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Owning the Job. Part II – Past, Present, and Future

Read all of the “Owning the Job” articles here After writing the first part “PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP. PART I – SELF EVALUATION” I have had a lot of time to think. The eyes are looking this way (this is a...

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Owning the Job. Part III – The Power of a Firefighter’s Wave

Read all of the “Owning the Job” articles here Sidenote: This column was formerly named “Pride and Ownership”. I decided to rename it “Owning the Job”. I did this to maintain a differentiation between...

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Owning the Job. Part IV – Misunderstood Requirements

Read all of the “Owning the Job” articles here Maybe you have seen these… Life Safety Initiatives Courage to be Safe Seat Belt Pledge Rules of Engagement (pdf) Before I get started…here is my...

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Owning the Job. Part V – A Cup of Coffee

Read all of the “Owning the Job” articles here Many firefighters enjoy coffee. FireGeezer is always talking about putting the coffee on after his Morning Lineup: Now let’s check out our own equipment...

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Another Milestone for Willie and I at the Swoope VFC Annual Banquet

In our travels, Willie (IronFiremen.com) and I have talked about getting into speaking together. Over the past year, we have discussed it and began plotting our course. We realized that this isn’t...

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FDIC Wrapup Part V – An “Owning the Job” lesson at FDIC

You might recall the “Owning the Job” series I began a while back. I haven’t forgotten about it. Here is another installment. This is also part V of my FDIC wrapup. Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part...

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Owning the Job: Video Ideas To Share With Firefighter Recruits on the First...

View more articles related to “Owning the Job” here This morning, my department’s training Lieutenant called me. He was looking for the video that he and I watched along with the rest of our recruit...

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Memorial Service Planned for Firefighters and EMT’s Killed in West, Texas...

Previous coverage here, here, and here Fire Critic Facebook Page Latest coverage by STATter911.com here West, Texas, Memorial Service (SFFMA.org) The Texas LODD Task Force is announcing the details on...

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Improving Fire Department Morale at the Company Level

This article is part of the “Owning the Job” series here on FireCritic.com. Read more articles from the “Owning the Job” series here. Recently, I was giving the task of putting on a presentation for my...

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Improving Fire Department Morale at the Administration Level

This article is part of the “Owning the Job” series here on FireCritic.com. Read more articles from the “Owning the Job” series here. Recently, I wrote an article that got a lot of attention....

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Owning the Job. Part I – Self Evaluation

Read all of the “Owning the Job” articles here Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend “Pride and Ownership” presented by Chief Rick Lasky. My head hasn’t stopped spinning since. I don’t know what...

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Creating My Own Norm…

If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you will notice that I don’t write about MY fire department much. I have tried to add in bits from my firehouse more and more and even created a...

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Show off Your Firehouse/Fire Department Pride with a Challenge Coin and More!

Pride in the fire service can be seen and felt just by walking into a firehouse or by having a discussion with a firefighter that has it. As I have traveled across the country into different...

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Owning the Job. Part I – Self Evaluation

Low morale, bad attitudes, lacking leadership, loss of traditions, lack of pride, no honor, too little integrity, loss of camaraderie, too little respect, no discipline...I could go on. Hopefully the...

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Owning the Job. Part II – Past, Present, and Future

To what do we owe the men who founded our department? The honor, respect, dignity, integrity, pride, tradition, loyalty, and brotherhood that created it? Why am I sitting here almost 125 years after...

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Top Firefighting Books – 54 Must Read Books for Firefighters

I have compiled a list of "Must Read" books as told to me by my readers. I asked what the best fire service books were and got over 50 books mentioned in over 80 comments over at The Fire Critic...

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Can I Still Get Salty?

For all of you topical leaders...I have a few questions. Can I still get Salty on fires? Can we still have pride in making a good push on a fire? Can we still risk A Lot to Save A LOT? Can we still be...

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Holding on to the Passion

Somewhere along the line, I developed an affection for the fire service....for everything it had to offer. The ups and downs, the good firefighters and the bad firefighters, the good leaders and the...

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10 Things Every Firefighter Should Be Doing!

So many firefighters begin their fire service careers thinking they know everything and end their careers with not sharing everything they know.

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Aim to Leave a Mark!

Focusing on past failures is regret. Learning from those failures is knowledge. Not making the same mistakes twice is experience. Helping others so they won't make the same mistakes is leadership.

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