Chief Officer: Us vs Them Mentality
Who likes playing ‘us vs them ‘? No one. I recently had a conversation with a former colleague who told me he was retiring. He…
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Firefighter Fitness: Where to Begin?
Firefighter fitness requires a level of training that is unique to firefighting. How do firefighters get fit to do the job? Further, how do they…
Mentoring Through Caring
Mentoring through caring – Mentors need to show they care, not just say they care. There’s an old saying, “People don’t care about how much…
Firefighter Educating, Training, Instructing, and Drilling
It’s time to drill. Firefighter Training Tuesday. The education course will take the next three shifts. Your instructor will be… those are all phrases we’ve…
SLICERS vs RECEO-VS: Which Is Better?
Acronyms, acronyms, acronyms, everywhere acronyms. There has been much debate and confusion about two main acronyms in the fire service: SLICERS and RECEO-VS. What do…
The Cost Of Mentoring In The Fire Service
Mentoring will always cost you something. It’s impossible to truly mentor someone without it costing you something. Whether you’re mentoring a firefighter, training a paramedic,…
Prolonged Grief Disorder in the First Responder
Grieving longer than normal is associated with prolonged grief disorder. Historically, mental health has been ignored, minimized, or downplayed at the fire chief and firefighter…
Firehouse Etiquette for the Probie
Congratulations, you just landed the best job in the world! Your first year on the job is going to be stressful, but if you embrace…
Mental Health in the Fire Service: Are We Failing?
It seems as if we prevent everything in the fire service but mental health failure. We focus on fire prevention, safety committees, injury prevention, equipment…
Firefighters Responding To Chemical Suicide
Suicide, unfortunately, is a more common call to first responders then we would like to admit. Of those suicides, chemical suicide is becoming more prevalent…
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