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”Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to knowledge” Proverbs 23:12 Perspective is a gift of wisdom that is often gained through life’s experiences. As firefighters, our skills and their application are enhanced though our experiences such as: Training, incidents, and...

”Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to knowledge” Proverbs 23:12 Perspective is a gift of wisdom that is often gained through life’s experiences. As firefighters, our skills and their application are enhanced though our experiences such as: Training, incidents, and...

When we first joined the fire service we were outfitted with all the personnel protective gear we would need to help keep us the safest possible during an incident. This probably included boots, turnout pants, turnout coat, hood, gloves (structural and maybe extrication), a...

As a fire academy instructor it is my job to help develop new training methods to teach to the set standards outlined by the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety. It becomes increasingly difficult to keep the training new and exciting, especially when teaching the very basics of...

As it turns out, the top 5 exercises that I am recommending firefighters do NOT do are all because they are potentially damaging to the spine. This is important because, by far and away, the most common area of injury to firefighters is the back. Furthermore, these tend to be the...

“Now faith is the confidence in what we hope for and assurance of what we do not see” Hebrews11:1 As a firefighter, it is not uncommon for us to see many different calls for service in one shift at work. One particular shift that sticks out in my mind was the tragic death of a 2...

As firefighters operate in the outside environment it is crucial they be able to understand the current weather conditions in their region, what is predicted in their area and how to read and understand the messages and data provided to them by the National Weather Service. This...

As we talked in the previous article, developing to become that good leader that people want to follow is based on establishing some core principles that guide your decision making. Below are the set of core principles I used to shape what I did in the fire service. These did not...

Over the past few weeks we’ve been discussing exercises that place a lot of stress on the joints and can even cause damage. Obviously that’s counterproductive – if we’re spending time and energy to exercise we want it to be beneficial, not detrimental! Especially for...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/davidsoler/022-Rubes_Rules_for_Leadership_And_Survival.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFirefighterToolbox’s Firefighter Training Podcast Episode #22 About this Episode: Listen in to the interview with Chief Dennis Rubin and hear about...