#VideoClipOfTheDay May 2025: Watch from multiple angles as our members arrive at a residential structure fire in the City of San Bernardino. This video features both stringer and GoPro footage from Truck Company firefighters performing vertical ventilation operations on the roof. Vertical ventilation is a coordinated tactic designed to release superheated gases and smoke, reducing flashover potential and improving interior conditions for crews advancing hose lines. These operations are carefully

🔥 The Paxton Drill focuses on rapidly deploying multiple ground ladders to various windows of a structure. We typically require a crew of two to throw six ladders to six different windows, for time. This drill was developed in response to the devastating 1993 Chicago hotel fire at the Paxton Hotel, where numerous lives were saved by firefighters quickly placing ground ladders. We run this drill to improve speed, precision, and efficiency in deploying ground ladders, practicing accurate distance