[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]The value we place on something determines how we treat it. For instance, you probably wouldn’t give much thought to...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]It's time to put a stop to firefighter ED. Now that caught your attention! But the ED I’m referring to is not what you’re thinking. Phew! Instead, it’s an incident command...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"] There isn’t a place more sacred in a fire station than the kitchen table. The place where we break bread with fellow firefighters, solve the department’s problems, have...
As each wildland fire season seems worse than the last, messages about preparation often fall on deaf ears.
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]I remember when I first started the fire service. I was around 19 years old. Out of the blue, my captain (an “old” guy about 35 years old) asked me, “What’s your ultimate...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]I remember when I first made fire chief. The “have to” things that came with the job made me cringe. City Council...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]The call comes in as a structure fire. As personnel are suiting up, you fire up the rig and get the lights activated. In moments you’re rolling Code 3 with the siren...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]It’s been just over five years now that my good friend Captain Andy Troncale of the Arcadia (Calif.) Fire Department...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]From every tragedy come lessons learned. In public safety, this process is even more necessary; although we must first...
Resist the contagion of abuse and divisiveness, and help your firefighters use this moment for positive change
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Baseball season is now at an end. I often wonder what it takes to get to the World Series. One characteristic that great ball players share:...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]I remember when I was first hired and received my badge pinning ceremony. It was such an honor to be part of this exclusive organization, and to me, the badge was a symbol...
