Combat ready?

摘要

What is "combat ready"? The term is popping up all over the fire service in articles, training, lectures, and day-to-day discussions in the firehouse. What exactly does it mean to be combat ready? More importantly, what does it mean to you and your department? Let us focus on just one aspect of being combat ready, something I see in departments time and time again. Our weapons (yes, I used the term "weapons")—they are our took, specifically the nozzle. They need to be considered as our day-to-day weapons against an enemy that will kill us. Do you think our military became the greatest force on earth by being complacent or assuming its weapons were in prime working order?