Posts Tagged: Kind
The Case For Credentialing – The Argument
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As discussed in the last post, there are those who are against credentialing, for their own reasons. Because I have had plenty of discu…
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The Case for Credentialing
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I'm about to launch into a multi-part blog to discuss the merits of credentialing. Right now I am aware of …
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The Past Will Continue To Haunt Us
I'm supposed to be working on my final Executive Fire Officer paper but in doing some literature review, I came across a voice from the past. I happened upon a copy of "The Fire Chief's Handbook" from 1978. Now to someone like me, 1978 doesn't sound …
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Growth
If you aren't making mistakes, you aren't reaching far enough. Of course, when we are talking about something like making a decision on dinner, it's one thing, but when it is something where your career is on the line, it's a whole other ballgame.
The p…
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Thoughts While Sitting in Traffic
Sorry for not being around lately. I've had family in town and lots of stuff to do with the wife and girls. However, as I returned home from work the other day (this is at about 0645 in the morning), I was riding side-by-side with a vehicle best describe…
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Firefighting as Asymetrical Warfare
There used to be a day when warriors considered it less than chivalrous to take cover or to shoot from a prone position. Most of us in this millennium probably would never consider it a good idea to stand up and march forward upright into a withering h…
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Let's Take an Unemotional Look at the Problem
While I have been pursuing the discussion on The Kitchen Table only peripherally as I have been very busy lately, I noted an undertone of something that I guess has nagged at me for quite some time. After thinking about it for a few days, I realized th…
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