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I Had A Vision

By in Firehouse Zen at July 8, 2009 at 6:32 am
I woke up this morning with an idea for emergency services that is already a reality. It's funny about technology in our business; innovation driven by the private sector and the military is implemented and has probably run through four or five revisions, then we look at it and say, "Wow, this is amazing technology!" while the others have likely moved on. Read More »

Hypocrisy

By in Firehouse Zen at July 6, 2009 at 9:03 pm
When a man will condemn others but will not subject himself to the same ethical standards, that, my friends, is a hypocrite.   We talk about people living in glass houses and the logic for their not throwing stones, but we often fail to hold people to … Read More »

1984

By in Firehouse Zen at June 22, 2009 at 11:47 am
I woke up very early this morning with some reflections of how the last week has gone and was thinking back to how much easier it was in the "old days".  While the year 1984 has certain significance to many (you know, the book), the year has certain sig… Read More »

The Case for Credentialing – An Opposing View

By in Firehouse Zen at June 18, 2009 at 9:51 pm
I'm distressed that a comment got sent to my spam filter regarding an earlier post and for that I apologize.  The poster made the comment that he didn't think I'd print it.  As it is, I would hope by now that readers understand that I welcome opposin… Read More »

The Case for Credentialing – Those Who Can't Get In

By in Firehouse Zen at June 17, 2009 at 6:32 am
My final group of people who are not happy with credentialing efforts are the "outsiders".  To me, they are the ones with the most logical and compelling concerns about credentialing.  Ironically, these people are often those already with some responsi… Read More »

The Case for Credentialing – Those Who Can't Get In

By in Firehouse Zen at June 17, 2009 at 6:32 am
My final group of people who are not happy with credentialing efforts are the "outsiders".  To me, they are the ones with the most logical and compelling concerns about credentialing.  Ironically, these people are often those already with some responsi… Read More »

The Case for Credentialing – Answering Your Comments

By in Firehouse Zen at June 16, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I hate to break free in the middle of this series like this, but there were some comments made that I wanted to discuss.  Since one is on one post and the other is on another post, I felt the need to tie them together and talk really quickly to the issu… Read More »

The Argument for Credentialing – Moving On

By in Firehouse Zen at June 15, 2009 at 6:31 am
Now that we have discussed the four major players in the argument against credentialing, lets talk about the argument for it. A credential is only as good as the standard by which it is issued.  The point of having a credential should be to identify an… Read More »

The Case for Credentialing – Opportunists and Profiteers

By in Firehouse Zen at June 7, 2009 at 5:22 pm
[caption id="attachment_464" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="SC-TF1 in Chalmette, LA during Katrina ops."][/caption] And then, there are the profiteers.  My intent with Firehouse Zen is not to use it as a place to vent, but as a place to enlight… Read More »

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