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T-Shirt Management
by David Rhodes
This Hump Day SOS is dedicated to my good friend MG, you know who you are. Enjoy!
I am always amazed at how many critically important issues there are to manage in the fire department. With any high-risk occupation, the day is…
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When organizations don’t know what their culture is or don't realize the importance of it, they have to borrow one, buy one or try and imitate someone else’s. So as you are busy pouring hours and hours and resource after resource into that Accreditation, ISO rating and Strategic Plan….. don’t forget about your own culture and what works for you in…
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T-Shirt Management (A Hump Day SOS Classic from the Files)
I am always amazed at how many critically important issues there are to manage in the fire department. With any high risk occupation the day is filled with decisions that have long lasting effects. Yet it seems that we never have time to do things right but we always…
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Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Warrior Mentality - by David Rhodes
I was disturbed when I heard a fire service leader state that “we need to get rid of…
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How is Yours Morale? by David Rhodes
Morale in organizations swing from time to time, issue to issue or in some…
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How Many Sacrificed Lives for Freedom?
David Rhodes
As we celebrated Memorial Day this past Monday I started wondering how many Americans have sacrificed their lives for the cause of freedom in wars and…
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Got Street Credibility? Applications Now Being Accepted
So who do you listen to? Maybe more importantly why do you listen to certain people? A friend of mine once told me that firefighters listen to the one with the biggest mustache. I laughed but then thought about it and…
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Have We Tipped The Scales? Risk Management vs Risk Avoidance
Edited version of a fb post by my friend Chris Wessels:
Firefighter safety and how to prioritize it continues to be debated…
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You Can’t Change People
Why is it that some individuals in authority think they are responsible for changing people? Is this a good or bad thing? Can you really change someone? We all hear stories of people who have…
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Farwell Harvey
It was with great sadness that I received news that my friend Harvey Eisner had passed away. I met Harvey years ago and he had asked me to do some writing and teaching with Firehouse. I told him that I didn’t feel it would be the…
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This week is another retro-SOS from my original first few months. These were pictures only so now that we are broadcasting out to the FE community and in full blog mode I will add some commentary. Again, if you already saw this one I hope you get another laugh or affirmation that you are not alone in your thinking.…
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Are you suffering from Post FDIC Syndrome? Don’t suffer any longer. Introducing FDIC Spray. Just insert nozzle into the ear and give it a shot. You will be full of passion, commitment, motivation and enthusiasm in no time! But wait there’s more……..…
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As I head up to Indy today I’m reminded of 100,000’s of firefighters who become “unmotivated” by departmental climates of politics, charlatans, bureaucracies and just down right lameness. It seems the more you push for professionalism, competence and brotherhood the more disappointed you are the fakers who…
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Spring is here and it’s time to do a little spring cleaning but, be careful what you ask for. Would it be interesting to tell the 1 year rookie to “get rid of everything that doesn’t get used anymore” and then see what ends up at the dumpster? Along with the items shown in the picture might also be conversation, common sense, station…
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