r/Firefighting • u/Godslove777 • Jan 27 '25

Photos Whats this smoke tell you?

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Initial size up described conditions with “turbulent smoke”…

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u/Bulawa Swiss Volly NCO FF Jan 27 '25

Just a quite off hand question from an FF from across the lake. You name sides counter clockwise A to D from the front one arrives at, right?

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u/CajunBuckeye NOFD Jan 27 '25

Any easy reminder I learned in Captains class. When looking at the building spell B-A-D. Left side is Bravo, front is Alpha, right side is Delta. Charlie is always in the rear.

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u/zsbyd Jan 28 '25

“And we were always looking for this guy named Charlie.”