A large percentage of agencies in the United States have deficiencies in operating dedicated truck companies and have challenges accounting for all truck functions. Does that mean truck work doesn’t happen? Truck company operations are essential, and these agencies need a system. This workshop focuses on consistently implementing a coordinated fire attack even with a resource deficiency and delivering all essential truck company operations associated with facilitating and supporting the coordinated fire attack and lifesaving operations. Students see how “circumstances dictate action on the fireground” and that not having a dedicated truck company does not justify substandard tactics and decreased truck company operations. That’s when they employ “The Nontraditional Truck Company,” identify essential components of the coordinated fire attack, prioritize functions, and implement them for complete accountability. Developing agency specific standard operating guidelines (SOGs) is addressed, as is the functional and the positional SOG. The importance of attitude, training, understanding modern fire behavior, and developing experienced street-smart tactics to define the role of truck company operations in the pursuit of consistent fireground success are also discussed.
