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Category Archives: Education

“Good Job”

You are hurtling down a path for disaster.

Posted byData Not DramaApril 25, 2021Posted inEducation, SafetyTags:Dave LeBlanc, Education, Safety, TrainingLeave a comment on “Good Job”

Human Behavior. Five Years Later We Can’t Shake It

What it is we are “remembering” when we say “remember fallen brothers.”

Posted byData Not DramaApril 25, 2021Posted inCommentary, EducationTags:Bill Carey, Commentary, Education, Line of Duty Deaths, NIOSH, TrainingLeave a comment on Human Behavior. Five Years Later We Can’t Shake It

Those Fires? Maybe Andy Was Right

“Stop fighting interior fires,” he said. “Don’t go into those fires anymore. It’s not worth it.”

Posted byData Not DramaApril 23, 2021Posted inEducation, RiskTags:Education, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Risk, United States Fire AdministrationLeave a comment on Those Fires? Maybe Andy Was Right

Defining Expertise

The idea is that you can be an expert in fighting fires stupidly and that’s valid until you get burned or someone dies and then you are not an expert anymore.

Posted byData Not DramaApril 22, 2021Posted inEducationTags:Bill Carey, Commentary, EducationLeave a comment on Defining Expertise

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