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Ep.19 Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli on Wood Frame Fire Tactics Part 2 | JobTlks Podcast

In this episode we bring on Chief Brian Nardelli from the Brockton Fire Department to lend his expertise on 2.5 Story wood frame construction fire ground tactics. As a 25 year veteran of the Brockton Fire Department, He served 8 years as a Firefighter on Squad A at Station 1, in 2004 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, in 2006 to Captain, in 2010 to Deputy Chief, and to Chief of Department in July 2021. Chief is also a former flight medic, serving his last shift in 2007. To get started we introduce the Chief and he tells us some of his background and how he came came to the conclusion the fire service was gonna be the right career choice for him. We then take a moment to once again recognize Matthew Flaherty and the 1st annual Matty’s Mustache Ride in honor of his life and service to his country, community, and his love for dogs and veteran support. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mattys-m... Before getting into the main content of the episode, we go over an important book recommendation the chief gave to me prior to the episode. We talk about Vincent Dunns book “Collapse of Burning Buildings” and how he keeps a copy around and thumbs through regularly keeping himself sharp and aware of the dangers of our job. For the main content we go over to very recent fires in Brockton. The bread and butter 2.5 story ballon frame houses. Both of these houses were multi family units as well as balloon frame construction from the early to mid 1900’s. We also talk about how Brockton has gone from a 3 and 1 response to a 4 and 2 response for a working fire assignment so that they can have a RIT crew on scene immediately and ready to go to work after having two recent MAYDAYS in the last year. We give Credit to Bob Myers of the fire alarm division in Brockton for letting us use his photos for the episode and will post his website on our page for anyone who may want to follow him that doesn’t already do so. https://www.105firephotos.com Chief gives us some pointers on the fire ground and a recent article comes to mind that was recommended by friend and fellow FireFighter LT Chris O’Reilly of the Brockton Fire Department. https://hookandirons.com/blogs/hook-a... This Article pointed out many things but the big take away for me was the concept of “hurry slowly.” We end by referring back to Dunn’s Collapse and analyze the Strand Theatre Collapse in Brockton and the things we learned from the terrible tragedy where 13 FF’s were lost. We also briefly talk about the epilogue and what it means for us as FF’s and safety for our brothers and sisters on the job.