Check out some recent commentary pieces from our featured contributors, including posts by Nick Papa and new contributor Clay Magee.
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Door Control and Isolation
Nick Papa (above) offers some thoughts on the subject from the late Andy Fredericks.
Risk Little to Save Little
Who gets to decide what “little” is? Read a new commentary from Clay Magee.
Coming Through
Leadership is a set of standards established for the group that you lead. Read more from Warren Cersley.
Do Your Job
“Those three little words. It’s what citizens expect of you and your department.” Clay Magee argues that firefighters need to remember their responsibilities to the public.
Purchasing Committees
How does your department choose what equipment to purchase? Read more from Justin Thoroughman.
Problems Are Opportunities
Every adversity you and the team you lead will ever encounter is either a problem or an opportunity. The difference between them? Your attitude, writes Frank Viscuso.
Firefighters and Addiction
Mark Lamplugh on the value of peer support.
Sleep Tips and Strategies for Firefighters
Writing for ‘The First Twenty,’ Jordan Ponder has some advice for getting better sleep.
Eye in the Sky
Thomas D. Kuglin Jr. offers an overview on drones for the fire service.
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