Posts Tagged: Company
30% Club… Wanna Join? Pay Your Dues
In everyone's career, things are said or done that make the "light bulb turn on". This article was one of the things that I read early in my career that had a tremendous impact on me.
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Nontraditional Classroom Education
Classroom and hands on are super important. But even more important is learning from each other's experiences.
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CFSI Webinar Series Making the Right Decisions
Upcoming CFSI Webinar: Making the Right Decisions
CFSI Webinar Series Making the Right DecisionsDATE: March 31, 2010
TIME: 2:00 - 2:45PM EST
LOCATION: Your personal computer! FEATURING: Chief Billy Goldfeder
RSVP: Email malderfer@cfsi.org b…
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Shiners, Whiners and Recliners
I have heard a lot of analogies over my career about the fire service like “You can peal one fire department name off the wall and replace it with another one and it would be the same” and “it is the same circus but with different clowns…
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Vacant or Unoccupied: Tactical Risk and Safety
We seem to do a lot of things at times out of common practice and repetition, you know; “We’ve always done it that way….” syndrome. There’s a resonating theme that is making its way around the fire service dealing with going to a defensive tact…
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The Command and Company Officer
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Company and Command Officers are crucial to the mission critical effectiveness and safety of company level operations, crew integrity and …
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The Company Officer and Leadership
Leadership; It certainly isn’t about the number of bars or collar brass horns you have on your collar, the color of your helmet, or the “title” you have. Although there are many who would argue that point and feel that they are THE Leader specifici…
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Shaping the Future “Creating Leaders in our Youth” Part III
Knowledge is Power… Share It !!! This statement is often used by many including myself. So what does it truly mean? It means that you will freely give of your knowledge and wisdom to others withholding nothing. It never fails, I will see a leader of an…
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Everything is a Possibility: Do It Anyways
Everyone has idealisms, dreams, goals, aspirations, ideas and purpose. Everything is a Possibility, IF you strive to persevere and keep at it. Whatever the cause, need or reasons; regardless of the roadblocks, disappointment, disenchantment, frus…
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Shaping the Future “Creating Leaders in our Youth” Part II
In Doug Cline's previous posting: Shaping the Future "Creating Leaders in our Youth" Part I he ended the with a question, “So officers are you shaping the fire service’s future?” Here's his latest installment.
I hope this prompted fire offi…
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Shaping the Future; “Creating Leaders in our Youth” Part I
As we quickly approach a time when much of the fire service leadership will be retiring we are destine to face the loss of great leadership in the fire service. This could prove to be a tragedy for our profession or we can make it a positive bench mark…
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Stop the Entertainment
When we focus our attention on Building Construction, Command Risk Management and Firefighter Safety and the essence of combat structural fires; Structural firefighting is what it's all about, is it not? The fundamental nature and reason we have such ven…
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The Boss
No this isn't about Springsteen....
The Company Officer fulfills a mission critical role within the fire service that directly affects personnel and public safety and community accord. The title carries with it the opportunity to ride the “front seat…
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LODD- Gretna, LA Ricky Christiana, 44
We’ve lost another. According to reports from The Times-Picayune, a fire that broke out in Gretna on Friday night at the city building official's home claimed the life of one firefighter …
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The BOSS
No this isn't about Springsteen....The Company Officer fulfills a mission critical role within the fire service that directly affects personnel and public safety and community accord. The title carries with it the opportunity to ride the “front seat”…
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Ethical and Moral Fortitude or Unemployment
Photo From STATter911Recently a Fire Chief from the community of Shaker Heights, Ohio (metro Cleveland) took a position and stand on issues affecting the department and the community related to budget reductions demanded by the mayor’s office. Refer to…
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Laminated veneer lumber (LVL)
Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) Are you aware of the product and it’s characteristics? Here’s a quick primer, ready or not here it comes in a neighborhood close to you.According to the manufacturer, Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is a vast improvement o…
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Buildings Under Construction
It’s been a busy week for a couple of departments nationally with major fires at buildings under construction. A multiple alarm fire struck a 5 –story Apartment Complex in Renton, Washington that occupies nearly a full city block on Tuesday June 30t…
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NFPA 2008 Firefighter LODD Report Issued
The NFPA Firefighter Fatalities in the United States 2008 report was rcently issued. The report provides overall statistics on line-of-duty firefighter fatalities in 2008, including non-incident-related deaths. Includes patterns, trends, career vs. volun…
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Remembrance Two LODD events and the Lessons Learned
As we approach the July 4th holiday period, two significant LODD incidents previously occurred during this time frame that hold a number of lessons learned related to command management, operations, building construction principles and building performan…
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The Opposing Spectrum of Fire Service Safety Culture
The Evolving Fire Service Safety Culture lies somewhere between two conflicting and opposing spectrums, marked by traditionalist emotions and conservative perspectives.It's all about firefighter safety, survivability and doing the "job"; however we need…
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Fire Service Safety, Extinguishment, Tradition, Culture
Must read postings related to Fire Service Safety Culture versus the Culture of Extinguishment...Read on Follow the Yellow Brick Road By Chief Art GoodrichBorrowing and paraphrasing a comment made by FDNY Lt. Ray McCormack, I would wonder in his safety c…
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2009 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week
Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your Responsibility June 14-20, 2009Plan, get involved, engaged and take responsibility....Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your Responsibility encourages chiefs and fire/EMS pe…
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Risk versus Close Call, What are We Doing?
Here's one for timing. My recent post today on risk related to vacant or unoccupied structures.... Check out the series of photos for a close call incident involving a trailer fire, HERE. Photo sequence by Patrick Scott.Again, the question before us; Why…
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What’s in The Cards Today?
On any given day, we expect some fairly simple and basic things; Simple and basic from a firefighter’s perspective that is. We hope that we have a busy day, for the most part. That the alarms and incidents allow us to practice our skills and do what w…
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