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EPISODE · Nov 25, 2024 · 12 MIN

I am an Optimist

from Please Suck Less · host David Polikoff

I am an optimist. I do my best to see the good. People don't just show up to work and think "how can I be a POS today?" I believe people want to be good at their job and be an asset to the shift, but when Officers or senior firefighters don't correct bad behaviors, people fall into a routine of sucking. If you're an officer and you have underperforming people on your shift, it is your job to fix it. As a chief officer you demand your people to do their job with skill and precision. That comes from constant training. As a chief officer, what are you doing to maintain your skill? Your department needs to develop training that measures a chief's skill and allows them to perform on the training grounds so they can be skilled on the fire ground. 

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