Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it. – […]

Some very interesting NIOSH reports today! Review them with your crews to help honor our brothers and sisters that made the ultimate sacrifice! LODD’s: F2015-06 Mar 26, 2015 Career fire apparatus operator dies after falling down an unsecured elevator shaft at a 5-story residential structure – Ohio. F2014-09 Mar 26, 2014 Lieutenant and fire fighter […]

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. – Marcus Garvey LODD’s: F2004-30 Mar 25, 2004 Fire fighter collapses and suffers sudden cardiac death after responding to a vehicle fire – Kentucky.

Both of today’s NIOSH reports are the result of apparatus crashes. Please be careful and wear your seatbelts! LODD’s: F2018-08 Mar 24, 2018 Two fire fighters die and three fire fighters injured in a fire apparatus crash – West Virginia. F2007-25 Mar 24, 2007 Two volunteer fire fighters die in a tanker rollover – North […]

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. – William Hazlitt LODD’s: 98-F08 Mar 23, 1998 Three fire department members (two fire fighter paramedics and one helicopter crewman) and an automobile crash victim die of injuries sustained in an air ambulance/helicopter crash – California.

I recently finished Inside Camp David: The Private World of the Presidential Retreat by Michael Giorgione. I found it to be an interesting and insightful book about the history of the camp and the presidents and their families that used the camp as an escape from the pressures of Presidential life. The author, Michael Giorgione […]

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. LODD’s: No NIOSH reports of LODD’s today. But FirefighterCloseCalls.com has several reports dating back to 1881 on their History Page.

One of today’s NIOSH reports involves a firefighter being struck by a motor vehicle while working on an interstate highway. ResponderSafety.com has free training resources to help keep crews safe when working around traffic. LODD’s: F2019-14 Mar 20, 2019 46-year-old airport firefighter suffers fatal heart attack responding to call – Pennsylvania. F2002-13 Mar 20, 2002 […]

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. – Golda Meir LODD’s: F2013-09 Mar 19, 2012 Fire apparatus operator found unresponsive in bunk room after a ladder training […]

Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston Churchill LODD’s: F2003-13 Mar 18, 2003 Volunteer fire fighter killed while walking across an Interstate highway responding to a motor vehicle incident – Texas. F2001-15 Mar 18, 2001 Residential fire claims the lives of two volunteer fire fighters […]