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Attitude and survival, choose it do it...

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Residence.
Lewisville, Texas
Department:
Lewisville, Texas
Title/rank:
Division Chief - Training and Safety
Years of public service:
24
Agency structure:
Paid fire department
Top issues in your department:
Safety and survival / Mentoring for all levels of the organization / MASTERING the basics / Training for what we are expected to do and learning to do it safer, faster and better.
Professional Qualifications:
BS in Emergency Administration and Planning
Certified Public Manager
Master FF
Instructor III Master
Fire Officer I, II
Hat Mat Technician
Topics you provide training for:
Training program development / Mentoring / Training leadership / Firefighter survival / Officer developement / Strategies and tactics.

Ready Or Not It’s Time to Train

First Alarm Considerations

It’s Not About Training It’s About Learning

Preparing Firefighters Today So They Succeed Tomorrow

Fire Service Mentoring

Attitude and Survival , Choose It Do It

The Outside Vent Position for Suburban Departments

Risk Management and Critical Decision Making

Fireground Factors, Why Did They Do That?

Result Based Training, Changing the Culture

Preparedness, the Key to Success
Areas of expertise:
I am not an expert on anything. My areas of great interest are:

Developing training cultures / Training program design, implementation and management / Training leadership / The mental aspects of survival / Training the next generations of Firefighters and Fire Officers / Fire service risk management.
Bio:
Division Chief, Lewisville, Texas
FDIC classroom presenter
HOT Instructor
Instructor Collin County Community College
Instructor Texas A&M Fire School
Instructor New Jersey Division of Fire Safety
Author of several articles
Drummer - Lewisville Fire Department Pipes and Drums
Web site:
http://in the works

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At 9:19pm on October 15, 2008, John Barrett said…
Chief,

Call me when you can 972-268-4738...and we'll schedule a time to get together.
At 11:24pm on October 14, 2008, John Barrett said…
Chief,

If you wouldn't mind, take a few minutes to check out www.honortheirsacrifices.com...and then contact me. I work on the "other side of the lake" from you and would love to see if you have any suggestions on how we might be able to work together.

Thanks,
John
At 8:39pm on September 8, 2008, Pat McAuliff said…
Thanks! Glad to among those who believe that training is the best defense against firefighter injury and death.

Be Safe - Train Well.
Pat
At 10:34am on August 12, 2008, Christopher Naum, SFPE said…
Thanks for the add Chief....
stay safe...
Chris
At 4:51pm on August 2, 2008, Billy Goldfeder said…
Just checking in to say HI Scott! Cya soon,
Billy
At 11:00am on July 26, 2008, Patrick Samuels said…
Thought I'd take advantage of the huge resources y'all tought us about. Thanks Chief!
At 11:30am on June 30, 2008, Tom Slater said…
Just happened to come across your "Big 5", great idea we have to keep doing the basics. I am trying to revamp our training program, needs a bit of a shake-up. Anything you can send me or post on here would be great. Always looking for new drills and input on training program development.
Tom
At 5:15pm on June 7, 2008, Joseph Viscuso said…
Chief, Thanks for the great class on training you gave in New Jersey on Friday. The information you presented was great and I will be utilizing it within my department. Thanks again and keep up the great work.
At 4:16pm on June 5, 2008, Ralph Everage, Jr. said…
Scott,
Thanks for the add. I enjoyed your presentation in Indy at FDIC. Valuable ideas and info. The "Drums" & Pipes were not bad either!!
Be Safe,
Ralph
At 1:33pm on May 6, 2008, Julie Simmons said…
What an awesome event you just had in Lewisville! I was thrilled to be a part of it. All of the firefighters were so nice & helpful, and the bagpipers & drummers were incredible!

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