Technically & Tactically Competent Fire Officers
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.…
The Number Three Complaint About Fire Department 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…
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…
The Number One Complaint About Fire Department Battalion Chiefs
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,…
Why Don’t You Want to Become a….?
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 Big Mystery: Accountability
In December 2022, I visited the Yanks Air Museum1 at the Chino Airport in California. Low and behold, the Mystery Machine2 was sitting in the hanger amidst a large collection of aircraft.…
The Rising New Year
The photo above was taken earlier this year as me, family members, and friends departed Atlantic Beach, North Carolina for a half-day fishing trip. The sun was rising, the fishing…
Who Are You Influencing?
Looking at the photo you may wonder what planet these figures just arrived from. The people on the right are wearing Level A fully encapsulated chemical protective clothing and those…
Flying into 2023
In a little over two weeks, 2022 ends and we begin 2023. Are you reflecting on this past year before flying into 2023? Why should you even bother to take…
Leadership in a Bottle
The product label reads, Liquid Leadership: Guaranteed to Fix All Your Leadership Needs! Are you desiring more responsibility on the job, or maybe a promotion to the next level in…