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Engine Co.38 pulls up to an afternoon job that goes to four alarms.

Posted by Bill Carey on September 28, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "fire behavior", Expect Fire, firefighter safety, FirefighterNation, San Francisco, sizeup, truck company operations, ventilation, video

2010 USFA LODD Report:
Don’t Celebrate Too Soon

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It's the second consecutive drop in total deaths, but is that really cause for joy?

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 27, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "line of duty death", death, Education, firefighter safety, Lessons Learned, lodd, Rhetoric, rhetorical lessons, statistics, USFA

“Expect Fire” San Francisco Weekend Apartment Fire over Commercial Occupancy

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Worker in Noe Valley neighborhood goes to two alarms on a Saturday afternoon.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 27, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Bill Carey", "first due", "truck company", communications, engine company, Expect Fire, San Francisco, sizeup, truck company operations

Has Anybody Seen Our Common Sense?

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Ron Ayotte with an easy solution to some of the latest public image problems.

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Posted by Ron Ayotte on September 24, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "leadership management", "public relations", "social media", "social networking", leadership, poltics, public image, reputation, Ron Ayotte

FRM: Common-Sense Ventilation on the Fireground

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Article from Jim McCormack stresses the need for "coordinated attack."

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 23, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "fire behavior", "truck company", Fire Department Training Network, FireRescue Magazine, Jim McCormack, training, truck company operations, ventilation, video

“Expect Fire” Early Footage of Chicago Multiple Alarm on Weekday Afternoon

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Only a block away, Engine 22 has an afternoon full of fire and first line choices.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 20, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "first due", "risk management", 2 1/2 hoseline, Chicago, Chicago Fire Department, communications, engine company, engine company operations, Expect Fire, firefighter safety, FireRescue Magazine, hoselines, sizeup, sizeup report, training, video

What Is Pride?

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Ron Ayotte with some thoughts on pride while on the detail.

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Posted by Ron Ayotte on September 14, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Firefighter Mentality", "leadership management", Education, leadership, Learning Behavior, pride, public image, Ron Ayotte, training

9-11: What Does It Mean To You?

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This particular brotherhood is an exclusive group.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on September 10, 2011 • Filed under: Commentary, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "line of duty death", 9/11, fdny, september 11th

Misguided Anger

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Sometimes reality needs to smack you like a 2 x 4 to the head.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 8, 2011 • Filed under: Commentary, Communication, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "public education", "public information", "public relations", "social media", "social networking", Evansville, media, public image, rescues

Lessons Learned:
Deadly Disorientation at Texas Plant Fire

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Eight contributing factors present before the fire actually started.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 2, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", "risk management", command, communicating, communication, communications, firefighter safety, Lessons Learned, Maxim Egg Farm, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, preplan, preplanning, risk, safety, sizeup

Ray’s Story

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“What we saw down there, no human being should ever see.”

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 2, 2011 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, News, Videos • Tagged: cancer, fdny, firefighter health, Ground Zero, Ray Pfiefer, september 11th, World Trade Center

The “Ins” of the Successful Fire Officer

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New contributor Ron Ayotte ups the staffing on Backstep Firefighter as a chief officer.

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Posted by Ron Ayotte on September 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development • Tagged: "chief officers", "leadership management", character, communicating, fire officers, leadership, officer development, Ron Ayotte, training

Rhetorical Lesson No.8:
If We Did it 100 Years Ago, Is it Still Okay?

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Injuries during a “training” event make one wonder, what the hell?

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Commentary, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, News, Philosophy, Videos • Tagged: "public relations", leadership, public image, Rhetoric, rhetorical lessons, training

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2010 USFA LODD Report:
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