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Carter: Getting It All Done Requires a Bit of Time Management
By Dr. Harry Carter - Thursday July 10, 2014
One of my favorite analogies comes from the 1960 John Wayne movie, "The Alamo." Do you remember the scene where Lawrence Harvey, as Colonel Travis, drew a line in the sand and then proceed to invite those who wished to stay and fight Santa Ana’s forces to step across and join him? We in the fire service are much like those who stayed to defend the Alamo. In our own way, each of us has...
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Karpluk: Five Myths on Fire Service Leadership
By Les Karpluk - Friday July 4, 2014
The role of a leader is to set others up for success and today’s fire service leaders must do what they can to help others grow as leaders. There are many myths in fire service leadership and being familiar with the following myths will help today’s leaders lead more effectively. Myth 1-You must be an officer to be recognized as a leader Nothing is further from the truth. While bars on...
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Pennington: Training to the Tip of Perfection
By Ryan Pennington - Monday June 30, 2014
When I sat down at my desk a few weeks back, I discovered a speech given by Admiral William H. McRaven at the University of Texas-Austin graduation commencement. He spoke about his time inside the elite special warfare operations group the U.S. Navy SEALs. These silent warriors are the 911 of our military. They are dispatched around the world on a moment's notice to defend our freedom and mitigate...
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Ballam: Spending Quality Time in Fire Apparatus Cabs
By Ed Ballam - Wednesday June 25, 2014
I spent some quality time sitting in apparatus cabs recently. I sat in cabs from at least six different manufacturers, not bothered by anybody, completely anonymous. I was at the New England Association of Fire Chiefs’ Expo in Springfield, Mass., a show over 150 miles from my home, but the closest one that’s large enough to attract major apparatus manufacturers. As you’ve read in...
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LeDuc: Where Do You Stand on Effective Response & Critical Tasking?
By Todd J. LeDuc - Friday June 20, 2014
Many communities are evaluating their costs and subsequently looking at fire and emergency services budgets critically as public safety, in many cases, accounts for upwards of 60% to 70% of the overall jurisdiction's budget. As such, it is important that your community has assessed the different levels of risk that exist from low, moderate to even high risk or significant/unique. And...
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Mills: Fire Safety at our Cabin in the Woods
By Cynthia Mills - Wednesday June 4, 2014
Fire safety and prevention…I was thinking about this yesterday. Yes, my good friend and fire prevention specialist at our department, Firefighter/Engineer Daniel Byrne , would be so proud of me. But honestly, I was thinking about it because we have recently moved to my dream home (which is actually a cabin) in the country. It is truly beautiful and we have worked many long, difficult...
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Fornell: Passing on the Craft of Firefighting
By Capt. Dave Fornell - Friday May 9, 2014
A few weeks ago, I found myself with a relatively inexperienced crew advancing a line up a staircase to push back a fire that had pretty much involved the entire attic of a two story home. I didn't realize it at the time, but the person operating the nozzle was one of my newbies, having successfully passed his Firefighter 1 course, but never, until then, having to face a fire roaring out of the...
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Salka: Confronting Danger as a Firefighter
By John J. Salka, Jr. - Monday May 5, 2014
We hear it all the time, "Stay Safe" or "Be Safe." What does that mean? Well, for starters let's take a look at the definition of safe: Safe – freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger or loss. OK, so then what is danger? Here's another definition; Danger – able or likely to cause physical injury. So then to "be safe' we want to be free of the risk of anything...
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Hilton: Fire Prevention Efforts Enhanced at Fire Museum of Memphis - Part 2
By Dayna Hilton - Tuesday October 8, 2013
Hello, everyone! Recently, I read an article sharing that the Fire Museum of Memphis received grants to update their museum. This is Part 2 of the series on the Fire Museum of Memphis and what they are doing to enhance their fire safety efforts (read Part 1 here ). As I mentioned in Part 1, I packed up the SpotMobile with my spotted companion, Molly (the Fire Safety Dog) and we headed...
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May: Love Made Visible and Achieving the Impossible
By Ben May - Tuesday September 10, 2013
The Lebanese poet, Kalil Kibran said that "work is love made visible." If ever there were a physical manifestation of these words in action, it is firefighting: the entire brother and sisterhood of our profession. The work we do reveals the humanity and love that drives us to perform those actions that many in our society call "noble" deeds. Love is a strange animal. It propels us to do...
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West Webster Shooting Stirred Memories for Me
By Peter Matthews - Wednesday December 26, 2012
I was in the kitchen watching updates from the scene where four firefighters were shot in Webster in Monroe County, NY. During the mid '90s, my father and I served with the Rush Fire Department, in the southern end of Monroe County. As this incident unfolded on Monday, it was a haunting reminder of the incidents over the last few years where firefighters, always known as the good guys and gals...
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