The Number Two Complaint About Fire Department Battalion Chiefs
My blog posts this month revolve around a conversation with a fire department captain who told me he had no interest in pursuing a promotion to battalion chief (BC). His…
My blog posts this month revolve around a conversation with a fire department captain who told me he had no interest in pursuing a promotion to battalion chief (BC). His…
The title of my January 11, 2023 blog post was Why Don’t You Want to Become a…? In that post, I wrote about a conversation with a fire department captain,…
Last month I was out of state teaching incident command, hazmat response tactics, and decision-making to a group consisting of firefighters, county health employees, and a police officer. I had…
The title of last week’s blog was Are You Walking Through the Smoke of Career Development?1 Myra commented, “The worst thing a person can do is leave their career development…
The title of last week’s blog was Brick and Mortar: Certified or Qualified? I compared bricks to certifications and qualifications to the mortar that holds the bricks together to build…
The photo above is the monument to the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment located along the Wheatfield Road in the Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania. This soldier is keenly peering into…
Do You Have Knots in Your Communications Rope? Look closely at the photo and you will see a system of ropes and knots supporting the hammocks on either end. The…
The Bonds of Camaraderie The fire engine in the photo is a 1961 GMC with the body built by Great Eastern Fire Apparatus. The rig served the Cedarville Fire Company…
My last two blog posts compared the anchor and garbage grinder on the U.S.S. North Carolina battleship memorial1 to areas in our lives. This article addresses the scuttlebutt and how…
In May, my wife and I visited the battleship U.S.S. North Carolina, now a floating museum in Wilmington, North Carolina1. If you are ever in the area, I recommend you…