What started out as a vision for connecting soldiers with the volunteer fire service for what I thought was simply just a good recruitment idea --- has evolved into a passion for fulfilling what I believe is an obligation and an opportunity to save lives by offering returning veterans a step-down and reintegration process they desparately need.
Learn more about my vision in this article published in the March-2012 edition of Fire-Rescue Magazine and let me know your…
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A conversation heard at a Midwestern fire department between Bobby, the Training Officer and his Chief:
Fire Chief: Go away, Bobby, I’m eating.
T.O. Bobby: Hey, Your Eminence, I have some good news and I have some good news.
Fire Chief: You know me, Bobby. Give me the bad news first.
T.O. Bobby: There is no bad news, Chief.
Fire Chief: There’s never no bad news, Bobby. This is 2010,…
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Despite the fact that I wrote this piece for Fire-Rescue Magazine last year, I'm pretty sure its content is still relevant as we ponder recent and not so recent events on the eve of Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week http://www.firefighternation.com/forum/topics/usfa-reminds-you-that-safety.
As I stated in comments to another blog by John Mitchell (…
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