#ghettofiremenship

“I don’t want to work at a place where I don’t have to lock my car.” – Mo Davis, HFD

Urban City Truck Tactics was established in 2021 as a Social Media platform to share fireground tactics, primarily those focused towards Truck Company Operations. The idea is to provide information based off of real world experiences.

The owner of Urban City Truck Tactics is a nobody fireman, working for a nowhere city fire department. I began as a punk ass kid at the ripe age of 16, volunteering at the shores of New Jersey in 2005. In early 2015, I was scheduled to take the NJ Civil Service exam to start my dream as a career fireman. While serving as a volunteer with the Unexcelled No. 4 of Neptune Township, an opportunity presented itself for me to move south. I took this chance, and in September of 2015, moved to Savannah, Georgia, and on December 7, 2015, I was fortunate to be hired by the City of Pooler Department of Fire-Rescue as a full-time career fireman. There, I worked as primarily an engine fireman. In 2017, I began driving and completed training to be a reserve driver for our tiller (Ladder 61). Prior to being checked-off on our tiller, I began taking a stronger interest towards truck company operations, using my own time and money to attend conferences, focusing my training towards truck based skills. In 2018, I made the tough decision to further my career opportunities with a larger, urban city fire department. I completed testing in the Summer of 2018, and in February of 2019, accepted the offer of career fireman with a city on the eastern coast of South Carolina. I began on May 13, 2019 and was assigned to Ladder Co. 4 in July of 2019. On April 9, 2020, I accepted a transfer to Tower-Ladder Co. 2. From there, I was fortunate to gain a tremendous amount of experience, operating as the Irons Fireman on a busy, fire duty truck company. But, they say all good things must come to an end, right? My leadership on TL-2 promoted and transferred out, leaving the culture to change. I had began moving forward with my career, and in June of 2023, I promoted to Engineer, taking an assignment across the floor in my house to one of the engines. Though, I am no longer assigned to the truck, I continue to attend truck company trainings to grow my skills and knowledge and plan to one day return to a truck company in my city to encourage and assist in expanding our truck company culture in the right direction.