True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca LODD’s: F2013-10 Mar 03, 2013 Volunteer fire chief suffers cardiac arrest at brush fire – North Carolina. F2004-15 Mar 03, 2004 Forest ranger/fire fighter drowned after catastrophic blow-out of right front tire – Florida. F2000-16 Mar 03, 2000 […]

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge LODD’s: F2002-10 Mar 02, 2002 […]

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences… I’m human, not perfect, like anybody else. – Queen Latifah A Tornado Outbreak in the Southern U.S. killed 20 and injured dozens of others in 2007. Now would be a good time to discuss your department’s plans for weather related events. LODD’s: […]

This link will take you to the NIOSH reports for February 29th. Wow! An “extra” day! Every four years we are provided an extra day on the calendar. But, in life, it is just another day. We all go about our lives, most without giving our time another thought. But, if you knew that your time was limited, I […]

I have been remiss in not including the NIOSH reports on the LODD’s that occurred on February 29. These firefighters and their families deserve to have their cases reviewed more often than every 4 years! Every Leap Year, I will use February 29 for something other than NIOSH reports. Wise men speak because they have […]

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. – Harold Wilson LODD’s: F2010-17 Feb 27, 2009 Fire fighter/paramedic dies from aortic dissection after three emergency responses – Ohio.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. – Albert Einstein LODD’s: F2013-20 Feb 26, 2013 Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death while responding to residential structure fire – Michigan. F2003-40 Feb 26, 2003 Airport fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death at fire station – Arkansas. History: On February […]

It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. – W. Somerset Maugham LODD’s: F2001-09 Feb 25, 2001 Volunteer fire fighter dies and another fire fighter is injured during wall collapse at fire at local business – Wisconsin. 99-F20 Feb 25, 1998 Battalion chief […]

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson LODD’s: F2017-07 Feb 24, 2017 Volunteer fire fighter dies after being ejected from rear seat of fire department pickup truck – Iowa.

Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy. – Aristotle LODD’s: Five NIOSH reports today! Two […]