I have mourned the loss of a friend who died senselessly on a service call, and I have held dead children in my arms at a fire. I cannot agree with you more! I have but one simple rule: Pick your battles carefully. Fighting fires is like fighting an army. You never go into a battle without adequate intelligence on your enemy, and you never willingly fight an army when you are out manned and out gunned. Sadly, you only need to read a few NIOSH reports to realize that we commit to both of these transgressions daily.

Brian Couzens, EFPD