April 25, 2023

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. – Wade Boggs Training: Exercises to prepare for NFPA 1582 fitness evaluation Ground Ladder Carry and Raise 6-Minutes for Safety LODD: Captain Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death During Physical Fitness Evaluation – Alabama – […]

April 24, 2023

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. – Theodore Roosevelt Training: Size-Up Drill Calling a Mayday! 6-Minutes for Safety LODD: Lieutenant Suffers Heart Attack During Fire Suppression Operations at Residential Fire and Dies Ten Days Later – Georgia – 2015 Volunteer […]

April 23, 2023

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. – Arnold Schwarzenegger Training: How much fire can the Water Can extinguish? The International First Responder Seatbelt Pledge 6-Minutes for Safety LODD: Career Fire Fighter Fatally Injured In Fall From Apparatus […]

April 22, 2023

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power. – Clint Eastwood Training: 3 Exercises firefighters should do  Friction Loss using the Hand Method 6-Minutes for Safety LODD: Lieutenant Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death at the Scene of a Structure Fire – South Carolina – […]

April 19, 2023

Ego, or more precisely, defense of ego, is the source of most major organizational disfunctions. – L. David Marquet Training: Mass Casualty Incidents Fire Mass Casualty Incidents EMS 6-Minutes for Safety LODD: No NIOSH Reports Today – But there are LODD reports on FirefighterCloseCalls.com’s history page! 2006 An Assistant Chief Died from Trauma in Tennessee […]