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- Fairfax County, VA
- United States
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Profile Information
- Type of Organization
- Combination Fire Rescue Department
- Job Function
- EMS Chief / Division Head
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 43
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Fairfax County (VA) Fire and Rescue Department (retired)
- Years With Department/Agency
- 25 uniform + 5 civilian
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/
- Web Site:
- http://fallschurchvfd.org/
- Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
- Town of Ocean City (MD) - seasonal EMT, College Park (Prince George's County MD) VFD - live in firefighter/EMT (1973 - 1974), McLean (VA) Volunteer Fire and Rescue (1971 - 1977)
- My Training:
- Fire Officer III, Instructor IV, HazMat Technician, paramedic
- About Me:
- Author: FIRE OFFICER: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 2nd edition (2010) published by Jones and Bartlett for NFPA/IAFC
Former Fire Science Program Head at Northern Virginia Community College.
"FossilMedic" on Firegeezer.com
- Day Job:
- Consultant, teacher, subject matter expert
- Relationship Status:
- In a Relationship
- Facebook or Other Online Profile:
- http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1653699453
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- It is the cool thing to do
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- You know that you are making a difference
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Crushing economic recession stripping resources.
Schizophrenic approach to EMS.
Massive generational change in leaders and bosses.
Mike Ward's Blog
Career firefighters next Tea Party target?
Posted on March 22, 2010 at 8:30am 3 Comments 0 Likes
Firefighter "AIG" Problem
Posted on December 31, 2009 at 11:40am 3 Comments 0 Likes
While the pile is money is much lower, career firefighters are encountering taxpayer anger. Let's look at two issues:
TIME-TO-RETIRE
In the last half of the 20th century, some IAFF locals and state associations were successful in reducing the time required to qualify for a pension. Part of the argument was the punishing work conditions as a city… Continue
Just Enough Leadership
Posted on September 6, 2009 at 12:17pm 6 Comments 0 Likes
In the July-August 2009 edition of Harvard Business Review, writing in Rebuilding Companies as Communities, Mintzberg asserts:
"They sat in their offices and announced the goals they want others to attain, instead of getting on the ground and helping improve performance. Executives did not know what was going on, and employees didn’t care what went on. What a monumental failure… Continue
Professional Development gets an FRI Push
Posted on August 30, 2009 at 5:28am 0 Comments 0 Likes
He is the architect of the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) initiative started 12 years ago at the National Fire Academy (click HERE for related article). He has encouraged, cajoled and conceptualized the concept of linking training with academic achievement and… Continue
Idiot Replacement Theory
Posted on August 2, 2009 at 5:55am 5 Comments 0 Likes
CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
We were part of the hundreds hired thirty years ago as a collection of rural VFDs grew into an urban county fire department. Our first line… Continue
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