It is often said that every rookie needs to learn to cook 3 good meals.  Crock Pot Curry Chicken is so easy, even a rookie can pull it off!  Serve with a salad and you have an easy meal that doesn’t need a lot of attention or make a big mess! LODD: Two Chicago firefighters were […]

Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other […]

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best. – Chester W. Nimitz LODD: Sudden floor collapse claims the lives of two fire fighters and four are hospitalized with serious burns in a five-alarm fire – New York. 1998 Major Incidents: In 2014, a fire swept through 3 townhouses on Staten Island, […]

“There aren’t any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.” – Admiral William ‘Bull’ Halsey LODD: Fire fighter suffers intracranial cyst bleed during residential fire operations and dies three days later – Virginia. 2009 Engineer suffers sudden cardiac death after responding to […]

“The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.” – General Colin Powell LODD: Career fire fighter falls from aerial ladder while carrying roof kit during training – California 2017 A Philadelphia, […]

“If you want to make changes in the workers’ behavior, change the behavior of the boss.” – Alan Brunacini LODD: A career lieutenant and fire fighter/paramedic die in a hillside residential house fire – California. 2011 On-duty driver/operator dies in sleep – Indiana. 1998 A South St. Paul firefighter is killed when an aerial ladder […]

Question(s) of the Week: What would be expected of you and your crew if a major disaster struck your community?  What is the safest place to shelter in your station? How would your department handle the possible loss of radio/phone communications?  How would you handle your crew members need to check on their families? LODD: In 1977, […]

Being a WWII/History junkie, there are a couple of books that, after reading them, caused me to read a few novels to take a break.  One is Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler’s Fleet by Iain Ballantyne.  The description of the Bismark’s final hours are graphic and drive home the horrors endured. LODD: […]

You can ask my wife…I will try just about any food wrapped in a tortilla! Anytime we are near the coast, I’m looking for fish tacos on the menu! But living 5 hours from the coast and on a public servant’s salary makes enjoying fish tacos at home a bit difficult. I adapted various recipes […]

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. – Charles Kuralt LODD: 2002 Fire fighter dies during night at fire station – Mississippi. 1971 Four Atlanta Firefighters are killed when the floor collapses after an explosion at a restaurant fire.  24 other firefighters were injured. Major […]