http://firehousezen.com/2009/01/30/if-you-cant-be-careful-youd-better-be-tough-2/ Brain Food for Mongo. Change management & leadership in today's emergency services. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:05:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://firehousezen.com/2009/01/30/if-you-cant-be-careful-youd-better-be-tough-2/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Freddie M. Bell Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:12:35 +0000 http://www.firehousezen.com/?p=288#comment-240 Mick: I believe there are two significant contributors to injuries during training programs and/or sessions. First, many fire service educators have little or no training or experience with identifying and mitigating safety shortfalls which may be found on the training ground. A primary responsibility of the educator is making sure the training grounds, props, and evolutions are as safe as possible for the student. The other contributor is the student. For some reason, students appear to turn his/her "safety switch" to the "off" position while operating on the training ground. Maybe this happens because our training scenarios are controlled, and for the most part, safe. Anyway, the educator must remember to have the student place his/her "safety switch" into the "on" position while performing training evolutions. Mick:
I believe there are two significant contributors to injuries during training programs and/or sessions. First, many fire service educators have little or no training or experience with identifying and mitigating safety shortfalls which may be found on the training ground. A primary responsibility of the educator is making sure the training grounds, props, and evolutions are as safe as possible for the student. The other contributor is the student. For some reason, students appear to turn his/her “safety switch” to the “off” position while operating on the training ground. Maybe this happens because our training scenarios are controlled, and for the most part, safe. Anyway, the educator must remember to have the student place his/her “safety switch” into the “on” position while performing training evolutions.

]]> http://firehousezen.com/2009/01/30/if-you-cant-be-careful-youd-better-be-tough-2/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Nick Morgan Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:11:12 +0000 http://www.firehousezen.com/?p=288#comment-242 Mick, I had one more thought here, (OK, two more); it's a quote from someone much wiser than me. "The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results"; or "If the boat keeps missing the dock, it aint the dock that's moving". BTW, "Firehouse Zen" sounds cool, but I'm partial to St Ignatius of Loyola myself. :-) God bless and stay safe! Mick, I had one more thought here, (OK, two more); it’s a quote from someone much wiser than me. “The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”; or “If the boat keeps missing the dock, it aint the dock that’s moving”. BTW, “Firehouse Zen” sounds cool, but I’m partial to St Ignatius of Loyola myself. God bless and stay safe!

]]> http://firehousezen.com/2009/01/30/if-you-cant-be-careful-youd-better-be-tough-2/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Nick Morgan Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:05:32 +0000 http://www.firehousezen.com/?p=288#comment-241 Hey Mick, good post here! I'm totally in agreement with you. Why does it seem like we are a small minority in the fire service? I hope it's just that my perception is skewed, otherwise things are just going to get worse before they get any better. Stay safe!! Hey Mick, good post here! I’m totally in agreement with you. Why does it seem like we are a small minority in the fire service? I hope it’s just that my perception is skewed, otherwise things are just going to get worse before they get any better. Stay safe!!

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