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Raising a flag about lowering THE FLAG!
It’s after Memorial Day-2010 and I’ve been working on this blog for about a week, in hopes of having it finished prior to the start of the holiday weekend but life got in the way and that didn’t...
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Get Fit. Get Safe. Make It Personal.
My Three-Part Risk Management Plan: Alex, Laurie and Kathleen Despite the fact that I wrote this piece for Fire-Rescue Magazine last year, I’m pretty sure its content is still relevant as we ponder...
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Run-to-the-Curb Radio: Chief Tim Sendelbach
It’s like “Run-to-the-Curb Radio” — but better! “Firefighter Storytellers” is a natural outgrowth from my popular “Run to the Curb” series — as it offers a radio show designed simply to facilitate...
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What’s your story?
It’s been a great, long, hot summer — causing me to take some time away from blogging to spend with my family and friends. Although I haven’t been writing much, I have been doing a lot of reading and...
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@FireRECRUITER: Are you flush or flushing?
As I do with much in life, I take new experiences and new information and compare it to other aspects of my life in emergency services. Whenever it’s the least bit relevant – I try to apply it to the...
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X-Box Live
That’s right! “From the X-Box to the Box Alarm: Motivating and Leading Today’s Firefighters” is back by popular demand at FDIC 2011. I hope to see you in Indianapolis March 22-26, 2011. Look me up if...
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Impact of the Digital Age on Recruitment and Retention
The world is changing rapidly and the fire service is getting caught up in the tornado effect of technology on our society. More and more fire departments are smartly using web sites, e-mail and social...
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@FireRECRUITER: Rise to the challenge
An article recently posted to FirefighterNation.com outlines the challenges faced by volunteer fire departments in Pennsylvania in recruiting and retaining their members. Although these types of...
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Video Killed the Recruitment Star
In his February 17th Morning Lineup features (and updated on February 20th), FireGeezer.com's Bill Schumm discusses and demonstrates the effectiveness, or ineffectiveness, of using video as a...
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Joining Forces
From our sister site: FireRECRUITER.com What started out as a vision for a successful joint recruitment project has morphed into a passion to connect firefighters and soldiers of all stripes. Based on...
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I do solemnly swear
I had the pleasure of sharing my "Xbox Live" conversation with virtually the entire membership of the Brighton Fire District a few months ago and they revealed that they've never had a formal...
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Run-to-the-Curb is Top Story
That's me with Past Chief John Latimore, one of my best friends in the fire service and the neighborhood I grew up in. It’s been more than a month since my presentation at FDIC and my live Internet...
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Raising a flag about lowering THE FLAG!
It’s after Memorial Day-2010 and I’ve been working on this blog for about a week, in hopes of having it finished prior to the start of the holiday weekend but life got in the way and that didn’t...
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Meth, Click, Doom.
In July of 2014, I had enough! I couldn’t go on. I was so confused not knowing what was going on in my life − why was I like this? I had to stop myself from hurting my family. I felt I needed to...
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The Exit Row
Scott Geiselhart, Jared Meeker and Tiger Schmittendorf connect at the New York State Fire Chiefs Conference in June-2017 While most of my return trips from FDIC – the Fire Department Instructors...
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