Firefighting Through My Eyes

My thoughts and views on firefighting and other ramblings.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Goals... Do you have any?

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Recently I received some really good advice from a mentor.  We were talking about career aspirations and career goals.  The advice was simpl...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Breaking Down the Stereotypes of Mental Health

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When people describe firefighters they typically use adjectives like brave, strong, courageous and daring.  Conversely, when people descri...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Life Safety Initiative #3 Risk Management

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The third Life Safety Initiative is risk management.  To me, this seems like a very easy one.  This should part of everything we do everyday...
Monday, August 27, 2012

How Do You Cope?

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We go on hundreds of calls a year and most of the time we run the call, deal with the situation and then move on but every once in a while s...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Life Safety Initiative #2 Accountability

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Today's installment will be covering Life Safety Initiative #2 Accountability.  Initiative #2: Enhance the personal and organizational a...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Life Safety Initiative #1 Cultural Change

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Over the next several posts, well 16 to be exact, I am going to be discussing the 16 life safety initiatives for the fire service.  The init...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

St Florian

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It’s time again for another installment of history and tradition of the fire service.  So far we have discussed the Maltese cross and the ...
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Drew Stiles
I am a career firefighter/paramedic in the Des Moines Metro area. I am also a paid on call member of a combination department also in the metro area. This blog is a chance for me to share my thoughts and views on firefighting and the world in general.
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