Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. – Theodore Isaac Rubin LODD’s: F2013-07 Apr 06, 2013 Career captain dies conducting roof operations at a commercial structure fire – Pennsylvania. 99-F14 Apr 06, 1999 Two volunteer […]

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. – John F. Kennedy LODD’s: F2014-05 Apr 05, 2013 Firefighter suffers fatal heart attack at fire station after returning from a fire alarm – New York. F2002-17 Apr 05, 2002 Fire fighter dies during the night at fire station – Kansas.

On this date, in 1968, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. – Martin Luther King, Jr. LODD’s: F2007-36 Apr 04, 2006 Fire chief suffers sudden cardiac death after strenuous training drill – New York. F2004-14 […]

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill LODD’s: F2012-14 Apr 03, 2012 Senior captain suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness training – California. F2006-15 Apr 03, 2006 Assistant chief suffers a stroke during training and dies – Texas. F2003-15 Apr 03, […]

All three of today’s NIOSH reports are cardiac related! Take care of yourselves and have a medical-physical evaluation. It may save your life! LODD’s: F2004-09 Apr 02, 2001 Fire fighter-driver/engineer suffers heart attack and dies at the end of his 24-hour shift – Hawaii. F2001-30 Apr 02, 2001 Fire fighter suffers fatal heart attack after […]

Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive. – […]

Five NIOSH reports today! Two during training, one medical event and two during residential structural fires. Please operate and train safely! LODD’s: F2016-05 Mar 31, 2016 Cadet dies from hyperthermia and exertional heat stroke during indoor SCBA maze training – Texas. F2010-11 Mar 31, 2010 Lieutenant suffers fatal heart attack during training – Ohio. F2006-18 […]

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give. – E. O. Wilson LODD’s: F2018-01 Mar […]

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. – Maya Angelou LODD’s: F2011-06 Mar 29, 2010 Paramedic training instructor/coordinator found dead in his quarters – Ohio. F2005-23 Mar 29, 2005 Fire fighter/paramedic suffers […]

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 LODD’s: […]