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Can You Polish Black Plastic Trim with Peanut Butter?
How black plastic trim ever ended up on a fire truck I have no idea. Cost saving measure? Maybe. Traditional? Not even close. Sleek? I don’t think so. Stubborn to keep [...]
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BlogYou Don’t Know What Brotherhood Means
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BlogBoss, leader, brother…
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BlogGet Over Yourselves!
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BlogWhere Does Pride Grow?
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BlogWhy Are Your Boots So Shiny?
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BlogPerceived Status
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BlogVolunteer Servitude & The Enslavement of the Modern Fire Service
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BlogCompetition
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BlogIs Structure Fire Smoke Killing Us?
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BlogTriangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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BlogHome for the Holidays
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BlogGet a Life! (outside of work)
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HistoryLa Salle Hotel Fire, Chicago
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Health and WellnessDo Firefighters Even Sleep?
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BlogPrideful Mothers Day
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Health and WellnessSuicide Risk Factors
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BlogProBar Sarcasm
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BlogTips for the Aspiring Firefighter, From an Aspiring Firefighter
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BlogUnused Fire Gear PFAS Test Results Are “Thousands of Times Higher” than EPA Drinking Water Standards
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BlogLIVE! From Ohio
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BlogWhat happens off duty, stays off duty…right? Don’t bet on it.
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BlogDark Humor: Line in the Sand
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BlogI’d like to buy a challenge
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Blog“John Wayne Time, You’re On Your Own”
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BlogThe NFPA Police
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BlogThe REAL Cancer in Your Gear
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BlogAs the Kitchen Turns
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BlogSocially Unacceptable
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BlogWhat Do You Think?
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BlogThe Gray Area
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BlogFireFit!
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BlogMeat Heads
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Health and WellnessFirefightersWeightLoss.com
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Health and WellnessPain Relief for Mind & Body
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Health and Wellness
Chappy’s Weight Loss Solution Part 3
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Health and WellnessFireStrong.org
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Health and Wellness
Suicide Risk Factors
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Health and WellnessIs it PTSD or Is it Something Else?
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Health and WellnessUnderstanding Fire Service Suicide, the Key to Prevention.
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Health and Wellness
Do Firefighters Even Sleep?
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PodcastsEp009: David Wiklanksi – I’d rather you be annoyed that I woke you up…
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PodcastsEp000: Stephen Kavalkovich – We Heal Through Connection and Connect Through Struggle
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Podcasts
Ep002: Don Prince – The 11th Hour Trauma Retreat, A Jump-Start Toward Healing
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PodcastsEp007: Dan DeGryse – Mental Health Fitness for Duty
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PodcastsThe Rescue the Rescuer Show Episode 24- Fire and EMS Casualties of War
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PodcastsEp004: CHECKPOINT ONE – Move Past Trauma
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Podcasts
Ep005: Robert Avsec – Fire EMS Leader Pro
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PodcastsEp006: Leckey Harrison – Raise Your Resilience
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PodcastsEp010: Jeff Dill – Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance
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PodcastsEp011: Dr. Tania Glenn – Treating First Responders with PTSD and More
Latest Articles
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In a recent commercial aired at half-time during last Saturday’s Notre Dame Football game; The University of Notre Dame puts the Fire Service on notice that they’ve been studying our fire gear and something is amiss. See here. and below. We’ve reported fairly-widely on this topic, and we even broke this story almost 3 years ago (here) when Diane Cotter, [...] -
Firefighting is perhaps one of the oldest and most well-established institutions in what is now the United States of America. The roots of the North American firefighter can be traced back over a century before the country was even formally established. The earliest days of the American fire service were an organized community effort born of necessity. Throughout the [...] -
It was May 2017, and I had just promoted to an officer’s position. I stepped out back behind Station 2 to enjoy the late-spring weather when a city police officer pulled up to chat. “Congrats on the promotion!” He said. “Welcome to fire-service middle management!” The officer departed as quickly as he had arrived and left me standing there, wondering if he was [...]
