Recent Articles
Posted By: Troy Bonfield
Wed Jun 17th, 2020
Leadership can be complicated if we allow it to be. There are thousands of books on the market on how to improve your leadership skills. Everyone has their own idea on how leadership, in their opinion, should be done. How someone leads is dependent on situational circumstance, difference in generati
Posted By: Douglas K. Cline
Wed Jun 17th, 2020
As we quickly approach a time when much of the current fire service leadership will be retiring, we are destined to face the loss of great leadership in the fire service. The challenging times we are currently faced with amidst a worldwide pandemic, budget cuts, rising costs of supplies and navigat
Posted By: Leigh Hubbard
Wed Jun 17th, 2020
In all of my life I have never imagined a day when I would see employee directives to work from home, travel bans, self-quarantine, masks being worn as fashion statements, and depleted grocery store shelves. With no “playbook” as to how to respond, I’ve found myself trying to find the balance as a
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Mon Jun 8th, 2020
Tell us about yourself.I am a first generation Firefighter. I found the Fire Service after my first career as a skilled tradesman in the automotive industry became untenable. For me, working for the U.A.W got to mean “You Ain’t Workin’ “. So I had to re-invent myself. I went back to college and got
Posted By: Drew Smith
Thu May 14th, 2020
Many articles have been written about the differences in each of the three current generations serving in the fire service: Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millenials. While some from the Greatest Generation continue to serve, soon enough the next generation, Gen Z, will enter our workforce. It is helpful to
