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.

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.

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.

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.

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. – Wade Boggs LODD’s: A tough day! In addition to the NIOSH reports below, Firefighterclosecalls.com has reports of 12 other Line of Duty Deaths dating back to 1906. Dec 18, 2003 Fire fighter […]

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – Lou Holtz LODD’s: Dec 17, 2008 Volunteer fire fighter sitting in his parked vehicle warning oncoming traffic of a motor vehicle incident was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer – Montana.

During the cold, winter morning of December 16, 1944 over 200,000 German troops, supported by close to 1,000 tanks, attacked Allied forces along a 75 mile front in the Ardennes Forest. This proved to be Adolph Hitler’s final attempt to stop the Allied advance into Germany and became known as The Battle of the Bulge. […]

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. – Andrew Carnegie LODD’s: Dec 15, 2013 Career fire lieutenant killed by roof/ceiling collapse during overhaul – Georgia. F2003-29 Dec 15, 2002 Fire fighter suffers heart attack at the scene of a structure […]