Posts Tagged: Fireemsblogs
The Right Stuff
There is a profound need to make sure the people we bring in not only have read and signed a memo telling them what our ethics happen to be, but that they LIVE these ethics.
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Giving As Much As We Have
We do not know the day nor the hour. We need to prepare as if every day were the day.
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Zen Zone #12
There is a time when decisions must be made.
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Zen Zone #8
If you are going to be the Chief, it helps to have thick skin.
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FRI 2011
Fire- Rescue International 2011 is just around the corner.
Even through it looks like I will not be able to attend this year. I wanted to give a shout out to some friends of mine that will be there.
The following are classes that I would recommend…
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Scary Rhetoric and Hypocrisy
People love to hate hypocrites. And in this day and age where so many people are looking for heroes, when we get it wrong, we get it wrong in a big way.
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Complacency
Complacency is a subject that seems to surface repeatedly in our business, a business that requires constant vigilance. It strikes all of us at one point or another. The cure, sadly enough, seems to be getting stung.
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Welcome To Hilton Head Island
The masses have converged on our department headquarters for the weekend.
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We Try Harder
"Zero defects" is a pretty lofty goal, but in our business, zero defects may be the difference between life and death.
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Power of Positive
I have heard it said that the only reason a bee can fly is because it doesn't know it shouldn't.
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Tillered Aerials and Safety Collaboration
We find too often that people are unwilling to accept the observations and experiences of others and instead "reinvent the wheel" regularly, wasting time and money in the process.
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The Way of The Chief
What constitutes the next leader of the fire service? Which qualities break someone out from the pack?
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Shut Up
Perhaps part of the problem in anonymity is that people feel compelled to say what they think, which in this and more than a few other cases, isn't much.
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Saying Goodbye To A Friend
If we really care about leaving a legacy, we should consider the culture we develop as a result of our leadership of others.
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Smells Like Innovation
I have asked students and others for a number of years, "What changes can you see for emergency services that would revolutionize our industry?"
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FDIC and Too Much Work!
So far the month of March this year has really kept me very busy with basically everything! My day job designing car seats has focused on the new Fiat 500 that is now ready to be sold in the United States. A high performance version of the Fiat 5…
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Tuscon – There But For The Grace of God Go I
You can speculate, you can imagine, you can insinuate, and you can opinionate, but the long and short of it is that YOU DON’T KNOW.
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The Sword
While leaders must have the ability to exercise statesmanship, these soft skills are sometimes not fully appreciated unless you can bring some smackdown to the table.
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FHZ On The Road – Upcoming Classes through Task Force 1
I've been really busy getting the home ready for the holidays. In the meanwhile, though, here's an update on where and when I'll be in your part of the world.
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Residential Fire Sprinkler Comparison
If this doesn't illustrate the live-saving capability of residential sprinklers, I don't know what else to tell you. You can dry things off after they get wet. You can't unburn your family or your home.
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The Disincentive for Responsible Reporting (Tax and Spend Socialists)
When I decide to offend, I think I'm an equal opportunity offender, because like I stated, I'm not a proponent of either camp. I think for myself.
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How Far Outside Your Box? Frontiers Around You
Anyone who demonstrates an obsession for the status quo and fails to think about the future with an open mind is only setting the table for their eventual obsolescence.
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If You Really Believe
They had no idea what they were about to face, but they did so with the total conviction of our calling, that of a firefighter.
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Customer Service: A Bad Concept?
While we can quantitatively point out that having a customer service attitude benefits us in public support, there should be a much more altruistic reason for our embracing that belief.
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Roto-Ray and Federal Q’s On POV?
By mentioning the Roto-Ray, the Federal Q, and POVs in one title, I'm going to be the high flyer of the internet.
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