Originally Posted by
Al1943
Thank you for posting this information. It's good to hear from a professional on the subject.
Thanks, but in all honesty I was possibly the world's
worst fireman. I was always asking questions in the
post large event critiques about why we had acted
aggressively in a situation where only property was
at stake. Generally, this is not a great plan for
career advancement.
Retirement is a blessing.
The guys who make promotion in the average big city
department are much more gung ho. Unfortunately,
like:
I have a retired fire chief buddy who still uses Gasoline
as a solvent. When I chastized him he just shrugged it
off since he is a fire expert.
many of them suffer from "masters of disaster"
syndrome, which can really bite you in the ass.
Interestingly, it is usually someone else in the
immediate vicinity who gets hurt. Who knows
why?