“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.” – Eleanor Roosevelt (Former First Lady of the United States) LODD’s: Captain suffers fatal heart attack while participating in fire department physical fitness program – Mississippi. – 2009 Today in History: October 21, 1879 – Thomas Edison successfully tested an […]

“I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” – Ginni Rometty (Executive Chairman, IBM) LODD’s: Fire chief suffers sudden cardiac death after responding to a motor vehicle crash – Texas. – 2004 Today in History: October 20, 1944 – During World War II in the Pacific, General […]

“Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top. ‘Here, open it, it’s perfect. You’ll love it.’ Opportunities – the good ones – are messy, confusing and hard to recognize. They’re risky. They challenge you.” – Susan Wojcicki (CEO, Youtube) LODD’s: Again, no […]

I want to use this space to wish my Princess, Loni a Happy Anniversary! Loni is my love, partner and best friend and I am truly blessed that she said “I do” 21 years ago! LODD’s: While there are no NIOSH reports today, FireFighterCloseCalls.com has reports of several LODD’s. Today in History: October 18, 1945 – […]

“If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances.” – Sallie Krawcheck (CEO & Co-Founder, Ellevest) LODD’s: F2019-04 Oct 17, 2018 36-year-old probationary firefighter suffers cardiac arrest after completing SCBA drill – Arizona. PDF Volunteer fire department probationary member is killed after the pumper/tanker he […]

I’ve been slackin’! This post will start to get me back on schedule. Sorry! “Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good.” – Joanne Ciulla (Author and Educator) LODD’s: Firefighter/EMT dies fighting a wild […]

“No man has ever listened himself out of a job.” – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States LODD’s: Battalion chief suffers a heart attack and eventually dies while participating in a fitness program – California. – 1997 Two fire fighters injured when an automated external defibrillator battery exploded or ruptured during testing – […]

In baseball and in business, there are three types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those wonder what happened. ~ Tommy Lasorda (Baseball) LODD’s: Captain suffers fatal heart attack during fire control training – North Carolina. – 2013 History: October 14, 1912 – Former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot […]

The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. ~ Bobby Knight (Basketball) Historically a bad day for LODD’s. Keep each other safe! Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death during rural water supply training – Illinois. – 2008 Volunteer fire fighter drowns […]

Today, you have 100% of your life left. ~ Tom Landry (Football) LODD’s: Two fire fighters die and two fire fighters are injured at multi-occupancy fire with structural collapse – Missouri. 2015 Eight-alarm fire in a 27-story high-rise apartment building for the elderly nearly claims the life of one fire fighter – Missouri. – 1998 […]