Watertown HOT

05/03/2026

Address for tomorrow’s RIT class:

W8301 Doepke Rd.
Waterloo WI 53594

What a day one! Lets keep the weekend rolling 🔥

05/01/2026

Extrication prep underway!

05/01/2026

Prep is in full swing!

Reminder: Tonight’s social will be kicking off at 6pm at the Silver Moon in Watertown (1601 E Gate Dr. Watertown, Wi 53094)

Training starts tomorrow at 8am sharp, please try to arrive early so we can get classes rolling right away.

See you all this weekend!

04/17/2026

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR LADDER CLASS

Class location has been changed, new address can be found below.

308 Air Park Dr. Watertown, Wi 53094
(Corner of S 12th St. and Air Park Dr.)

We are now just two weeks out and look forward to seeing everyone in attendance!

04/03/2026

Who wants to win a leather?!

Watertown Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 877 in partnership with RAGTOP FIRE will be giving away an N5A in your choice of size as well as paint color. Tickets will be available for cash only purchase at the conference.

Drawing will be held May 3rd at 12:30pm.

All money earned goes directly towards Watertown HOT for this year and years to come!

$50 a spot and limited to 150 spots

04/01/2026

‼️IMPORTANT UPDATES‼️

We are officially one month away!
Below you will find everything you need to know before you come.

PRE-CONFERENCE BASH:
Location: Silver Moon Watertown (1601 East Gate Dr. Watertown, Wi 53094)
Time: 6-10pm
Bar tab sponsored by L877, food available for purchase.

CLASS TIMES:
0800-1700 with a 1 hour lunch (Lunch will be provided, Brats and sides on Saturday, Jimmy Johns on Sunday.

PARKING:
For anyone attending classes at Watertown Fire Department. Parking will be in the parking lot of 607 S Church St. Watertown, Wi 53094. Spots will be marked, students are encouraged to drop gear off at station prior to parking as there will be a short walk from the parking lot to WFD.

FULL PPE, SCBA and spare bottle required for the following classes:
Hoodrat search, Forcible Entry, RIT, Tactical Ladders, Extrication.
(Extrication and ladders class do not require spare bottle)

SATURDAY CLASS INFO:

Hoodrat search:
Location: Watertown Fire Department.
621 Bernard St. Watertown,Wi 53094

Tactical Ladders:
Location: Hustisford training tower
318 E Tweedy St. Hustisford, Wi 53034

FFRS Nick Ledin:
Location: Watertown Fire Department
621 Bernard St. Watertown, Wi 53094

Thermal imaging:
Location: Watertown Fire Department
621 Bernard St. Watertown, Wi 53094

Forcible Entry:
Location: Watertown Fire Department
621 Bernard St. Watertown, Wi 53094

SUNDAY CLASS INFO:

Hoodrat search:
Location: Watertown Fire Department
621 Bernard St. Watertown, Wi 53094

Extrication:
Location: Watertown Training grounds
308 Air Park Dr. Watertown, Wi 53094
(Corner of S 12th st and Air Park Dr)

Forcible Entry:
Location: Watertown Fire Department
621 Bernard St. Watertown, Wi 53094

Command Workshop:
Location: Watertown Fire Department
621 Bernard St. Watertown, Wi 53094

RIT:
Location: Acquired Structure
Meet at Watertown Fire Department, group will convoy to the structure leaving WFD @0730 sharp

04/01/2026

This is no April fools joke, we are officially one month away!!

With that being said, to all attending please keep an eye out for an email this afternoon. Everything you need to know about dates/times/locations and what to bring will be in the email.

See you all in a month🔥

03/25/2026

We are just over a month away!!

‼️PRE-CONFERENCE BASH UPDATE‼️

05/01 6-10pm

For those attending the pre-conference bash, we have officially partnered with and will be hosting the bash at Silver Moon Watertown. Watertown Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 877 has generously sponsored a $1,000 drink tab, once its gone its gone! Food will be available for purchase as well.

Bull Mike will be our keynote speaker and encourages interaction from all in attendance!

Raffles will begin the night of the bash and run through the entire conference and boy do we have some great prizes!

*Must be registered to attend

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Silver Moon Watertown
1601 E Gate Dr, Watertown, Wi 53094

02/21/2026

Watertown HOT 2026 – Limited spots remaining!! 🔥🔥

02/20/2026

For anyone interested in learning more about this awesome data from the dudes at Firefighter Rescue Survey we still have spots left in Nick Ledin “Facts and physics of the foreground”

Get registered now before its too late!

5000 RESCUES...
have been recorded, analyzed, and will very shortly be ready for the fire service. Thanks to all the amazing work of those behind the scenes, all of the documents have been updated, the graphs have been made, and the slides are finished...just give us a little more time to update the website.

In the meantime, here's a sneak peak at one of almost 4 dozen slides that we can all use to make us all more effective and more efficient.

As always, more information leads to more questions...

- When was the last time you, your crew, and your dept training on search?
- On rescue?
- Do your SOGs/SOPs clearly spell out who is responsible for search?
- What is your 'Plan A' for moving an adult from inside a fire building?
- Plan B?
- What if the victim is > 300 pounds?

- What other questions come to mind when you look at this graph (post them below)?