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Posted By: Seth Barker
Wed Aug 31st, 2022
Success comes from being good at what we do. Success also comes from being fulfilled at the actions we are taking part in. How do we get to that end state? How do we measure it? How do we qualify it? I think about what makes me successful and how I get there. Then it hit me like Brad French hitting
Posted By: Demond Simmons
Wed Jul 27th, 2022
In our youthful days, we relished the summer months. This period allowed us to enjoy summer vacation trips; have fun in the warm weather; delight in the long days; stay up late; sleep in; and visit friends and relatives who we normally did not see throughout the school year. As we got older, the bre
Posted By: Leigh Hubbard
Wed Jul 27th, 2022
In May I moved to the sleepy little town of Morattico, where two roads intersect along the side of the Rappahannock River in Virginia. A post office, the size of a small cottage, and a waterman’s museum that celebrates the history of the area comprise our local commerce. Nightly I walk to the museum
Posted By: Leigh Hubbard
Wed May 25th, 2022
An ISFSI member shared a memory of his first experience at an ISFSI Membership Social. His fire chief attended with him, escorted him to the front door, and kindly shoved him through stating, “Make Your Own Friends.” Those marching orders seemed tall at the time. He was surrounded by roughly 100 of
Posted By: Seth Barker
Wed Apr 27th, 2022
In 2012 at the Fire Department Instructor’s Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana I got invited to lunch on a Friday by a very good friend of mine. I happily followed thinking I was about to get bought another free lunch by my generous new best friend. The lunch proved to not be free but what I gained
