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Month: November 2021

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 30, 2021November 14, 2021

November 30, 2021

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. – John F. Kennedy LODD’s: Another day without a NIOSH LODD report! But again, there are several reported by Firefighterclosecalls.com for this date.

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 29, 2021November 14, 2021

November 29, 2021

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. – Theodore Roosevelt LODD’s: Nov 29, 1988 – 6 Kansas City Firefighters are killed in a early morning explosion at a construction site. […]

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 28, 2021November 14, 2021

November 28, 2021

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. – Abraham Lincoln Are your mind, body and equipment sharp? LODD’s: Nov 28, 2005 Career fire fighter dies after engine he was driving collides with a tractor trailer – Alabama.

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 27, 2021November 14, 2021

November 27, 2021

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. – Thomas Jefferson LODD’s: NIOSH doesn’t show any LODD’s on its list of reports for November 27, but Firefighterclosecalls.com has reports of 10 dating back to 1860!

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 26, 2021November 14, 2021

November 26, 2021

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. – Harry S Truman LODD’s: Nov 26, 1997 Volunteer fire fighter has a cardiac arrest and dies at the scene of a commercial structure fire – Pennsylvania.

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 25, 2021November 14, 2021

November 25, 2021

With all the discourse in the news and with the world still struggling with a pandemic, today is a good day to give thanks for what we do have. If you are reading this post, than I suspect you should not have any problems counting your blessings. I am thankful for my wonderful wife and […]

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 24, 2021November 14, 2021

November 24, 2021

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. – Dwight D. Eisenhower LODD’s: Nov 24, 1998 Two career fire fighters electrocuted after the aluminum extension ladder they were using […]

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 23, 2021November 13, 2021

November 23, 2021

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington LODD’s: Nov 23, 2006 Career fire fighter injured during rapid fire progression in an abandoned structure dies six days later – Georgia.

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 22, 2021November 13, 2021

November 22, 2021

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. – Benjamin Franklin LODD’s: Nov 22, 2005 Volunteer fire fighter dies in tanker rollover crash – Texas.

Written by Southwest Virginia Training and The Fire BriefNovember 21, 2021November 13, 2021

November 21, 2021

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. – Colin Powell LODD’s: Nov 21, 2007 Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death […]

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