I hate to admit it, but sometimes I'm jealous of complacent people in the fire service. As infuriating as it is to watch their inflated...

When we join the fire service, one of our primary responsibilities is to take care of the resources given to us by our organization and...

As I drove the fire department SUV up to a brush fire scene, not far down the utility access road, I noticed the first arriving engine...

#LeadersWanted My phone rings, and when I look down, I see that it's the fire chief calling. I know exactly why since the rumor mill had...

#LeadersWanted The other day I had a chance to take a transfer to a neighboring station and found our battalion chief standing by the...

#LeadersWanted Imagine a fire service where two people could disagree passionately on things, and one person stands out because of the...

#LeadersWanted I was standing in the parking lot of our training center shooting the breeze with a few guys when one of them said, "Hey...

#LeadersWanted Early in the morning a single vehicle went over the interstate guardrail into a steel traffic pole. I arrived as the first...

#LeadersWanted I opened the rear compartment of the truck and grabbed a 24 foot ground ladder. I quickly threw it up into a high...

#LeadersWanted I hate to admit it, but unfortunately, as a leader I know what the words I don’t trust you sound like. I had spent...

#LeadersWanted “What happens when you can’t just Google the answer?” I remember very vividly the Mayday! Firefighter Down portion of my...

#LeadersWanted I recently got the chance to spend a whopping nine days in a row with my family in Florida and the Bahamas. For me, this...

#LeadersWanted "Let the accolades come in their own time as a result of your work, not as the reason why you work." I recently received a...

#LeadersWanted Power. Far too often people overestimate what they could do if only they had rank or position in their department. They...

#LeadersWanted While teaching the latest batch of probationary firefighters during a relay pumping scenario, I started to use the terms...

#LeadersWanted When you are into this job it's pretty obvious. My Facebook is flooded by videos and pictures by these kinds of folks,...

#LeadersWanted Have you ever had a conversation with someone whose outlook or attitude about the fire service is so crappy you either...

#LeadersWanted There is no greater disservice as a leader to our teams than to micromanage them. It baffles my mind that micromanaging...

#LeadersWanted Almost five years ago I had the opportunity to attend the life-changing training experience offered by the Nozzle Forward...

#LeadersWanted Trust is a value and feeling that occurs in ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. Creating and maintaining trust is...