As the headline on the Firehouse Main Page states, 95 Firefighters lost their lives in 2000.
Do you think that maybe we can realize that preventing these LODD's should be a little more important to us than bickering amongst ourselves over Career vs. Volunteer, Yellow vs. Red Apparatus, Juniors Leaving school and so on....
For any of you who do juvenile fire prevention training or Drunk Driving mock accidents, etc for high school teens, take a minute to think about this one.
When the reporter comes to interview you about your program, how many of you say "If we only save one life, then we have made a difference for the positive!" Why is it that we can't seem to apply this to our own?? Wouldn't it be great if we prevented just one of those LODD's in `00 and one less family had to say goodbye to a husband, a son, a daughter, a wife.... I think you get my point!
It gets kind of scarey and frustrating visiting these forums sometimes when you can see post about jokes, etc go on and on with 20 or 30 replies, but you can go down to a forum like Safety and Survival and a topic can sit for days without ever being replied to. I realize there has to be a balance of humor and light stuff mixed in with the otherwise stressful job we do each shift, but that's exactly it -- a balance! Not to be harsh, but are the jokes really all that important to you when s##t goes bad in a working SFD and you have to bail?? Maybe it would have been a little more meaningful if you put some effort into absorbing some tactics from some fellow FF's in the firematic posts vs. the humorous, off-color stuff.
Just my two cents! I'm sure their will be oppositions and support, but then again that's the nature of these forums. Maybe it's a little late for New Year's Resolutions, but maybe we can rethink some of ours while it's still January and make saving each other a little higher priority in '01. I challenge each of you to step up and do your part. Maybe, just maybe, together we can reduce that number so that when January, 2002 rolls in, we can be proud to know that not only did we save civilian lives and property, but we saved ourselves.
Our profession is founded on working together. Let's work together on this one in 2001 and get that number down!!
Stay safe!
Do you think that maybe we can realize that preventing these LODD's should be a little more important to us than bickering amongst ourselves over Career vs. Volunteer, Yellow vs. Red Apparatus, Juniors Leaving school and so on....
For any of you who do juvenile fire prevention training or Drunk Driving mock accidents, etc for high school teens, take a minute to think about this one.
When the reporter comes to interview you about your program, how many of you say "If we only save one life, then we have made a difference for the positive!" Why is it that we can't seem to apply this to our own?? Wouldn't it be great if we prevented just one of those LODD's in `00 and one less family had to say goodbye to a husband, a son, a daughter, a wife.... I think you get my point!
It gets kind of scarey and frustrating visiting these forums sometimes when you can see post about jokes, etc go on and on with 20 or 30 replies, but you can go down to a forum like Safety and Survival and a topic can sit for days without ever being replied to. I realize there has to be a balance of humor and light stuff mixed in with the otherwise stressful job we do each shift, but that's exactly it -- a balance! Not to be harsh, but are the jokes really all that important to you when s##t goes bad in a working SFD and you have to bail?? Maybe it would have been a little more meaningful if you put some effort into absorbing some tactics from some fellow FF's in the firematic posts vs. the humorous, off-color stuff.
Just my two cents! I'm sure their will be oppositions and support, but then again that's the nature of these forums. Maybe it's a little late for New Year's Resolutions, but maybe we can rethink some of ours while it's still January and make saving each other a little higher priority in '01. I challenge each of you to step up and do your part. Maybe, just maybe, together we can reduce that number so that when January, 2002 rolls in, we can be proud to know that not only did we save civilian lives and property, but we saved ourselves.
Our profession is founded on working together. Let's work together on this one in 2001 and get that number down!!
Stay safe!
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