One thing this field manual - and it's written like a field manual, more on that later - it has specific notes. From equipment considerations to defining search techniques.
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The flyers and e-mail attachments are useful, I guess, but I'm interested in actual techniques that people can adopt, employ and engage with.
All service-oriented people are bound to an ideal that is held by the people they serve. There is a moral imperative to act.
Maybe, with enough time, effort, pace and cadence, people who traverse The Wedge can create real-world impact.
After you've read through the lofty, feather-quill ideas in your organizations mission statement, do you know what they mean?
You don't need a discipline challenge. You need to identify the ideas that interrupt your personal and organizational progress.
Making specific mention of the work you should be focusing on as a new firefighter.
When you're taking action, you can see it. You can measure it. You can weigh it against yesterday and say confidently 'we're further today'.
To prepare yourself and ready your team for interactions with difficulty, you can seek opportunities to train the muscle of resilience.
Many folks have 'best' in mind when discussing objectives for training. I think, though, that there's enough room for 'different' to be on the table, too.
The evidence is in our fire halls. It's in our squad cars. The real-world impact is on the back of the ambulance, between the calls.