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More GAME PLAN

If you played organized sports, you were assigned a position, and, a task with that position. If you didn't do it, you sat and the coach found someone that would. Why are more departments not creating riding assignments? It can be done from the largest to the smallest department. It creates accountibility, reduces duplication of effort, and gets the job done. Continue

Added by Dave Gallagher on January 16, 2009 at 1:19pm — 12 Comments

The Game Plan

Does your department have a good foundation for its SOG/SOP's do they make sense? Do they build from simple to complex? Does the first alarm have pre-determinded assignments? What is your staffing like? Does the SOG properly address the fireground basics ? lets talk about these questions what can we do to fix or change broken SOG's or create ones where none have existed. Continue

Added by Dave Gallagher on January 16, 2009 at 10:33am — No Comments

A thought....

A Firefighter with no tools in his hand is a well dressed spectator..... Continue

Added by Dave Gallagher on January 16, 2009 at 9:43am — 1 Comment

Greetings!

If you're checking this out, I hope this finds you well and ready for a great new year! I have the great honor of knowing some of the contributors here and I look forward to interacting with this community. Train Real, Train Hard, Be Safe, Dave Continue

Added by Dave Gallagher on January 11, 2009 at 5:50pm — 3 Comments

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