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April 2018 Blog Posts (7)

FDIC TIME!

It's that time of year again! Time to train, learn, laugh, hug, and bask in the brotherhood that is FDIC International! This is my Christmas, New Year's Day, and Easter all rolled into one... and I personally can't wait. 

Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. Looking forward to working my butt off for our RIT Combat Challenge students.…

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Added by Paul Combs on April 20, 2018 at 9:10am — No Comments

Truck Ops Part 2 --Engine House Training with Guests

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This episode discusses the transitioning from an engine or other company to the truck company.  Your panel discusses the differences you can expect when operating on a truck company as…

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Added by Jason Hoevelmann on April 19, 2018 at 6:54pm — No Comments

Common Valor: Lessons Learned

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Here is an excerpt from my newly released book, "Common Valor: True Stories from America's Braves, Volume 1" 

    

     Mike was working…

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Added by Frank Viscuso on April 19, 2018 at 2:44pm — No Comments

Words Matter

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,” in a response to a schoolyard taunt containing hurtful words many of us have probably used when verbally assaulted by the schoolyard bully. That reasoning is generally untrue as words do hurt and I am sure that you were hurt when the bully made fun of your race, clothing, religion or some other verbal and possibly physical assault against you.

In an era of social media, seemingly insensitive comments…

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Added by John K. Murphy on April 16, 2018 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Operational Risk Management: How To Make Good, Defendable Decisions On The Fly

Standard operating procedures (SOPs), rules and regulations, departmental orders, and other policies and training procedures serve as the basis for operational risk management and the decision-making process that occurs within fire departments. These guidelines are established for events which can be identified in advance, for example, having procedures in place that address when an employee is late for work, identify company response assignments, or to identify the steps to take when…

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Added by Nick J. Salameh on April 16, 2018 at 11:20am — No Comments

Water Rules - Summaries of the recent UL studies Part 2 - Air Entrainment

Continuing this series of reviews of the UL’s Impact of Fire Attack Utilizing Interior and Exterior Streams on Firefighter Safety and Occupant Survival, having previously reviewed the results of Water Mapping (https://ulfirefightersafety.org/docs/DHS2013_Part_I_Water_Mapping.pdf), this installment will cover Air Entrainment (…

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Added by Mark J. Cotter on April 4, 2018 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Engine House Training Podcast-35--Truck Ops Introduction

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Added by Jason Hoevelmann on April 3, 2018 at 1:31pm — No Comments

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