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Nick Brunacini

Retired Phoenix Fire Department shift commander, publisher of B Shifter and Blue Card instructor, co-author of "Command Safety" and author of "B-Shifter: A Firefighter's Memoir."

Oct 17, 2026

4:19
Day
4:19
triggered... rescue operation where they actually went in and they got their hands on Tarver they were bringing him out and he was disoriented from all the smoke he had breathed and he had basically assaulted the crew that was trying to save him he ended up running back into the building into the back of the building and die in there so That rescue operation wasn't successful.
4:47
And after about the first five minutes, other rescue, the firefighters that went in to rescue him started experiencing their own maydays.
4:56
So there was a period of time for seven or eight minutes where you couldn't talk on the radio channel because of multiple requests for emergency traffic from the crews operating inside.
5:07
We lost, we couldn't count after 36 in about a five minute period.
5:12
You know, it's not going well in here.
5:14
Come and get us.
9:13
They stay inside
3:23
Yeah.
3:23
So, yeah, so— And here's the other thing about why it's important to see your demons and your angels.
3:34
I know what my weaknesses are, man.
3:37
Believe me.
3:37
We all know what we are weak.
3:40
Workers' behavioral response to angels.
3:44
Do you think there are some behavioral response when you're being a nice person to other people? Oh, yeah.
7:34
Like, you got to pull it back.

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