#ghettofiremenship

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 from real world experiences.

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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 as a junior firefighter with the President Park Company #5 of the Sayreville Fire Department in New Jersey in the Summer of 2005, before moving and joining as a junior firefighter with the Seaside Heights Fire Department, Co. #44 in Ocean County, New Jersey in December of 2005. Obtained FF1 from the Ocean County Fire Academy in Fall of 2007. 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 Co. #4 of the Neptune Fire Department, 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 TDA. Prior to being checked-off on our TDA, 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 Company #4 in July of 2019. On April 9, 2020, I accepted a transfer to Tower-Ladder Company #2 in the cities South Battalion. From there, I was extremely 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 Tower-Ladder #2 promoted 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. In the Winter of 2025, I completed the testing process, and in January of 2026, was promoted to Captain, taking an assignment on one of the busiest engine companies in the cities East Battalion, in Midtown. Though, I am no longer assigned to a truck company, 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.