“Good Firefighters will know their job. GREAT Firefighters will also know the job of the person above them as well as teach their job to the person below them.” – Bob Muszynski LODD: Volunteer fire fighter responding to an automatic alarm dies when engine collides with an embankment and tree then overturns – North Carolina […]

Question(s) of the Week: How is your mental health?  What about your crew’s?  How about your supervisors?  Few like to discuss the issue, but the IAFF and the NVFC have programs to help.  Do those in your “circle of influence” know about them? LODD: Volunteer captain dies while participating in advanced dive training at quarry […]

The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup by John Feinstein reveals how important the Ryder Cup is to professional golfers. LODD: Career fire fighter dies from fall off fire escape ladder – Illinois 2010 Fire captain suffers fatal heart attack after conducting live fire training – Pennsylvania 2008 Fire fighter dies […]

Super duper bean salad is a favorite dish for that old tradition of Pot Luck dinners.  It makes a lot and will keep well for a whole work cycle. LODD: Fire fighter-emergency medical technician suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness training – Nevada 2006 Live-fire training exercise claims the life of one recruit fire […]

Dad Joke Friday: What did the termite say when he entered the saloon?  Where is the Bartender? LODD: An Appleton, WI firefighter was killed and others burned in a fire involving a kettle of grease in the basement of a bakery. 1929 Major Incidents: “The Blast” of a truck carrying dynamite and ammonium nitrite in […]

“To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street LODD: One career fire fighter dies and two are injured in apparatus crash – California 2005 Career fire fighter/emergency medical technician dies and paramedic is injured in a […]

“Some of the best advice I’ve had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.” – Chester W. Nimitz LODD: Safety officer/instructor suffers sudden death after training – Montana 2014 Volunteer assistant chief killed and one fire fighter injured by roof collapse in a commercial storage building – Indiana 2014 One fire fighter died and a second […]

“The extra mile is the stretch of road that is never crowded.” – Chief Jim Moore LODD: Two Trenton, NJ firefighters were killed and 13 injured in a fire at a restaurant. 1986 Four Cleveland, OH firefighters are killed in an explosion at a metal manufacturing company. 1966 Major Incidents: In 2019, a gunman kills […]

Question(s) of the week:  Do you have a subscription to Fire Engineering?  If not, why not?  There are many fire service publications, but Fire Engineering has remained my favorite throughout my career. LODD: Career fire fighter dies while diving for a civilian drowning victim – Rhode Island 2008 A volunteer mutual aid captain and fire […]

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II is the amazing story of a B-17 pilot and crew and the German fighter pilot who led them to safety. LODD: 6 New York firefighters are killed and 36 other responders injured in a roof collapse […]