Dave LeBlanc on what is the biggest hurdle in fire service education and dialogue.
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“A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.”
If your defense boils down to this, then what are your really trying to say? 
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“Please allow us to introduce ourselves”
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Maybe it is because this doesn’t involve firefighting that others are so quiet about it.
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Editorial asks if we use LODDs to hype our profession and image.
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Dave LeBlanc got a new pair of kicks to fight fire in.
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Brian Brush shares a timely reminder before the San Francisco funerals.
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Ladder 132 firefighter is awarded the year’s top medal for work on Putnam Avenue.
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If near-tragedy happens, does how we explain it make it okay that it happened?
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Photography project turns into documenting some of Brooklyn’s fireground action.
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Video illustrates a need to always explore our mistakes.
Or what appears to be mistakes.
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A monthly review of our popular postings.
Black Diamond sends a pair of X2′s to Dave for testing in the Cape Cod extremes.
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A monthly review of our popular postings.
Rumor has it Through-the-Lock forcible entry class has a high profile member enrolled.
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A change to his site and why this is important to you.
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Why do we do it? Does it weaken the forcible entry skills we learn?
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A monthly review of our popular postings.
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Winners in various categories in fire service cinema.
Or, just the ones I like.
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You’re Offended?
Video Shared By STATter911 Reveals Some of You Have A High Opinion of Yourselves
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When Dave shared episode 1 of the hilarious “Hosed”, some squirrels took offense.
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“Every day we read that we must all come home and we are well on our way to a world where you will have to justify going in to search, not the other way around.” Dave LeBlanc
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“That being said, let’s be honest: who hears about fires in an abandoned building and doesn’t wonder about the rest of the story? We all do, but who decides whether vagrants are worth looking for in a burning building?”
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The FDXL100……for real.
No commentsDave LeBlanc gets another new pair of kicks to try out on the Cape fireground.
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