Bobby Halton

Hopefully, as we move through this age of electronic immediate communication, we get more elegant in how we handle it.

It is time to put our medics and our EMS divisions on the pedestal they not only deserve but own, writes Bobby Halton.

We can put any gear, tool, or whatever that we can’t clean on site somewhere where we aren’t exposed to until we can clean it.

Perhaps the most dismissive thing anyone can say to another is, “Shut up.” Bobby Halton offers some thoughts on the context of such dismissiveness in both the fire service and the culture at large.

Every single firefighter knows why we cope when dark times envelope us: because firefighting is the best damn job we’ve ever had.

Sharing that verification of the risks and threats and our current understanding of them makes us more ready, less uncertain, and better equipped to engage.

Our threats change, but our diligence and responses to them must remain focused.

Competition is a good thing-it sharpens us, increases our efforts, and allows us to measure ourselves in many ways.

Is zero tolerance the answer to all issues?

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