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2012 Les Lukert Conference, Nebraska Society of Fire Service Instructors
December 31, 2011 | Buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, command-leadership, Commandsafety.com, company officer, Education, Fire Fighter Safety, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, Training, training-development | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Exceptional Training opportunities at the 2012 Les Lukert Conference, Nebraska

Credentials versus Competence
August 27, 2011 | Buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Commandsafety.com, company officer, Credentialing, Education, skills, Training, training-development | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Credentials vs. Competence. Kevin Milan asks the question and provides the insights. Education and experience are important, but both must be updated throughout your fire service career.

Building Construction and Systems Training for Commanders, Company Officers and Firefighters
May 7, 2011 | Building Construction, Buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Education, firefighting-operations, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Training, training-development | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Building Construction and Systems Training for Commanders, Company Officers & Firefighters New Training Programs Rolling out for 2011 These are an  intense and concentrated series of programs examining trends and methods in building construction for the fire service with an emphasize on construction and occupancy risk assessment, structural and construction systems, and their direct relationship […]

Often Attitude is the Only Difference between Success and Failure
April 25, 2011 | administration-leadership, Attitude, command-leadership, company officer, Culture, Doug Cline, Education, fire-rescue-topics, Fireground Leadership, Future, LEADERSHIP, Officer, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, skills, thecompanyofficer.com, Training, UNCATEGORIZED | dougcline | No Comments
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Most of our personnel have strong predicated skills, abilities and knowledge. So what puts the people excelling in front of the others? Most times that small difference is attitude.

Training and Tactics Talk
April 25, 2011 | Attitude, company officer, Doug Cline, Education, Fire Fighter Safety, Fireground Leadership, LEADERSHIP, skills, thecompanyofficer.com, Training, training-development, UNCATEGORIZED | dougcline | No Comments
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Training & Tactics Talk: Company Officers and Their Role as a Training Officer Douglas Cline talks with several fire officers about the role of officers as trainers at the company level. Chief Cline is joined by Lt. Michael Daley of Monroe Township, NJ, Deputy Chief Spencer Lee of Jacksonville, NC and Deputy Chief Jeffrey Pinelski […]

Rethinking Learning and Fire Service Training
April 24, 2011 | administration-leadership, Buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, command-leadership, Commandsafety.com, company officer, Credentialing, Education, firefighting-operations, Higher Education, Training, training-development | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. […]

Building Construction and Systems Training for Commanders, Company Officers and Firefighters
April 10, 2011 | Building Construction, Buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Commandsafety.com, Education, Fire Fighter Safety, firefighting-operations, Training, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Building Construction and Systems Training for Commanders, Company Officers & Firefighters New for 2011 An intense and concentrated series of programs examining trends and methods in building construction for the fire service with an emphasize on construction and occupancy risk assessment, structural and construction systems, and their direct relationship on structural combat firefighting operations, firefighter […]

ISFSI Live Fire Training
February 15, 2011 | Attitude, Christopher Naum, company officer, Credentialing, Culture, Doug Cline, Education, Fire Fighter Safety, Fire Fighting, Fire Suppression, Fireground Leadership, Future, KSA, LEADERSHIP, Officer, OPERATIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Risk Assessment, skills, thecompanyofficer.com, Training, training-development, UNCATEGORIZED | dougcline | No Comments
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      Whether you are a career firefighter, volunteer firefighter, company officer, instructor, training officer, chief officer, or whatever your title or role may be; if you have been tasked or assigned to be an instructor in a training exercise that will involve live fire, you have a responsibility to the people you will train, lead, […]

Are You Prepared to PREVENT a Line of Duty Death?
February 10, 2011 | Attitude, command-leadership, company officer, Culture, Doug Cline, Education, Fire Fighter Safety, firefighter-safety-health, Fireground Leadership, Fitness, Future, Health and Safety, in-the-line-of-duty, LEADERSHIP, LODD, Officer, OPERATIONS, Situational Awareness, thecompanyofficer.com, UNCATEGORIZED | dougcline | No Comments
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The fire service is a dynamic profession that is richly steeped in tradition, noble in deeds and calling. We know the fire service to be constant – yet ever changing in today’s society.

Two Dates and a Dash in the Middle
January 12, 2011 | administration-leadership, Attitude, Become SAFE, Christopher Naum, command-leadership, company officer, Culture, Doug Cline, Education, Fireground Leadership, Fitness, Health and Safety, KSA, LEADERSHIP, line-of-duty, LODD, Officer, Training | dougcline | No Comments
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As a fire officer I am going to challenge each individual who reads this article to live and work the fire service as if you only had one month to live.

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