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Merry Christmas
A quick note to wish you a Merry Christmas.
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#40 - Operational Learning and Command (Part 2)
Hard truth: When your people are in a DARC situation (Dynamic, Ambiguous, Risky, Complex), you may not be able to help.
AI + Hotshots = ... ?
Move Over Norman Rockwell Here I Come
If your escape route is... a locomotive?
In Post #39 - Learning and Command we dove into the Great Hinckley Fire of 1894.
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November 2023

# 39 - Operational Learning and Command (Part 1)
Through Operational Learning, leaders prevented a mass casualty event, even when the fire did something nobody could predict.
Happy Thanksgiving
Hey I just wanted to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.
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If you don't talk you can't learn (AFS Briefing)
Hey there, this week I shared a fundamental truth I learned as a firefighter and fatality investigator.
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October 2023

#38 - The First Law Of Learning
In the last few posts (starting at Post #27) we’ve been exploring how four teams of firefighters survived the blow up of the Pagami Creek Fire up on the…
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Briefing - Why Your Safety Rules Are Dumb
Why Your Safety Rules are Dumb
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#37 - Communication Is The Key
Jess and Jamie
#36 - Secret Ingredient To Learning
At The Portage
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