In this weeks True Grit Nugget, instructor Marcus Sweeney explains how to find the fire simply by fluxing your nozzle while at the Colorado State Fire Fighters Association 2026 Fire College in Aurora, Colorado.

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 If you’re just flowing like that, I feel like you’re not going to feel the heat, so…that might protect you. Like, ‘I don’t even know where the fire is still’.

So if you hit it, shut it down, and you’re like, ‘oh, shit, I’m getting that residual heat down the hallway.’ You’re like, ‘oh, it’s down the hallway.’ So you start going that way…flow more…

Same thing. Shut it down. You’re like, ‘dude, these rooms are starting to further I get it’s getting hotter and hotter.’ It’s got to be the last room. I think if you’re just constantly flowing. You might not get the the feedback you want from the fire.

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