Comments on: To The Easily Offended http://firehousezen.com/2009/04/04/to-the-easily-offended/ 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 By: Chief Reason http://firehousezen.com/2009/04/04/to-the-easily-offended/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Chief Reason Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:03:20 +0000 http://www.firehousezen.com/?p=350#comment-148 ZenMaster: You make too much sense of it all. The only tradition most seem to "get" is the firefighter funeral. Those of us who promote safety, including maintaining good, physical condition are railed upon as out of touch or overly cautious. Some of us have been accused of "paralyzing" the fire service, because we won't "risk it all" for just any old reason. There is a certain feeling of resentment from the cowboys who still populate the service because they have to "turn in their guns while they are in town", so to speak. There will continue to be debate as long as we have people in the fire service who believe that some will die every year, that it is acceptable and that there is nothing we can do about it. They won't like guys like me very much because I believe that it is not our God-given right to die in the line of duty and especially if a yearly physical could have prevented it. Anyone who suffers from low self image isn't too concerned about the bigger image of the fire service, but they can hardly wait for that next funeral, because that's the "real" brotherhood; at least for the next few days. Sorry for the heavy sarcasm in that last one, but I see that many aren't doing enough to protect themselves. I am not sure that they even want to. It's almost like they have a death wish. Hmmmm. There's an interesting subject; do people with pseudo-suicidal tendencies make better firefighters? TCSS. ZenMaster:
You make too much sense of it all.
The only tradition most seem to “get” is the firefighter funeral.
Those of us who promote safety, including maintaining good, physical condition are railed upon as out of touch or overly cautious. Some of us have been accused of “paralyzing” the fire service, because we won’t “risk it all” for just any old reason.
There is a certain feeling of resentment from the cowboys who still populate the service because they have to “turn in their guns while they are in town”, so to speak.
There will continue to be debate as long as we have people in the fire service who believe that some will die every year, that it is acceptable and that there is nothing we can do about it. They won’t like guys like me very much because I believe that it is not our God-given right to die in the line of duty and especially if a yearly physical could have prevented it.
Anyone who suffers from low self image isn’t too concerned about the bigger image of the fire service, but they can hardly wait for that next funeral, because that’s the “real” brotherhood; at least for the next few days.
Sorry for the heavy sarcasm in that last one, but I see that many aren’t doing enough to protect themselves. I am not sure that they even want to. It’s almost like they have a death wish.
Hmmmm. There’s an interesting subject; do people with pseudo-suicidal tendencies make better firefighters?
TCSS.

]]> By: Ted Bownas http://firehousezen.com/2009/04/04/to-the-easily-offended/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Ted Bownas Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:22:22 +0000 http://www.firehousezen.com/?p=350#comment-149 Nice poke, Mick! Careful - that bear's paw might be coming in from the other side...lol The old "200 years of tradition, unimpeded by progress" gag is still alive and well, apparently...despite years of preventable LODD's and injuries and the protestations of hundreds of respected fire service leaders and educators that we need to change our mindset. Wake up and smell the carbon monoxide, folks. We're killing ourselves in fires the same old ways...while technology scrambles ahead finding new things to burn, new ways to trap us, and new methods of dropping buildings on us. Nice poke, Mick! Careful – that bear’s paw might be coming in from the other side…lol

The old “200 years of tradition, unimpeded by progress” gag is still alive and well, apparently…despite years of preventable LODD’s and injuries and the protestations of hundreds of respected fire service leaders and educators that we need to change our mindset.

Wake up and smell the carbon monoxide, folks. We’re killing ourselves in fires the same old ways…while technology scrambles ahead finding new things to burn, new ways to trap us, and new methods of dropping buildings on us.

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