Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. – Gilda Radner LODD’s: F2007-09 Feb 09, 2007 Career probationary fire fighter dies while participating in a live-fire training evolution at an acquired structure – Maryland.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw LODD’s: No LODD’s reported by NIOSH today but FireFighterCloseCalls.com has several on the History Page. Included on the page is a report about the Millard Hotel fire in Omaha, NE in 1933. This fire claimed the […]

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound. – Ford Frick LODD’s: F2017-12 Feb 07, 2017 Fire fighter suffers cardiac arrest while driving home from fire station after responding to motor vehicle accident – Illinois. F2003-11 Feb 07, 2001 Fire fighter collapses and dies at the scene of residential fire – Florida.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – Bill Gates LODD’s: F2005-24 Feb 06, 2005 Fire fighter dies after responding to a call – New York. F2000-14 Feb 06, 2000 Fire fighter dies at a single-family dwelling fire – Iowa.

If you want people to to think, give them intent, not instruction. – L. David Marquet LODD’s: F2001-24 Feb 05, 2001 Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death while exercising during his shift – California. 98-F06 Feb 05, 1998 Single-family dwelling fire claims the lives of two volunteer fire fighters – Ohio. In 2008, the Super […]

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca LODD’s: F2007-08 Feb 04, 2007 Career fire fighter dies when trapped by collapsed canopy during a two alarm attached garage fire – Pennsylvania. F2004-45 Feb 04, 2004 Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death after repacking a […]

Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. – Steve Jobs LODD’s: Second day in a row without a NIOSH reported LODD. Firefighterclosecalls.com has reports of several including an incident in Syracuse, NY in 1939 that claimed the lives of 9 firefighters! Here is another story […]

Leadership – leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. – Mitt Romney Another day without a NIOSH reported LODD, but FireFighterCloseCalls.com has reports of several on it’s history page.

Level 5 leaders [the top level] channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It’s not that Level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious – but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves. – Jim Collins […]