This class is one I’ve been asked about since rolling out the Company Officer Development Program we’ve been doing for almost two years with great success. The Battalion Chief version is the same format but it is six weeks instead of five and it focuses on issues OFF of the fire ground. Check it out, […]
To Post or Not to Post
Is social media harming our notification systems As I sit down to share some thoughts; social media reminded me of an incident that occurred about a year ago. A neighboring department had an apparatus that was involved in a roll-over accident responding to an incident. With-in minutes, before the assisting apparatus could arrive on scene, […]
Captain 180 – I Like My Hose Loads With a Side of Versatility
I Like My Hose Loads With a Side of Versatility While attending a regional fire school recently, several of us spent the good part of one evening enjoying the Brotherhood and solving all the fire service problems of the world. At one point the discussion turned to the hose loads used by those at the […]
FREE Webinar–Five Steps for Promotion
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To Be Up or Down
In my years as a younger firefighter, both as a volunteer and during my career training, it was driven home that we enter building fires with a low profile. More specifically on our hands and knees. I was never going to question my instructors, the books or the more veteran firefighters that mentored me. […]
A Different Kind of Courage
When speaking of public servants like firefighters, police officers and our military, courage is a word that many use to describe our actions. After all we are running in when others are running out. If you were to ask a firefighter about the courage it takes to run into a burning building, odds are that they […]
5 Week Company Officer Development Program–Online
5 Week ODP 11-2015 I have been running this class now for over a year and the demand has grown. I am happy to say that this class will be the first for us to use a Learning Management System, Blackboard, to deliver our next offering in November. This will allow the student easier access […]
Engine Elite: America’s 1st Defense
Take a look and get registered for this comprehensive hands on class. We are posting this for some friends of ours, so please read the flyer for registration and details. Engine Elite Class; “America’s 1st Defense”
Five Week Officer Development Program–Sept. 2015
This class is becoming very popular and we are almost to a point that we are accommodating entire departments and their company officers–it’s very exciting! The next class is set to start on September 28, 2015. It is all online and is only five weeks. It does take some work and you will get out […]
Being the Right Kind of First
I was lucky to have some great officers and leaders influence my career path in the fire service, and in life. They were always offering sound advice and sharing their experiences. Some I heeded right away and others I had to learn the hard way. Either way, their words and actions provided me a template […]