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What are two words firefighters don’t want to hear? Portion control! That’s right. This goes against the usual dinner philosophies we usually see and hear. When I started cooking for the guys at work, they liked the food, but didn’t like my portion control plating....

The Flat Earth As a boy Christopher Columbus was holding an orange on which a butterfly had landed. He noticed that when he turned the orange around he could see the tips of its wings coming up from the backside of the piece of fruit. As he turned the orange toward him the entire...

Calling the MAYDAY MAYDAY! You are in trouble. Your marriage has collapsed. Your spouse is leaving or has left you. Now what? Call for help! James 4:2 states, “You have not because you ask not”. Our pride is often our biggest enemy. We believe that we can do anything. After all,...

Thus far, we have talked about the basics of weather.  Temperature, moisture, pressure, fronts, and so on, mostly as discrete elements. As hinted before, there is virtually nothing that is absolute in meteorology, just as you see in firefighting operations.  Just because the...

What Exactly Is Leadership Self-Awareness? There are many challenges of being a leader and successful fire service leaders are those that understand the meaning of self-awareness. Leadership self-awareness is a  self-“a no holds barred-honest to the core”-examination....

Have you ever thought of doing Yoga? YOGA?! What is Yoga you ask? In short it is “creating balance in the body.” Yoga first started over 5,000 years ago and was for men as well as women. Over time it has evolved in many ways, but the basic concepts of health and wellness of the...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/davidsoler/027-Leading_From_the_National_Fire_Academy_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFirefighterToolbox Podcast/ Internet Radio Show Episode #027 Interview with Dr Onieal About this Episode: Intro Provided by:  FDNY Battalion Chief Mike...

The Working Fire You have come to the realization that your marriage is in trouble. Sadly, most realize this way too late. It comes when they learn of infidelity or have been served divorce papers. As on a fire scene we have to be proactive, having an Incident Action Plan and or...

In part 1 we began our discussion on the various scales of weather and started to examine how the various scales of weather are relevant to both emergency managers and first responders.  We will finish up our discussion with the last two scales that are important to the public...

Have you ever heard of “the dark side” of leadership? This is not a term we hear in leadership conversations or read about, but the reality is that it exists and impacts department growth. Authentic and true leaders are those that want to make a difference in the...