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Leadership on The Line: Depression in the Fire Service

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Psychological health is just as important as physical health for all first responders. Both types of health are connected to each other and determine a persons overall well being.

Psychological depression is part of all our lives. Clinical Depression is a medical condition, like high blood pressure if not treated, it can kill you.
Dr. Burton Clark hosts a panel discussion on this topic with Dr. Mike Beasely, Psychologist for Montgomery County, MD, Fire Rescue Department; Retired Chief Mike Chiaramonte, Lynbrook, NY; Lt. Nicol Juratovac, JD, with San Francisco Fire Department; and Fire Service Instructor Carolyn Smith-Clark, MA,.

This podcast was recorded with students of the Fire Service Communication Course, held at the National Fire Academy.

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Related Rescources & Links
• When Things Don’t Work Right by Michael Beasly
• The Common Cold of Mental Illness
• Duty to Die Syndrome Signs & Recommendations
• Montgomery County Fire Rescue Homepage

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Leadership on the Line: Does it Take a Doctor to Lead the Fire Service?

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The discussion focuses on education, specifically the need for a doctorate. Dr. Harry Carter, Dr. Sara Tarr, and Battalion Chief Brent Batla will offer their feelings on the importance of advanced education. Listen to hear what they have to say about the issue, and how it relates to the fire service. This is one thought-provoking session you can’t afford to miss.

Links
• Abstract: Description and Evaluation of Current Fire Service Training Materials Development By Sara Tarr, Ph.D.(PDF)
• Higher Education - Getting a Doctoral Degree by Dr. Burton A. Clark (PDF)
• Member Retention in the Volunteer Fire Service: An Analysis of the Impact of Leadership by Harry R. Carter
• Who Needs a Ph. D? by Dr. Burton A. Clark(PDF)

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Leadership on the line: Seat Belts Past, Present and Future

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About 45% of the fire service does not wear their seat belt when riding in emergency vehicles. Firefighters have been and will be injured and killed because they were not using their seat belt. This problem is not new; it persists today, and will not change in the future until we the fire service take responsibility and buckle up.

Today’s show continues the National Seat Belt Pledge Campaign. The program objective is to have 1,000,000 firefighter’s sign the pledge to wear their seat belt by June 21, 2007. The impact objective is to reduce the number of firefighters kill because they did not have their seat belt on by 100% in 2007. In other, words from now on: every firefighter, driver, company officer, and chief officer will wear their seat belt. We will take responsibility for ourselves and each other.

Related Links:
National Seat Belt Pledge (PDF)
NIOSH: Traumatic Occupational Injuries
VFIS Newsletters
National Seat Belt Pledge Homepage

Special thanks to TrainingDivision.com for their dedication and participation in the National Seat Belt Pledge campaign.

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Leadership on the Line: Critical Infrastructure Protection

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This program was recorded before Hurricane Katrina hit the United States. The information presented is about why it is important to insure the contained operational ability of Fire, Police, and EMS when disaster hits. The program describes the resource available to local emergency responders to asses venerability and strategies to insure response - ability no mater what catastrophe befalls your community. This is timely information because we all have a new understanding of what is possible. Are you ready?

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Leadership on the Line: Fire Serice Safety Culture

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This special Radio@Firehouse.com presentation targets the Stand Down for Firefighter Safety, national and local leaders in the fire services discuss Fire Service Safety Culture.

Led by Dr. Burton Clark, the first panel of national fire service leaders includes David Paulison, United States Fire Administrator, Ron Siarnicki, Executive Director of the Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder, Deputy Chief Loveland-Symmes (OH) Fire Department, Bob DiPoli of the International Association of Fire Chiefs.

Then get in on the front line firefighter reaction with a panel that includes chiefs and officers on the front lines from Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Washington state. This program was taped on Monday, June 20, 2005.

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