Latest Articles Published in Fire Service & Leadership Magazines
View my most recent articles published in Firehouse, Fire Engineering, and the Green Notebook.
Recent Publications
Insights from decades of service—articles on leadership, culture, and command published in top fire service and military leadership platforms.
May 2025
Steps to Help Resolve Your Mayday
The best probabiity relies on a combonation mental preparation, manipulative skills, performance, and practical application.
February 2025
Building a Search Culture
For a positive outcome we must move past the conversation stage and take actions that will achieve the desired end state.
July 2024
How Do You Select Incident Commanders?
The critical points for officers who will assume the role of an IC and are assigned to a shift work/operational position.
June 2024
What Chiefs Should Expect from Their Company Officers
The hallmarks of the best company officers, complete grasp of the playbook, discipline, compliance on scene and consistency.
June 2024
What Company Officers Should Expect From Their Chiefs
Successful emergency scene operations require coordination and cooperation between company and command officers.
June 2024
Preplanning VES Operations: It’s All About the Details
In a pressure cooker type environment, “preloading” our decisions, increases the chance of a more successful rescue.
January 2024
White Shirts On Shift Work
Chief Officers must recognize the importance of considering themselves the “chief firefighter.”
September 2023
Incident Command & Risk Management
In high-stress, time compressed situations with missing or incomplete data, we must not let the risks overwhelm or paralyze.
April 2023
The Fire Chief’s Role in Rapid Intervention
The Chief must take a strong role in the RIT philosophy to have an effective RIT and position their members for success.
December 2021
Bringing Creditability to the Term ‘Combat Ready’
Firefighters leave seminars locked in, ready to go! Only to be stymied when they get home. Then how can you become “combat ready”?
November 2021
The Change Agent
COMING SOON
April 2021
Adding Tools to the Accountability Toolbox, Part 2
In this part we’ll look at items that can be added to SCBA to support emergency scene accountability.
March 2021
Adding Tools to the Accountability Toolbox, Part 1
COMING SOON
March 2021
Why Some Commands Fail
COMING SOON
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