75" hose in a Cleveland Load so that you can deliver a manageable attack hose closest to your entry point. This pack can also be used for a wide variety of hose stretches we very commonly use such as the extended attack, wye'd lines, courtyard stretch, skid load, etc. The Attack Pack has no buckles or zippers and has a very streamlined designed to make carrying and advancing the hose much more efficient. With no buckles you can easily deploy the pack by pulling the "deployment strap" or with sufficient pressure the pack will self deploy when the hose line is charged.
When the Attack Pack is used in situations like high-rise fires or standpipe operations you can use the Lay Pack to bring a water supply to the Attack Pack. The Lay Pack will also carry 100' of 1.75" hose but is loaded with an Accordion Load. This allows the Lay Pack to make the standpipe connection and then the hose will flake out of the pack while it is carried toward the Attack Pack.
For more information on QuickLay Fire Attack you can visit their website at www.quicklayfireattack.com.
Mutual Aid for Memphis
Memphis firefighters have had their share of struggles throughout the past few years. The economic climate has led to station brownouts and company closures. Now the City of Memphis is attacking the benefits provided for members and retirees. Over the past few years I have had the privilege of meeting, riding and training with members of Rescue 3 in Memphis and I cannot express to you the commitment they have to protecting their citizens. These members are extremely busy and fight working fires nearly everyday.
It amazes me to see the latest solutions to the city's budget problems is to push the financial burden onto the very people that work to protect it. These members have already sacrificed so much for the city and now they are hitting their personal finances. I know of several Memphis firefighters who have had major surgeries and injuries due to the work they perform. These same members have witnessed LODD's and felt the impact we never want to experience. Here is a video reporting the issues from Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee The financial impact of firefighter's insurance premiums is utterly shocking.
- Basic Plan Family premiums will rise from $320.05 per month to $921.90; an annual cost of $11,062.80.
- Premier Plan premiums rise from $334.32 per month to $1,328.19; an annual cost of $15,938.28.
These numbers are hard to fathom and during all of these budget battles the City of Memphis is moving forward with a $66 million dollar mall redevelopment...
So how can you help our brothers to provide mutual aid for Memphis. Share this information with anyone you know in the Memphis area, help educate the public on what is happening to their firefighters and police officers and join the I Have Been Negatively Affected by The City Of Memphis Council Vote!! Facebook page for more information.
MS Fire Net is now Box Alarm Training!
In 2010 we started a YouTube channel called MS Fire Net. This channel had training videos for firefighters and emergency responders. We have now expanded this idea in order to deliver courses to all of our viewers. We are now Box Alarm Training, and we are very excited to announce that we will now be able to deliver courses at your own department.