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FireRescue1 features a diverse team of fire service leaders and experts, tackling topics that touch on every facet of a firefighter’s career, from the early days serving as a firefighter recruit at the Academy to training on fire-rescue operations to commanding incidents and, ultimately, the department.
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Ego and self-interest can push fire service leaders away from service and toward organizational harm
Too many male firefighters are still not listening, especially when the message is coming from a woman
Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore on recognizing EMS as an essential service with the funding and career pathways to match
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