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I'm Not Exactly New, But I Probably Don't Know You
Seeing as there are over 47,000 of you on here now and I got on somewhere around page four or so, I haven't had a chance to meet many of you yet. I've got a little group I'm pretty happy with over at Cancel The Engine and I have a blog going at Firehouse Zen that I welcome you to check out. That all being said, I'm leaving an open invitation to friend me here on my Firefighter Nation profile or over on Facebook. Note that I've made it all easy for you with links and all.
My interest on here is to network. I'm not trying to score points or anything like that. I just happen to have the desire to share what I have learned in thirty years of leading high-functioning teams and the desire to learn what you see in your own world as well, whether you are a junior, a probie, or the crustiest jake on the street (or even a genuine coffee-cup toting chief officer like me).
So the door is open, I enjoy hearing from people, and although I'm not into dragging out conversations on the color of helmets and stuff like that, I'm wide open to discussions on change management, visionary action, and the future of emergency services as a whole. Like the Kodak people were probably saying when digital photography went through the roof, "We need to be thinking ahead to the next step." If you aren't thinking about what has the potential to be around the next corner, you won't even know it when it runs you over.
So I'm looking forward to meeting you, come on by and check out Firehouse Zen, and feel free to say something. Don't be shy. I haven't bitten anyone today that you know of.
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Permalink Reply by Firefighter NetCast on
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"Welcome", Chief. Just wanted to echo that Firehouse Zen is one of the most well-written and thought-provoking websites out there. We encourage everyone to check out the site that we have on our "daily visit list."
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Permalink Reply by Mick Mayers on
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You guys make me blush. By the way, thanks and let me know when you are planning to fire up another podcast. You guys are pretty damn good yourselves.
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u r gr8 2.
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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I'm new here, so what do we get when we earn enough points?
{Ben ducks and covers, awaiting typical FFN creative answers}
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Permalink Reply by DUST on
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Alright already.... I sent you a friend request so you can earn more points, okay?....sheesh!
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I was kinda looking at that and knowing that I don't do more than fog a mirror here and yet I still have a bunch of points, I must be getting them based on good looks alone. (I'm not sure what kind of emoticon that warrants, but I'm sure there is one).
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Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on
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Ben,
You get to start a discussion on: helmet; turnout; apparatus; POV light; colors AND you become an honorary Junior Explorer Fire Chief! Totally way cool dude. But wait...you also get a set of Ginzu Kitchen Knives.
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Don't know about the Ginzu knives - I might cut myself.
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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on
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Next FFNetcast is June 24th.
FirefighterNetcast Presents The Voice of Reason.
This show will discuss politics and the fire service.
And I have Illinois' top dog on fire service legislation.
At least, it will be interesting to ME.
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You are always interesting to me, and politics and the fire service, well...do politics actually have an effect on how we operate the fire service? I mean, isn't it more important that we know how many lights are on your POV?
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