Firefighting Success!
Over the last three weeks, I have written about my fire service journey. Last week I discussed the struggle of becoming a firefighter. This week is the success story. …
Over the last three weeks, I have written about my fire service journey. Last week I discussed the struggle of becoming a firefighter. This week is the success story. …
The photo above is from the U.S. Marine Corps Museum depicting a World War I Marine in hand-to-hand combat with a German soldier during the Battle of Belleau Wood in…
My blog post on March 1st described the first ride I ever had on a fire engine in Cedarville, New Jersey as a three-year old boy. The article laid the…
Do you look forward to going to work or do you have to force yourself to go? Are you actively engaged in your career or are you more of an…
My blog post on January 18 addressed the top complaint that I have heard about fire department battalion chiefs: a failure to listen. Listening is an active skill, and the…
In January and early February, I wrote about the top three complaints I have heard regarding battalion chiefs. Last week, I circled around and began writing about the opposite characteristics…
My past four blog posts revolved around battalion chiefs and the top three complaints that I have heard about them. Last week, I addressed tactically and technically incompetent battalion chiefs.…
This article is the third in a series regarding the top three complaints about battalion chiefs (BC) that I hear when I travel to and teach at different fire departments…
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,…