I've been saying it for years now.... if we can't take care of our own families, what would make us think we can take care of someone else's ... a complete strangers ... the same people we are sworn to protect and serve? Think about that for a minute.
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The “Take” from #FDIC 2015
When I talk about "Take", Im talking about knowledge, experience, networking, friendships, ideas etc. What was your "take" from FDIC? I hope everyone who attends comes away with SOMETHING... if you didn't / don't, it's your own fault. I'm curious as to what it was for you (the "take").
Read More »The silent killer, carcinogens and our gear.
Maybe, without even knowing; we are dragging these cancer causing agents around with us... depositing them everywhere we go. In our rigs, back to the station, in the bunk room beside our bed at nights.
Read More »I wish
You know the old saying "sh%# in one hand, wish in the other and see which one fills up first"? Well, that's what today's post is about... my wishes.
Read More »Tornado trauma… physical and mental
Can you imagine searching for victims in all this destruction while not even knowing that your own family is safe? Responding to a street that doesn't even exist any more?
Read More »A “Learning Experience” …
If we are not learning every day, we are wasting our time. It's our duty to learn and evolve on or ahead of the same pace that the situations and challenges we face daily are. If we don't, we are destined to fail. It's an up hill battle and one that, at a minimum; requires dedication, determination, discipline and desire.
Read More »“America’s Fire Captain?”
If you haven't heard, Dave's web site, Statter 911.com (which Rhett Fleitz created right after Al Gore invented the internet) is turning 8 years old. That's 8 years as a HUGE success in the Fire / EMS Blogging industry.
Read More »Leadership vs. Management
I don't have to hear a bunch of bitching and crying when I say we have to do this or that. They know I wouldn't ask something of them unless it was necessary for one reason or another.
Read More »How did your Department get to where it is today?
What I found at Pleasant Hill (and really anywhere I go in NC) was refreshing. We've only gotten together a few times since but always talk online, via phone etc every chance we get. Chief Chatman is a good person and I'm HONORED to call him a friend and BROTHER.
Read More »New Ironfiremen.com T-shirts!
The American Flag flying from a New York Hook and then the words that encompass everything I stand for ... TRADITION, PRIDE HONOR AND RESPECT .... BROTHERHOOD!
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