Firefighter Wisdom
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Tips, tricks, and trivia related to the fire service in 280 characters or less. These veiws may represent your department. #FFWisdom
Joined November 2012
Tradition should live in our pictures, parades, and patches not our procedures, practices, or PPE.
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To err is human. To worry about those errors is compassion. To take action to prevent those errors in the future is professionalism.
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You need luck on this job, but skill is more important. Luck runs out, skill does not.
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One of the most offensive statements that an officer can have said about them: “He’s going to get someone hurt.” It characterizes carelessness, ignorance, or indifference.
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The actions and decisions in the first 5 minutes of any incident often determines the success or failure of that operation.
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If a chemical name ends in -ate, -ite, or -ide, avoid putting water on it. Most of these salts will react violently or give off toxic byproducts when mixed with water.
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If you don’t have a tool in your hand and an SCBA on your back, you aren’t a firefighter; you’re a well informed bystander in expensive clothes.
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Professionalism isn’t always apparent from radio traffic, but inexperience always is.
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A firefighter sees a viable victim rescue as a win. A fire prevention officer sees it as a loss.
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You can’t expect your firefighters to be nice and courteous to citizens if the leadership isn’t nice and courteous to the firefighters.
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If you provide a new firefighter with inadequate training, you don’t just short them but also every person they train in the future.
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It takes only one harrowing experience to clarify the distinction between minimum practical knowledge and proficiency.
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It's hard to save poor early decisions with good late decisions.
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“The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.” -J.R.R. Tolkien
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What happens when we respond to a call involving a major fire or a child? Episode 8-3 - Captain Dustin Lambert PhD - "Driving Under the Influence ... https://t.co/Rg7kwtt1ql via @YouTube @InsightTrn @FHTribune @LifeScanSaves @ToddJLeDuc
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One of the biggest differences between you and a victim is your attitude when you step off the truck.
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If a policy is created and a firefighter chooses not to follow it, the outcome is the fault of the firefighter. However, if a policy is never made or never clearly communicated, the poor outcome is the fault of the chief.
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