Responder Safety
What Does Training Do For You?
I recently had one of those "back step meetings" with several other firefighters and the discussion led to the topic of training and what we should be doing for monthly training. As many of you know, I have a very passionate approach when it comes to training. I just sat and listened to see where the conversation led. I heard several different views, everything from "we need to be doing more of the fun stuff," to "we did that enough in essentials class," and my favorite "I do that at work, no need to do it here". After pondering this for several evenings I came to several conclusions worth noting.
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Gifts Found Under the Department’s Christmas Tree
I hope this article finds all of you having a happy and safe holiday season. With the holidays, it is often practice to find some presents under the tree (some wanted, some unwanted like the fruit cake from last year that got thrown in with the decorations). My question to all of you is "what did you find underneath your department's tree and how does it affect your training goals for this upcoming year?"
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Where We're Going... And Where We've Been
This is my first of hopefully many columns to you as they’ve asked me to maintain an open dialog with all of you. First let me say that it is an honor and a privilege to be appointed as the chairman of the Training Committee and being the Training Coordinator which goes along with it. It’s a great challenge; one that I accept with a great deal of responsibility and motivation to provide to all of you the best training possible and a learning environment that fosters successful results, not just in the classroom or drill area, but on the fireground where quite frankly, it really counts.
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