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"I am not here for me, I am here for we, and we are here FOR THEM."

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Sometimes #ignorance beats knowledge to the #heartsandminds

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"I don't believe in the notion of playing god from the driveway." -Anthony Kastros on victim profiling versus survivability profiling. Sometimes it's one simple sentence you hear in a class that you hear the loudest.

"For Them" isn't a catch phrase. It's a mindset.

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If you're dispatched to a structure fire and you get in the rig without putting on a piece of bunker gear...

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Less than 5:

The time (in minutes) it took my crew to reload a hoseline after stretching on a reported odor of smoke with nothing showing. Less than 5 minutes - a worthy investment FOR THEM. Expect Fire!

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It's okay to love the job!

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Here we go! 2 more days of learning at the best conference in the world!

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“You can’t learn if you’re going to sugar coat shit.” Jeff Pugh on doing good, honest post incident briefings. #firemanshipPDX

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“Which one are you?” - Capt. Arthur Ashley @TruckieTalk

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“If you were to autopsy a firehouse, you’d find the kitchen is the heart.” - LT. Ziegler (Ret FDNY) #firemanship #PDX

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“There are no bad teams, only bad leaders.” - JP Dinell #Firemanship #PDX

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It’s happening!!!

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Have the best attitude + work the hardest = success for you and your team and ultimately the citizens you serve.

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I've found that some of the best company training is just "open gym" style - letting firefighters practice skills they're struggling on. Like a basketball player shooting hoops! #FEtalk

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One of the best things an officer can do, when appropriate, is to create a training environment where mistakes are allowed and even encouraged - If people are too afraid to make a mistake the environment isn't optimal for learning! #FETALK

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Do we ask enough questions when working with sales people in the fire service? Do we think as critically as we should?

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Are you more concerned with making blue water in the toilet bowl, or being able to make fast water at a house fire? #priorities

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@SWMorrison5280 Kelly is a brother

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- Dr. Kim Alyn