Posts Tagged: Leadership
Attitude is Everything
[singlepic id=1 w=320 h=240 float=] It is great to be back after a fairly lengthy hiatus due to the need to focus on the organization I serve Horry County Fire Rescue. Since coming to Horry County Fire Rescue I have had the opportunity to serve with a ve…
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Investing Time: Know Your People
"Spend quality time with the team, learning who they are and what motivates them." -- Lt. Col Hal Moore, USA Ret.
Old Man Winter keeps crackin' on here in the North. I'm lookin' forward to Spring. Had a garage fire the other night. T…
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A St. Patrick’s Day Salute to CFD Chief Eddie Enright
There are fire chiefs and there are Fire Chiefs. Read about one experienced veteran who draws a crowd no matter where he's at, and find out why.
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Making the Basics, Basic!
For new and aspiring fire officers remember training does not have to take all day, but has to be effective and have a measurable outcome at the end.
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I Am A Bully
With the pull of a trigger, we can launch down an irrevocable path with unbelievable repercussions.
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Train Your Replacement. Bob did. Paul does.
It's been 5 years since I wrote "Missing a Mentor: What about Bob?" -- a tribute to someone who I admittedly under-appreciated until it was too late.
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CLASSES! “Truck Work 101″
Participants will experience HIGH ENERGY, HANDS-ON truck work training. We enhance the traditional LOVERS PLUS truck work model with MODERN skills & knowledge that can be used TODAY on YOUR FIREGROUND!
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“He writes his own headlines”
What does "Writing his own headlines" mean? That's when someone spends so much time thinking about how this is going to look in the news they forget they have to do the work before the story gets written.
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A New Years Resolution Mad Lib “On Firefighting”
As firefighters, danger is a part of our job. Ignoring the danger or masking it with blanket statements & safety slogans will almost certainly result in a catastrophic reality check.
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Project “Viral Likes”
This is a reasonable, easy, and cheap resolution you can add for 2013 that is positive and will help others. Don't just talk the talk; walk the walk.
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Seasons Greetings From The Hills
As I enter my 20th year on this job of all jobs (THE best one in the world that is...), I am once again faced with working around the holidays. I have worked many, many Christmas days, Christmas Eves, New Years, etc.... You get the point. I always reflect on what is must have been like for our past Brothers working around this time of year.
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Character in Leadership
Move over a skosh,..got hot Joe comin' through! Man,..its cold up here in the North today! Say, a fella' I know was discussing fire service leadership, and you know me, I'll allow that is right up my alley! So we sat and brewed up some thoughts tog…
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Light Box Instructions – Where’s The Training?
This just happens to be a prime example of what we need to do as trainers in the fire service. We have to step back from time to time and remember to show the basic operations of some of what we now think are the simplest of tasks.
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Follow up on Wytheville … Damn that evil Captain Wines and his mustache!
So many of these questions/factors could have fatal consequences if not answered / addressed. Do they have the "it will never happen here" mentality? I hope not.... the results can be devastating.
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Thanks and Giving!
While a lot of folks are counting out the days before Thanksgiving by sharing day-by-day what they’re thankful for, I’ve decided to summarize the past few weeks here as they have been some of the most challenging and rewarding times I’v…
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Vision Quest
“The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.” - Steven Pressfield
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Know Yourself
Ok, the Joe is hot..lets evaluate the probie's coffee skills. I have with me the FDNY Probationary Firefighting Skill - Coffee Making check sheet, obtained from Brother LeBlanc. We can check things off while Probie makes another pot and we …
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Broken Windows
Some firefighters still have pride and ownership in the job, the uniform and in their appearance.
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Sandy arrives. Horton leaves. Portsmouth, VA’s emergency manager exits as storm hits. The latest on former fire chief’s ever changing employment status.
He's here. He's gone. He's back. He's gone again.
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Command and Size Up “Memory Joggers”
Here is a great "memory jogger" for Command Functions and Size Up from one of our instructors, Scott Hulsey.
Size-up Matrix
Command Sequence Cycle
Click the link for each and feel free to use how you w…
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Mentoring
We have the opportunity to mentor the next generation even before they get on the job, sometimes we do it without knowing it.
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Some clarification before I retire (or at least before my next post)
Judging from some of the comments, I am a condescending, egotistical, CLOWN who knows nothing about Emergency Medical Services and should retire (WOW ... somebody actually knows me ...LOL)
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Somos Una Hermandad – - En Español
Mientras yo hablar y leer algunos españoles, que hablar y leer un poco.
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Too Much of a Good Thing
A plethora, to those of you who care about such things, is not simply a large amount of something, but an amount so large it becomes undesirable.
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The Fireground is Like Loading a Dishwasher
There are as many ways to operate on the fireground as there are ways to load a dishwasher. Some require a little planning but result is streamlined operations and functional flexibility. Others rely on making the plan as you go and may require a little more work to get the job.
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