A Fireman Walks Into A Bar..

Interested hosting groups contact urbanfiretraining@gmail.com This customized ADULT presentation is great for fundraisers, seminars, a night out with the brothers, or just a break from the modern day bullshit. 

Content will focus on the mitigation of various high risk/low frequency events, the HERCULES method of preparing for Murphy's Law, Engine and Truck Co ops, target hazard vehicles, machinery (trains, elevators, big rigs) top and bottom floor fires, aggressive tactics, company officer development, size-up factors and critical decision making, target hazards (highrise, parking garages, vacant buildings, tunnels, difficult to access fires)  rapid rescue, myth-busting, why construction matters, and when to throw SOP's in the trash for 5 minutes so we can achieve successful outcomes. 

Brian Butler is a career Fire Captain City of Trenton NJ Fire Dept. 23 years 

(7 years Ladder Co, 16 years Engine Co)

Firefighter King of Prussia PA Fire Rescue

Contributor Firehouse & Fire Engineering 

Owner UrbanFireTraining 

Brian is a Bronx NY native who moved to NJ in 1981 and served a short sentence at Trenton State Prison in NJ  (as a CO) and Camp Geiger NC in the USMC. Before getting his GED and becoming a fireman, Brian held over 50 jobs and focused on amateur boxing, fighting on friday nights across New Jersey. He fell into the party scene in 1993 making appearances at over 1000 bars in 75 cities in 25 states. His goal was to live the life of a rock star "incapable of playing any instrument" while living in an urban rowhome, driving a busted ass jeep wrangler, and collecting as many insufficient fund ATM receipts as possible to live the dream. Brian turned his focus towards family and is currently married with 3 children and very close to his retirement from the fire service. He currently resides in Hamilton NJ where he is writing a book, "Lies, Pension Loans, Shore Houses, and Scabs" while continuing his passion of speaking to firefighters on how to not become robots, but rather movie stars. 

Brian believes in old school, street smart, street credit instruction, realistic methods, improvising, adapting and overcoming by thinking outside the box, event forecasting, mind-triggering and taking a common sense approach towards fighting fires by fighting PC culture and the bullshit being peddled to young firefighters. All firefighters, not just the company officer, should be well-oiled size-up machines constantly running, evaluating, taking in everything the scene is giving them. It should be automatic and second nature. 

"The key to living a long exciting life as a firefighter is not the "clean cab" concept, it's drinking coffee in the morning, water in the afternoon, bourbon at night, luck, and having a few beers with the guys after a good working fire back at the station."  

This is offered anywhere in the US where there is a demand for it. Please follow us on Instagram @urbanfiretraining  

Trenton meets Camden in West Windsor NJ on Saturday Sept 7th, 9am-3pm. City of Trenton Fire Captain Brian Butler @urbanfiretraining and Camden City Fire Captain Bobby Eckert @eckert_335 present, "Urban Tactics for Understaffed Suburban Departments" Tickets are $25. Please contact eoconnell2k@gmail.com and add your name(s) to the list.
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Course Description: Many suburban and rural areas have seen a major increase in population, industry, infrastructure, public transportation, housing, retail, and traffic over the last 30 years. Rural areas have become suburban while suburban areas have become metropolitan areas outside of urban areas or big cities. Many fire departments that were once all volunteer organizations producing low run numbers have now become career or combination departments as the number of fire and rescue calls (and tax base) have increased. They have also added technical rescue, special ops and EMS to provided services. These departments range from 24/7 fully staffed to understaffed during the night and weekends, some covering a large district spanning many square miles. One department may only be staffed Monday-Friday during the day while others are staffed with only paid drivers or a two-person crew. Some volunteer departments offer a "duty crew" stipend at night or a live-in program for quicker response times. 

Suburban departments have essentially become city departments with city problems. Outside of numerous vacant dilapidated abandoned buildings, skyscrapers, subways, project apartments, and shootings, suburban departments are now dealing with more high-rises, mid-rises, elevators, garden apartments, condominiums, townhomes, estate homes, strip malls, big box stores, modern building construction, high speed and light rail trains, high traffic volume-rescue incidents, and an increased population creating far more run numbers than 20-30 years ago. But unlike the cities where there are dedicated truck, squad, rescue, and engine companies fully staffed with 2-6 members on each apparatus 24/7 every several blocks, most suburban, volunteer, combination departments may be riding short staffed and relying on mutual aid. In addition, as call volume increases, volunteer numbers have declined dramatically over the years resulting in less members responding, and some riding members may lack training or experience. Consider budget issues, and longer response times waiting for members to respond to the station on a weekday when many have full time jobs. For fires, this can be dangerous because of longer burn times. How can we overcome some of these issues? What common emergencies do urban and suburban firefighters respond to on a daily basis, and how do we accomplish more with less?  

This 6 hour class focuses on the common strategy and tactics that urban, suburban, and metropolitan departments all face but with different apparatus and staffing levels. 

Both Brian and Bobby are career fire officers in busy urban departments but are also members of suburban and combination departments. 

"Top Floor Jobs" Old School Tactics and Beer. Fires in Attics, Cocklofts, Half-Stories 

$15 pre-registration, $20 at the door:

Thursday August 29th, 2019 from 7pm- 9:30 PM at IFF 1515 Hwy 36 in Union Beach NJ. To be placed on the priority list for tickets, do the following:

DM Urban Fire Training on Instagram

Text  609-977-7172 with with the names(s) of all interested.

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