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Saying Goodbye To A Friend
We best memorialize our brethren by remembering the lessons they teach us.I actually started writing this post six months ago. It’s probably not like you’d think. I had my initial moments of grief when...
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The Capacity Building Exercise To Change All Exercises
We are all interconnected; how so remains to be examined. We are part of a bigger whole.Our industry is in dire need to undergo extensive capacity building. Capacity building is the assistance provided...
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Tillered Aerials and Safety Collaboration
Hilton Head Island Truck 6 working in Palmetto Dunes.In the years before becoming a chief officer I spent the very large majority of my career as a truck company officer. The last ten years of my...
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We Try Harder
SC-TF1 Demobilizing From Chalmette, LA after Hurricane Katrina, 2005.I had the opportunity to be part of a test rehearsal for a web conference going on Friday. In one of the questions, we were asked,...
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The Antidote To Road Rage
Being a reader of FHZ requires you to maintain an open mind. Even if you don't agree with both sides of the issues here, understanding the contrary view permits perspective and in some cases, deeper...
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You Can Quote Me On That (Before 2010)
I was driving down the road the other day and thinking, you know, I too could have a list of quotes, just like the real writers have. So in the interest of filling up a page of useless knowledge, I...
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In Memory of Lt. Bruce Schultz, Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue
Our department lost a dear friend yesterday after a long battle with cancer. Lt. Bruce Schultz came down from Ohio back in the day when hanging out at the station for long enough would get you hired....
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We Shall Never Forget
In the eleven years that have passed since that day, what have we achieved? Three hundred and forty three firefighters died at the World Trade Center, along with the countless many who die slower,...
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Project “Viral Likes”
Since some of the readers out there can't make it past the first paragraph, here's the summarized version: [1] Once a day (that's all you have to do) when you log into your social network, take a...
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Hey! Pay Attention! This Is Important!
This is not the toilet. But it is cool. This is not the toilet. But it is cool.Okay, what started as a skirmish has turned into a full-on battle. A bunch of the old timers from the FireEMSBlogs...
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