There is a profound need to make sure the people we bring in not only have read and signed a memo telling them what our ethics happen to be, but that they LIVE these ethics.
I was driving down the road the other day and thinking, you know, I too could have a list of quotes, just like the real writers have. So in the interest of filling up a page of useless knowledge, I did.
Who among us has not experienced anger at the inconsiderate moron who fails to pull to the right when we are well behind them, permitting us a free lane on the way to some emergency?
We find too often that people are unwilling to accept the observations and experiences of others and instead “reinvent the wheel” regularly, wasting time and money in the process.
The KSAs we need to emphasize are our greater connection throughout the entire emergency services industry, how we need to get past the things that divide us and unite about things we can agree on and change.
I’m afraid my strategy for capturing the interest of the uninitiated has fallen through, so I’m going to have to return to preaching to the choir. I guess it’s just as well; I’m not sure I want the lunatic fringe stalking around on my site anyway. It just so happens that I’m in the heart […]
I think it recharges the ol’ batteries to go back to those things you found important in the beginning, and remind yourself why you got into this in the first place.
Allen Cameron Eulogies Well written, Mick. So sorry for your lost. Thank you for sharing.
2017-06-25 20:23:43
Simon Javizian The Roto-Ray: Beauty or Beast? I just found you!!! The rotating lights are an indelible part of my memory. I was born in Detroit in the '30s and our Detroit Fire Dept had the rotating lights above the front bumper, or high up, on the end of a vertical staff. YOU COULD SEE THEM COMING BLOCKS AWAY!! What memories. I…
2017-05-22 23:54:18
Carol Mayers Wingeier Ending or Beginning? Beautifully said. I know how hard it is to move on to another stage in your life but there is always something new out there, something more to learn, something more to teach another. All those skills you've learned and taught have a purpose and you never know when one of them will come in…
2017-05-06 17:30:16
oldnuke Thirty-Five “What the **** are you thinking?” Man, you sound like my first Chief (in a good way). He never raised his voice to me or threatened me, but he got my attention (in a good way) every time. It has been forty years and I still think about him, even though I've left the (volunteer)…
2017-01-03 01:43:39
Michael "Mick" Mayers The Preamble to all Posts Thanks for the feedback and sorry it took so long to reply. I will definitely check out your article. We have been going through a lot in our organization (and in my life) lately, between reaccreditation, then a little storm that passed through and directly hit us, and of course, our recovery. But I'm trying…
2016-11-13 12:26:04
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