Ghosts by Chief Jim Crawford

“Which one of us are you going to tell him about?”  What a powerful question to ask a firefighter.  From the beginning of the fire service firefighters have seen sights that haunt them, and sometimes taunt them, for life.  They are images that we as individual firefighters try to forget, ignore or…

It may be an unsolvable mystery.

NEW November Fire Rescue magazine editorial: Take Us To Your Leadership.

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My very first encounter with Chief Alan Brunacini was not what I would have hoped for. I was attending my first FDIC and was sitting through a presentation on how to submit articles to become a Fire Engineering author. Being the introvert that I am, I naturally sat in the back row while taking notes. Chief Lasky had already set the fire under my tuchas two days earlier to…

NEW Fire/Rescue Magazine October editorial cartoon: Scary Things!

Comply, or else!

STAY FIRED UP, and follow the code!

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Never get a tattoo you can’t see. Seems like good advice to me!

STAY FIRED UP, and smile!

So many acronyms, so little time. Show me. Teach me. Tell me. Then get out of my way and trust that I know how to do it.

STAY FIRED UP!

Training is not just for the bread and butter tasks, but to sharpen skills that we rarely use, too. This cartoon focuses on one of those tasks: standpipe training, tactics and operation. Are standpipes a resource that we use often? Most of us would probably say no. Is utilizing standpipe connections a real and present possibility? I think most would say…

Perhaps it's time for Smokey to get back to his carnivorous roots... natural knucklehead herd thinning in action.

STAY FIRED UP!



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...and some days I draw cartoons that are about nothing what so ever!

STAY FIRED UP!



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As an artist who has studied human behavior for the better part of my 49 years, I can honestly say "huggable moments" are a societal issue more than a generational one. It's easy to point our fingers at the Millennials and Gen-Zs for this, but as an instructor for the past 15 years I can tell you that the Gen-Xs (my generation) are not much better. Let's face it, we as a…

Not sure when I will retire, but I’m all but positive this will be a phone call my wife will make!

STAY FIRED UP!

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Be careful what you ask for, because you may get it... and get it... and get it...

October FireRescue Magazine cartoon. Be careful out there... because you just never know!

NEW March Fire Engineering magazine cartoon: Movie Magic Mentality
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NEW Fire Engineering blog cartoon: No Irish Luck!

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