Posts Tagged: Risk Reduction
Perfect Alignment
Deep down inside, we might say to ourselves, "That could never happen here." Or we feel it coming up and we suppress it, because we know, if we were ever to actually verbalize that, it WOULD happen.
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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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It’s Been Busy
I have been struggling trying to find a special something to put in my blog, like the Weekly Weasel or the Microcoaching ideas. I spent a lot of time, a month almost, trying to figure that out. Then today I realized, it's not what Firehouse Zen is about.
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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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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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I’m With Stupid But Not Right At This Moment
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I'm afraid my strategy for capturing the interest of the uninitiated has fallen through, so I'm going to have to …
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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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A Little Safety Parable
Firefighting isn't Jackass: There is a serious difference between taking stupid risks and calculated risks.
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Stuck In The Past
When your organization is experiencing such dysfunction that it is obvious even to the newest recruit, then how clueless are you to insist that everything is coming up roses?
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Where Were You That Night?
It was inevitable that something bad would happen, given what we know now. All we can do now is honor the lives of those who go before us, pray for the families and help them deal with this tragedy, and hope we all learn from the events that evening.
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Squirrel In The Middle of The Road
Our job entails more than just responding to emergencies. It entails responding to community needs and assisting our neighbors. That assistance comes in many forms, but the agencies who get it will be survivors, and those who don't, well, I think you can figure that out yourself. It's not a matter of "if", but "when".
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Values
If your organization doesn't have agreed-upon values, it's a good time to get your people together and discuss some. Value statements provide direction to those who have to make a watershed decision at some point with little guidance otherwise.
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Get Your Facts Straight
What facts may seem to be in evidence right now may not always be accurate, thus the need for continual re-evaluation of your situation. Even though something appears to be true right now, it might not be in a few minutes, a few hours, or a few days.
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Science Is Your Friend
While taking Honora to school a few days ago, Bob Edwards was speaking on NPR Radio with Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, the authors of the book, “Unscientific America”. While the book apparently discusses “scientific illiteracy”, some of …
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Turtles, Circumstances, and Change
Just this week, not only on our relatively quiet haven of Hilton Head Island, but right here in the community in which I live (Palmetto Dunes), comes a story which has become national news. Before I knew it would be on CNN and everywhere else, I read i…
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Ambition
At Mass today there was a reading from the Letter of St. James that got me thinking: “Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice.” It goes on to say, “Where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it n…
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Tribes
I've been pretty busy lately so I haven't been able to post. Something about the end of summer, doing deliveries and computer stuff for my wife's company, doing the initial planning and contacts for our annual Down Syndrome Buddy Walk, and of course, g…
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Star of Life Law Blog
I am encouraged by some of the blogs that are going on out there right now and I try to throw a link to the good ones over on the side over there (you know, over THERE, on your right). A great one that popped up in the past few days has some serious me…
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I Wanna Be A Libertarian
For the most part, I consider myself a Libertarian in that I'd just as soon the government not tell me what to do. In some aspects, I guess, I'm pretty conservative in my values, so I'm a little Republican, and I like the idea of people on welfare gett…
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Hypocrisy
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 …
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1984
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…
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The Case for Credentialing – An Opposing View
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…
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The Case for Credentialing – Those Who Can't Get In
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…
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