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Tradition should live in our pictures, parades, and patches not our procedures, practices, or PPE.
Organizations that stifle discussion and creativity for the sake of the status-quo will always fail.
The best way to assure your crew that you know what you’re talking about is to know what you’re talking about.
How many firefighters does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Ten: 2 to screw it in and 8 to sit around and talk about how great the old bulb was.
The most effective fire service leaders make decisions based on what benefits their members, not what benefits their ego.
The most effective chiefs are those who define standards that are best for the community and not biased by their personal values.
You’ll be criticized if you do everything by the book, and you’ll be criticized if you take shortcuts. But only one of those habits pays off when things go sideways.
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To err is human.
To worry about those errors is compassion.
To take action to prevent those errors in the future is professionalism.
One of the most offensive statements that an officer can have said about them: “He’s going to get someone hurt.” It characterizes carelessness, ignorance, or indifference.
The actions and decisions in the first 5 minutes of any incident often determines the success or failure of that operation.
If a chemical name ends in -ate, -ite, or -ide, avoid putting water on it. Most of these salts will react violently or give off toxic byproducts when mixed with water.