“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 […]

Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. ~ Ross Perot (Business Magnate) LODD’s: Fire fighter dies as a result of a cardiac arrest at the scene of a […]

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It’s not what you say as much as what they absorb. ~ Red Auerbach (Basketball) LODD’s: Career fire fighter dies in residential row house structure fire – Maryland. – 2006 History: October 10, 1973 – Spiro T. Agnew (1918-1996) resigned the office of Vice President of the United […]