“The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt

LODD:

• 41-year-old captain suffers fatal heart attack after participating in a multi-unit training drill – Indiana, 2017
• Fire fighter suffers a heart attack after responding to a rubbish fire at a two-story apartment building – New York, 2003
• Fire fighter dies after being run over by ladder truck while attempting to board – Alabama, 2000
• Volunteer fire fighter died after being struck by an eighteen-wheel tractor trailer truck – South Carolina, 1999

History:

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