Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble. – Yehuda Berg Training: […]
Ego, or more precisely, defense of ego, is the source of most major organizational disfunctions. – L. David Marquet Training: Mass Casualty Incidents Fire Mass Casualty Incidents EMS 6-Minutes for Safety LODD: No NIOSH Reports Today – But there are LODD reports on FirefighterCloseCalls.com’s history page! 2006 An Assistant Chief Died from Trauma in Tennessee […]
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish. – Sam Walton Training: Extreme Fire Behavior: Smoke Explosion Preventing Pulmonary Embolism after Surgery 5 Exercises Every Firefighter Should Do 6-Minutes for Safety LODD: A Volunteer Fire Fighter and Volunteer […]
Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen… […]
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best. – St. Jerome Training: 6 Minutes for Safety – Transfer of Command Hazards of Hoarder Homes LODD: Captain Suffers a Heart Attack at a Motor Vehicle Fire and Subsequently Dies—Nebraska – 2015 Lieutenant Suffers Fatal Heart Attack During […]
The FireBrief.com is entering it’s third year! Thanks to those who follow and visit the site! – Tom Training: 6 Minutes for Safety – Hazard Trees Foam Terms; Foam Operations; Foam Proportioning LODD: One FF killed, one injured on Civilian Welfare Check – Maryland 2016 Volunteer Fire Chief Dies in Motor Vehicle Incident While Responding […]
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. – Benjamin Franklin LODD’s: F2003-31 Apr 14, 2003 Lieutenant suffers sudden cardiac death after performing forcible entry requiring heavy physical exertion – Georgia.
Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. – Julia Child LODD’s: No NIOSH reports today, but Firefighterclosecalls.com lists several LODD’s on their History page. On this date in 1970, an oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13 as it is heading to the moon. The moon landing was canceled and the world […]
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. – Colin Powell LODD’s: F2015-21Apr 12, 2015Volunteer fire fighter dies in a floor collapse while working above a residential basement fire – South Dakota. F2010-22 Apr 12, 2010 Captain suffers cardiac death while attending training drills – New York. F2009-20 Apr 12, 2008 Fire chief suffers sudden cardiac death […]
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. – J. K. Rowling LODD’s: F2010-14 Apr 11, 2010 Volunteer assistant fire chief dies at a silo fire/explosion – New York. F2002-18 Apr […]
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