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Swimming in the Current, Standing Like a Rock.
The following diatribe is written poorly at a late hour. My sincere apologies. But I would like to take the time to dedicate this declaration to the five highly dedicated firemen that have helped me...
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“Iron Sharpens Iron”: Company Officers in today’s Fire Service
Hey Brother,….The Good Book says in Proverbs, that “iron sharpens iron..” meaning that iron in one form can be sharpened by iron in another form (like a file). It goes on to say that in a similar way,...
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Fire Service Writing and Blogging: We were on a roll…
We were on a roll… Remember when the new buzz going around the Internet was all about better ways to do the job? Better tactics, little nuggets, the tips and tricks. That wasn’t all that long ago. I...
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Leadership – The Intangible Art
“Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.” — General Omar Bradley This is the way I see it over the rim of my cup o’ Joe. Today’s fire service is faced with...
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Warrior Poets
Here we sit at the kitchen table. I enjoy the table in the back lot too, but there’s no C’gars allowed these days. Can’t say as I like it, but can’t argue much with it either. So its hot Joe, n’ we’ll...
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Character in Leadership
Move over a skosh,..got hot Joe comin’ through! Man,..its cold up here in the North today! Say, a fella’ I know was discussing fire service leadership, and you know me, I’ll allow that is right...
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Leadership: HoldFAST..
“Leadership is intangible, hard to measure, and difficult to describe. It’s quality would seem to stem from many factors. But certainly they must include a measure of inherent ability to control...
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Random Thoughts and Four Parallel Lines
Training up future generations is becoming harder all the time. An officer needs to refine what is important and provide it, it is up to the firefighter to absorb it. I’ll allow I’ve been busy lately....
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The Oath
“My fundamental duty is to serve humanity…” We all stood. “All rise and raise your right hand”..The clatter of the old wooden auditorium seats clapped and banged as the entire academy stood as one....
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9/11 – Keeping My Perspective
Photo by author. For whatever reason, this third year after the ten-year anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York seems for many of us to have felt different. Different as in,...
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