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Mark J. Cotter's Blog – November 2017 Archive (2)

Divisions and Distractions - Exploring hot-button topics

I stirred up more than a little controversy recently when I questioned the feasibility of increasing our effectiveness by decreasing our caution (See "Worth Dying For?!" at http://community.fireengineering.com/profiles/blog/show?xg_source=activity&id=1219672%3ABlogPost%3A641725). Many who contacted me were supportive and encouraging, with some describing…

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Added by Mark J. Cotter on November 27, 2017 at 8:25am — No Comments

Passion vs. Pragmatism

A lot of discussion was generated by my last post (Worth Dying For?! at http://community.fireengineering.com/profiles/blog/show?xg_source=activity&id=1219672%3ABlogPost%3A641725]), both pro and con, and much of it quite strongly-worded. (To me, the most amusing comments are from those who claimed to stop reading my post when they reached a point with which they…

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Added by Mark J. Cotter on November 6, 2017 at 7:26am — No Comments

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