With all the talk around the fire service today about the knowledge and expertise the "old-heads" take with them when they retire, we thought it might be a good idea to pick their brains about little "tricks of the trade" they have learned throughout their careers. Below is a compilation of tricks of the trade, ideas that we have taught to others and practice ourselves. Some of them were homegrown in our departments, and some of them have been passed on to us. Although we may not know whom to credit for some of these ideas, they deserve to be passed along.
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