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Tag Archives: Education

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

Medical LODD Lesson? Who Cares.

There is just as much to learn from a firefighter who died of a heart attack as there is a firefighter who died of a fall.

Posted byData Not DramaApril 22, 2021April 22, 2021Posted inCommentaryTags:Bill Carey, Commentary, Education, Line of Duty Deaths, NIOSHLeave a comment on Medical LODD Lesson? Who Cares.

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

But We Train All of the Time

It is difficult to crawl with your hands covering your ears.

Posted byData Not DramaDecember 3, 2020December 3, 2020Posted inEducation, NIOSHTags:Dave LeBlanc, Education, NIOSH, TrainingLeave a comment on But We Train All of the Time

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