Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers. – Robin S. Sharma LODD’s: Dec 28, 2015 Fire fighter falls through floor and dies at residential […]

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It’s about stimulating them. It’s about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve – and to do that with a purpose. – Christine Lagarde LODD’s: No NIOSH reports today, but check out FireFighterCloseCalls.com for several reported LODD’s dating back to 1883. History: December 27, 1831 – Charles Darwin set out […]

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives. – Theodore Roosevelt LODD’s: Dec 26, 2009 Career fire fighter/paramedic dies 2 days after being ejected during an ambulance rollover incident – Georgia. History: December 26th – Boxing Day in the United Kingdom and many other countries, a day […]

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. – Luke 2:11 LODD’s: Dec 25, 2003 Assistant chief dies after suffering aortic dissection during a fire alarm response – Connecticut. History: December 25, 1776 – During the American Revolution, George Washington took 2,400 of his men across […]

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. – Henry Ward Beecher LODD’s: Dec 24, 2009 Fire chief suffers sudden cardiac death during emergency medical response – Utah. Dec 24, 2001 Fire fighter suffers cardiac arrest while responding to a structure fire – Texas. History: December 24, 1914 – […]

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. – John C. Maxwell LODD’s: Dec 23, 2011 Career fire fighter dies during fire-fighting operations at a multi-family residential structure fire – Massachusetts. Dec 23, 1995 Fire fighter receives severe electrical shock causing cardiac complications, forcing his retirement, and […]

One of the darkest dates in the Fire Service! Again, thank you Firefighterclosecalls.com for helping tell the story of 59 firefighters that died in the line of duty on this date. I remember my Chief holding training sessions about the three firefighters killed in Keokuk, Iowa. It helped instill in me the need to review […]

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. – Harold S. Geneen LODD’s: No LODD’s in the NIOSH files for today but Firefighterclosecalls.com has reports of several dating back to 1882. History: December 21, 1945 – World War II General George Patton died in Germany following a car accident. He had been […]

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. – Kobe Bryant LODD’s: Dec 20, 2004 One probationary career firefighter dies and four career firefighters are injured at a two – alarm residential structure fire – Texas. History: December 20, 1606 – The […]

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. LODD’s: Dec 19, 2014 Volunteer fire fighter dies from injuries sustained at a residential structure fire – New York. History: December 19, 1946 – War broke out in French Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacked the French seeking to oust them […]