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P.J. Norwood's Blog – August 2015 Archive (2)

Are You Courageous Enough?

This week’s Fire Engineering Google Hang out brought together a wealth of information that firefighters and officers can do today to reduce their risk to cancer. On behalf of Chief Bobby Halton we hosted Tim Elliott and Keith Tyson from the Firefighter Cancer Support Network (FCSN).

We had a very lively and spirited discussion surrounding a taboo topic in many firehouses. Every firefighter needs to clearly understand that firefighter cancer is a looming personal catastrophe for each…

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Added by P.J. Norwood on August 27, 2015 at 11:06am — No Comments

Being a Mentor, By John Fogg

The following words are not mine. They are from Firefighter John Fogg from Harrisburg Pennsylvania. He posted the below on a FaceBook page and it grabbed my attention. While they are not my words I agree 100% with him.

I encouraged him to re-post his thoughts here on the Fire Engineering Training Community. He asked me to do it for him.

So here you go in the words of John Fogg, well done Brother!

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Added by P.J. Norwood on August 13, 2015 at 8:01pm — No Comments

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