Leadership & Personnel

Research: Mindfulness and Self-Compassionate Leadership Development

Leave a Comment / CRR, Health & Safety, Leadership & Personnel, Research, Wildland / By Ellis Ellis

Individuals who integrate these processes in their lives have been found to maintain and build important personal resources. Managers in this study best resonated with the concepts of mindfulness and self-compassion through four main methods of relating them to personal fire experiences that offer guidance to other managers. They saw value in training fire personnel …

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Firefighter Tardiness- How It Impacts Operations

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The fire service has seen many adjustments over the past decade. One of the most noticeable is the change in hiring patterns. Many new recruits have no experience in the emergency services and come from diverse employment backgrounds. While this can be great for pushing the fire service forward, it is not without its pains …

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Kitchen Table- Overcoming PTSD

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IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger talks with IAFF members who have struggled and recovered from post-traumatic stress, one of the biggest but often untreated health issues among our ranks.

16 Rules For a New Company Officer

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In the second verse of his song, “Deeper than the Holler,” Randy Travis sings, “There’s at least a million love songs that people love to sing, and every one is different, and every one’s the same, and this is just another way of saying the same thing.” That’s what we’re doing today, sharing 16 rules …

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Don’t Be Afraid of Pain

Leave a Comment / Health & Safety, Leadership & Personnel / By Ellis Ellis

Wellness Wednesday veteran AZ is back this week to talk about pain! She explains what your body is trying to tell you when you feel pain and also what you can do to help improve it. AZ can be found on Twitter and Instagram @firesqfitness.

Updated:11 Best Practices to Prevent Firefighter Cancer

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The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) and International Association of Fire Chiefs’ (IAFC’s) Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) released and update to the Lavender Ribbon Report: Best Practices for Preventing Firefighter Cancer. The report resents 11 specific, easy-to-follow actions firefighters need to take to lessen their risk of occupational cancer. In this report, the …

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NFA Available Courses Updated

Leave a Comment / CRR, EMS, Fire Prevention, Hazmat, Health & Safety, Leadership & Personnel, Wildland / By Ellis Ellis

Free training courses and programs are delivered at our campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland, online and throughout the nation. Offerings include: Health and Safety Program Manager, Leadership in Supervision, Incident Safety Officer, Management of EMS, New Executive Chief Officer, WUI Fire Adapted Communities, Youth Fire Prevention and Intervention, Fire Investigations, and Community Risk Reduction.

How to Work WITHOUT Burnout

Leave a Comment / Leadership & Personnel / By Ellis Ellis

(VIDEO 1:43) Simon Sinek tells us it’s immeasurably important to make sure that we take time for ourselves if we want to perform at our best at work and in life. Working more does not always mean working better. Make time to sharpen your axe.

COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Mandates for EMS Agencies

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have released new vaccine and testing mandates. Implementation of the mandates will occur in the coming months.

Ego and Leadership

Leave a Comment / Leadership & Personnel / By Ellis Ellis

As we rise through the ranks, we acquire more power. And with that, people are more likely to want to please us by listening more attentively, agreeing more, and laughing at our jokes. All of these tickle the ego. And when the ego is stroked, it grows.