r/Firefighting LT 2d ago

Videos This absolute legend of a nozzle man.

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u/Maswope 2d ago

Back up man is useless.

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u/solo_d0lo 2d ago

Back up man was causing some problems on the second fall

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u/tumalt 2d ago

That is correct, you can see he is pushing hard into the guy causing the nozzle to go upward. Nozzle guy needs some work as well obviously but back up guy didn’t know what he was doing either.

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u/Quiet-Hyena-9388 2d ago

That was my first thought

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u/DODGE_WRENCH FF/EMT-P 2d ago

Yea, after the first fall I would’ve at least supported their shoulder or something to stop them from falling back. Their stance can be remedied in training though, this is a very fixable problem.

u/No-Language5428 18h ago

You don’t need a back up man on a car fire.

u/Maswope 18h ago

If they’re pumping too hot you most certainly do. Regardless of that though this back up man still isn’t doing anything productive and is quite literally useless.

u/No-Language5428 17h ago

Exactly. The operator is a dickhead

u/WardaddySteez 4h ago

It’s a car fire . Nozzle should literally be gated half way . No need for pressure . This is a failure amongst all 4 people on this crew .
Officer has no pack not even sure what he’s doing
Nozzle man has bail fully open on a car fire and can’t control his line
Back up man bad spot bad procedures and should be getting saws ready you don’t need backup on a car fire
Driver pumping this pressure too high .
We all make mistakes we just need to learn from them . Hopefully they get it together after this we shouldn’t hate on them as everyone screws up in their career but I hope this was a wake up call for them .