Dave LeBlanc's Blog – November 2014 Archive (4)

Who Looks After The Victims?

If you are changing the mission you better let the citizens know – Captain Dave LeBlanc

So with all the discussion going on about SLICE-RS there is a lot of concern from firefighters about such a dramatic shift in our priorities. While SLICERS doesn’t say rescue isn’t a priority, it moves it from…

Continue

Added by Dave LeBlanc on November 18, 2014 at 10:29pm — No Comments

Your Eyes Are Useless When the Mind is Blind, Part III

Final in Series by Captain Dave LeBlanc

Editor’s Note: Dave’s first article in this three-part series looks at lessons for the fire service from the popular book “On Combat”. You can read Part I …

Continue

Added by Dave LeBlanc on November 13, 2014 at 6:37pm — No Comments

Your Eyes Are Useless When the Mind is Blind, Part II

Second in a series by Captain Dave LeBlanc

Editor’s Note: Dave’s first article in this three-part series looks at lessons for the fire service from the popular book “On Combat”. You can read Part I …

Continue

Added by Dave LeBlanc on November 10, 2014 at 8:22pm — No Comments

Your Eyes Are Useless When the Mind is Blind, Part I

New post, and series, from Captain Dave LeBlanc

Recently I had the opportunity to re-read “On Combat” by Lieutenant Colonel David Grossman. While this book is geared toward the sheepdogs of society (police and military) there are some definite concepts that affect the fire service and firefighters. As I was re-reading it, I…

Continue

Added by Dave LeBlanc on November 8, 2014 at 6:59pm — No Comments