Ronny’s Body of Knowledge – Current and past published articles

Over my career, I have been involved with the development of a body of knowledge (BOK) for a wide variety subjects. TThe Body of Knowledge Graphiche concept of BOK is based upon core teachings, skills and the development of research. It often involves rigorous use of information in support of curriculum content.

I have been writing columns, articles, textbooks and producing video training programs for over 40 years and as a result have built up a large inventory of subject matter content that has been utilized by the fire service. As a result, I have had a lot of interaction with readers and received numerous requests to reproduce this material in the form of newsletters and classroom handouts.

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ADOPTING ORDINANCES
The Final Sale[2]

AMERICA BURNING REVIEW
Silhouette on the Sheet[3]

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Chasm Communications[4]
Three Little Pigs[5]
You Cant See the Forest Through the Trees[6]

CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Battlefield Commissions[7]
Roadmap to Success
CEO, CQI – CEU’s[8]
Everything is Fake But the Fire Protection[9] Faint of Heart[10]
Home Grown or Hybrid
Passing the Baton[11]
Rites of Passage[12]
Roadmap to Success[13]
Selection[14]
So You Got the Job
Sunrise, Sunset[15]
The 64 Dollar Question[16]
The Dying Breed[17]
The King is Dead; Long Live the King[18]
Updating Your Bar Code[19]
What is Your Be-ability?[20]

CHANGE
Actions Speak Louder than Words[21]
Antique Technology – Don’t Bet Your Life On It.[22]
Birds of a Feather[23]
Breaking From The Past[24]
Car 54 Where Are You?[25]
Cookin Bull Frogs[26]
Culture; The Double Edged Sword[27]
Darwin in the Service[28]
Deja View[29]
Dinosaurs or Dragons[30]
Get the Biggest Bang for Your Buck[31]
Happy Birthday to You[32]
I-robot[33]
Inspector Gadget[34]
Is Your Plate Too Full[35]
Keeping Up or Slowing Down[36]
Looking Back in Order to Look Forward
Macgyveress[37]
New Kid on the Block[38]
Next Generation[39]
Once Upon A Time: A Fire Service Fairy Tale that is True![40]
One Hundred Day War[41]
Orwellian Technology[42]
Out With the Old, in With the New[43]
Picture of Dorian Gray[44]
Previews of Coming Attractions[45]
Rising to the Occasion[46]
Santayana Syndrome[47]
The Bull of the Woods[48]
The Future of the Past[49]
What If?[50]
What is Coming?[51]

CODES
Building a Box
Country Road or Four Leaf Clovers[52]
Damrell Was Right[53]
Do As I Say, Not As I Do[54]
Exception To The Rule[55]
Fire Code Fairy Tale[56]
Fire Protection and Building Construction[57]
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Look Up, Drill Down[58]
Mommy May I?[59]
Never Say Never[60]
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Fire Code Rewrites[61]
The Double Edged Sword; Code Requirements and Utilization by Suppression[62]
When Did That Happen?[63]
When is a Rose Really an Orchid?[64]
Why Was that Code Requirement Created in the First Place?[65]

COMMUNICATIONS
Acronyms and Quotes[66]
Common Courtesy[67]
Disney, Dilbert or Dyno-O-Mite[68]
Does Practice Make Perfect?[69]
Giving Out Is Not Getting Through[70]
Insanity of Profanity[71]
Killer Phrases[72]
The Media is the Message[73]
Where Do Columns Come From?[74]
Who You Gonna Call?[75]
With Pen in Hand[76]
You’re Not Listening[77]

COMMUNITY RELATIONS
America Used to Love Its Firefighters
Animals Against Fire
Dear John Letter
Dog Bites Man; News?
Have Gun- Will Travel
Low Tech High Touch Community Relations
Not-So Secret Society
QSL-QSL
Statues in the Park[78]
The Fire Friendly Neighborhood
What is a Stakeholder?[79]
Where Are Your Ucalegon’s?[80]
Who Gives a Hoot?[81]
Your Noble Neighbor[82]

COMPLAINTS
What is your Problem Buddy?[83]

CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Dealing with Conflict[84]
Don’t Be Dissed[85]
Don’t Ever Blink in a Gunfight[86]
End Runs, Shortcuts and Personal Betrayal[87]
Go to a Neutral Corner[88]
How to Swim with Sharks and Survival[89]

CRITIQUE
In the Looking Glass[90]

CULTURE
Code of Honor – Code of Practice[91]
Explosions in the Firehouse[92]
Remember When?[93]
Reviewing our Legacy[94]

CUSTOMER SERVICE
Carrying Contact Card on Incidents[95]
Counters and Customer Service[96]

DECISION MAKING
Analysis-Paralysis[97]
Knowing How to Hold Them – Knowing When to Fold Them[98]
The Checklist Manifesto[99]
The Unintended Consequences of Well Intended Acts[100]

DELEGATION
Delegation or Dumping[101]
Don’t Trash That Gem – Pass it on to Your Men[102]

DEPARTMENT JUSTIFICATION
Worth Your Salt[103]
You Don’t Get What You Deserve You Get What You Can Justify[104]

DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE
Are You Tall Enough to Ride?[105]

DEPLOYMENT
I Heard It Through the Grapevine[106]
Nexus Between Flashover and Response Time[107]
Thousands of Points of Light[108]

DISABILITIES
Fire An Alarming Situation[109]

DISASTER OPERATIONS
Designed for Disaster: Southern California’s Fire Problem[110]

ENVIRONMENTAL
Going Green[111]

ETHICS
A Conflict of Interest[112]
When in Doubt, Don’t[113]

EVACUATION
Evacuate; This is not a Drill[114]
Evacuation Event or Process[115]
Evacuation Planning Around a Nuclear Power Plant[116]

EVALUATION
Batter Up[117]
Evaluation of Your Communication Center[118]
Good Enough for Government Work[119]
You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Score Card[120]
Your Annual Checkup: The State of the Department[121]

FINANCE
Bang for your Buck[122]
Bargain or Bankruptcy[123]
Being Double Crossed[124]
Dollars & Sense[125]
Economy Of Scale[126]
Of Costs and Competencies[127] (Updated 2014)
Old Mother Hubbard[128]
On the Other Hand[129]
Sink or Swim[130]
This Too Shall Pass[131]
Why the Bloodbath?[132]

FIRE BEHAVIOR
Fire Behavior Basics[133]
Fire Behavior for Fire Prevention[134]
What is Fire Science?[135]

FIRE CHIEFS
Careful
Squeeze Play
Straw that Broke the Camels Back[136]
Substitute Teachers and Babysitters
Truth and Consequences[137]

FIRE FLOW
Focused Fire Flow[138]

FIRE PREVENTION
Adding the Fourth Leg[139]
Boot Camp for Fire Inspectors[140]
What Has Happened to Company Inspections?[141]
What If No One Showed Up?[142]

FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING
The Ancient Mariner’s Song[143]

FIRE SAFETY ACT
Has the Lesson Been Learned[144]

FIRE STATION CLOSURES
Black, Brown or Shades of Grey[145]

FIREFIGHTER SAFETY
Closing the Gap[146]

FORCE MULTIPLIER
Top Guns Have to Practice Too[147]

FUNDING
Head on Collision[148]
How Much For The Doggie In The Window[149]

GAP ANALYSIS
Bridging the Gap of Technology[150]

GIS
State of the Art[151]

GOAL SETTING
The Four Minute Mile[152]

GOVERNANCE
Giving Them a Peace of Your Mind[153]
Who Do You Think You Are?[154]

GROUP DYNAMICS
Bus Ticket to Abilene[155]
By the Grace of God[156]
Can I Count on You?[157]
Converts Make the Best Allies[158]
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire[159]
Great Expectations and Other Disappointments[160]
Greetings and Salutations[161]
Group Dynamics in the Fire Service
Macgyveress[37]

HABITS
How Big is Your Cage [162]

HAZMAT
Burn n’ Bubble[163]
Decontamination Keeping Personnel Safe[164]
Enemy on the Streets[165]

HEALTH & SAFETY
Acts and Omissions
Code of Honor[166]
Condemned If You Do[167]
Culture of Safety[168]
Died with Their Boots On[169]
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades[170]
Kamikaze Captains and Banzai Firefighters[171]
The Great Waldo Pepper[172]
The King Has a New Set of Clothes[173]
The Mantra[174]
The Military Metaphor[175]
They Died with Their Boots On[176]
Thinking in the Box
Your-Annual-Checkup: Insurance for Longevity[177]

HISTORY
Bed Time Stories
CSFA-FSTI Volunteer Fire Service Overview[178] (With Michael S. Williams)
Firefighters in Peace; Soldiers in War
Good Old Days
Heritage of Your Fire Department[179]
Our Top Ten[180]
The Badge[181]
Why Study Fire Service History?[182]

HUMAN RESOURCES
Horatio Alger[183]

INCIDENT COMMAND
I C Said the Blind Man [184]

INFLUENCE
Ask Not[185] (With Michael S. Williams)
Elephant or Mouse Bullets[186]
Entropy, Apathy, or Advocacy[187]
Give Away to Get Back[188]
Power of Public Opinion[189]

INSPECTIONS
Give Me a Break[190]

INTERNATIONAL
Interschutz[191]

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
You Can Count on Me[192]

LEADERSHIP
A Symbol is a Promise[193]
All the Worlds a Stage so Rehearse Your Role
All Things to All People[194]
Alphabet Soup[195]
Chiefing Up[196]
Game is Called Because of Rain[197]
Honor, Hubris and Humiliation[198]
Is He Talking About You?[199]
Leadership in the Lower Case[200]
Leadership is a Matter of Performance[201]
Leadership on the Line[202]
Lightning Rods, Garden Rakes or Doormats[203]
Luddites or Leaders[204]
Modern Myths About Leadership[205]
Ordo Ab Chao[206]
Organizational Carcinogens[207]
Organizational CPR[208]
Principles of Stewardship[209]
Second Lieutenant Who?[210]
The Gathering of Eagles[211]
The Honeymoon is Over[212]
The One Thing[213]
What Color is your Sacred Cow?[214]
What’s Your Leadership Style?[215]
Who Moved the Finish Line?[216]
You Really Have To Wonder Why[217]
You Win Some and You Lose Some; if You’re Going to Play the Game[218]

LEGAL
Here Comes the Judge[219]

LOYALTY
Ides of March[220]

MANAGEMENT
Reality of Management[221]

MANDATES
Ten Commandments[222]
Their Coming to Getcha[223]

MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS
A Common Social Disease[224]

MEETING MANAGEMENT
Keeping Minutes and Wasting Hours[225]

NETWORKING
Good Old Boy Network[226]

OFFICER DEVELOPMENT
Officer Development[227]

ORGANIZING SKILLS
Come to Order[228]

ORGANIZATIONAL
Does One Size Fit All?[229]
Does the Authority Have the Jurisdiction
Getting Your C Legs
Ghost Towns and Buried Cities[230]
Thinking Outside the Box[231]

PLANNING
Any Road[232]
Combat Intelligence[233]
Earthquake Act II
Emergency Planning Revisited[234]
Emergency Management Resuscitating the Community[235]
Organizational Hypocrisy[236]
Rommel
Water, Water Everywhere[237]
Why Didn’t You Say So?[238]

POEM
Engine House[239]

POLITICAL PROCESS
Some Enchanted Evening[240]

PRE-PLANNING
Boy Scout Motto[241]
Diagnosis Disaster[242]
From Bridesmaid to Bride: Tying the Knot
Staff Rides[243]

PRESIDENT REAGAN QUOTES
Simon Says[244]

PREVENTION
Fire Protection is Good Business[245]
Forrest Gump in the Bureau
Future of Fire Prevention[246]
Getting Permission[247]
I Wonder What Ben Would Say?[248]
Know Fire Prevention[249]
Know Your Occupancies[250]
Lightning Strikes Twice[251]
Predictive Prevention[252]
Preventative Maintenance[253]
Putting Fire Back Into Fire Prevention[254]
Technology and Fire Prevention[255]
What is Your Sign?[256]

PRIORITIZATION
Luck Favors the Mind Prepared [257]

PROBLEM SOLVING
Double Jeopardy[258]
Same Old Same Old [259]

PROFESSIONALISM
A Chief’s Five Trumpets as Symbols of Professionalism[260]
Its Not Going to Happen to Me
Just a Job[261]
Playing in the Big Leagues[262]

PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION
Dead Baby Speech[263]

PUBLIC EDUCATION
Another Dimension of Public Education[264]
Are We There Yet?[265]
Can You Hear Me Now?[266]
Carrying Contact Card on Incidents[267]
Contract with America[268]
New Fire Triangle[269]

RELATIONSHIPS
Continuum of Relationships[270]
Plays Well With Others[271]

RESIDENTIAL FIRES
Bread and Butter[272]

REWARDS
Double Dog Dare[273]
My Little Corner of the World[274]

RISK ASSESSMENT
Aging in Place[275]
Happening in the Hood[276]
Insufficient Evidence[277]
Rabbit in the Hat
Social Vulnerability[278]
Urban Sprawl[279]
What is There to Burn?[280]
Where is your Passport? [281]

RISK MANAGEMENT
Four Letter Words[282]
Public Policy and Risk Management[283]
Too Little or Too Much[284]

SMOKE DETECTORS
Change Your Calendar; Change Your Detector[285]
Ouch! That Hurt[286]

SOLAR ENERGY
Energy Conservation[287]

SPRINKLERS
A Fire Occurred Here[288]
A Half a Loaf
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words[289]
And the Oscar Goes To[290]
Crying Wolf
Double Edged Sword 2[291]
Exterior Sprinkler Protection Provides Defenses Against Watershed Fires
Floyd Layman, Meet Richard Parmalee[292]
Footprints in the Sands of Time[293]
Getting a Bad Rap
Getting Engaged[294]
If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It[295]
Indoor Plumbing[296]
Is It Gonna Work or Not? Let’s Hope So
It Takes Years and Years to Be An Overnight Success
It’s Off the Charts
Living in Glass Houses[297]
Looking Up To Live[298]
Losing Battles, Winning Wars[299]
No Laughing Matter[300]
No Time Like Now[301]
Parallel Universe[302]
Patience, Progress and a Paradigm Shift[303]
Pilgrimage[304]
Poker Face[305]
Politics As Usual[306]
Ready or Not, Here I Come
Rember the Small Print[307]
Room and Contents[308]
Saved by the Bell[309]
Side by Side
So Stipulated[310]
Space Odyssey – 2010[311]
Sprinklers the Next Generation
Su Casa Me Casa[312]
Water, Water Everywhere[313] Su Casa Me Casa[314]
The Battle is Ours to Lose[315]
The Biggest Little Books[316]
The Bleeding Edge[317]
The Bondi Story[318]
The Courage of His Conviction[319]
The Difficult We Do Right Away, The Impossible Takes A Little Longer[320]
The Economics of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems[321]
The Have and Have Not’s[322]
The Little Red Schoolhouse[323]
The Lunatic Fringe[324]
The Tide Has Turned
The Truth, The Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth!
Truth Management[325]
Turning Over in the Grave
Water, Water Everywhere[313]
Well, Duh[326]
Who’s Your Daddy?[327]
Win, Lose or Draw[328]
You Talkin’ To Me?[329]

STAFFING
How Many People on a Fire Truck[330]

STATISTICS
Keeping Score; Winners and Losers[331]

STRESS
Stress and the Fire Chief[332]

TACTICS
Fiddler on the Roof[333]
Stand By to Stand By[334]
Take the Oops Out of Roof Ops[335]
The Diamond “T”[336]
The Key To Faster Fire Control[337]
The Need to Know Basis[338]
There Is No Time Out in Tactics[339]
Thermos Bottle Building[340]
Tongue Twister[341]
Up on the Roof[342]

TEAM BUILDING
Choosing Up Sides[343]
Gutenberg Invented Type[344]

TECHNOLOGY
Gadgets, Gizmos and Goodies[345]
The Handiest Gadget[346]
Toys or Technology[347]

TIME MANAGEMENT
Do One-Minute Managers Have Enough Time[348]
Got Too Much on Your Plate[349]
Maxed Out[350]
The Tyranny of the Immediate[351]

TRADITION
Do You Remember Sam
Ruffles and Flourishes[352]
Who Wore that Badge?[353]
Why Do We Do That?[354]

TRAINING
Experience Gap[355]
High Speed Collision on the Learning Curve[356]
Lazy Boy Learning[357]
Long Distance Learning[358]
No One’s Ghost Should Ever Say
The Doctrine of SCBA

Training on the Desktop[359]

VISIONING
Crystal Ball[360]
Getting a Handle on the Future
I Have A Dream
Scanning the Horizon[361]

VOLUNTEERS
Route 66[362]
Rubber Hits the Road[363]

VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
Votes of No Confidence[364]

WILDLAND INTERFACE
In Honor of Prophets [365]

WRITING SKILLS
Completed Staff Work[366]

YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
Youth Looks at the Fire Service[367] (First article © December 1967)
Get Ready – Get Set – Go
GI – GO
Gulliver’s Travels
Hatfield’s and McCoy’s
Honeymoon is Over
Houston We’ve Got a Problem
Memories We Haven’t Made Yet
Rubic’s Cube
Saint Patrick’s Fire Brigade[368]

PAPERS and REPORTS

CSFA-FSTI Volunteer Fire Service Overview[178] (With Michael S. Williams)
Ask Not[185] (With Michael S. Williams)

 

Endnotes:
  1. [email protected]: mailto:[email protected]
  2. The Final Sale: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Final-Sale.pdf
  3. Silhouette on the Sheet: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Silhouette-on-the-Sheet.pdf
  4. Chasm Communications: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Chasm-Communications.pdf
  5. Three Little Pigs: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Three-Little-Pigs.pdf
  6. You Cant See the Forest Through the Trees: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/tabletalk/You-Cant-See-the-Forest-Through-the-Trees.pdf
  7. Battlefield Commissions: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Battlefield-Commissions.pdf
  8. CEO, CQI – CEU’s: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/CEO-CQI-CEUs.pdf
  9. Everything is Fake But the Fire Protection: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Everything-is-Fake-But-the-Fire-Protection.pdf
  10. Faint of Heart: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Faint-of-Heart.pdf
  11. Passing the Baton: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Passing-the-Baton.pdf
  12. Rites of Passage: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Rites-of-Passage.pdf
  13. Roadmap to Success: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Roadmap-to-Success.pdf
  14. Selection: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Selection.pdf
  15. Sunrise, Sunset: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Sunrise-Sunset.pdf
  16. The 64 Dollar Question: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/64-Dollar-Question.pdf
  17. The Dying Breed: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Dying-Breed.pdf
  18. The King is Dead; Long Live the King: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/King-is-Dead.pdf
  19. Updating Your Bar Code: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Updating-Your-Bar-Code.pdf
  20. What is Your Be-ability?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-is-Your-Re-Ability.pdf
  21. Actions Speak Louder than Words: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Actions-Speak-Louder-than-Words.pdf
  22. Antique Technology – Don’t Bet Your Life On It.: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/ANTIQUE-TECHNOLOGY-DON%E2%80%99T-BET-YOUR-LIFE-ON-IT.pdf
  23. Birds of a Feather: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Birds-of-a-Feather.pdf
  24. Breaking From The Past: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Breaking-From-The-Past.pdf
  25. Car 54 Where Are You?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Car-54-Where-Are-You.pdf
  26. Cookin Bull Frogs: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Cookin-Bull-Frogs.pdf
  27. Culture; The Double Edged Sword: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Culture.pdf
  28. Darwin in the Service: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Darwin-in-the-Service.pdf
  29. Deja View: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Deja-View.pdf
  30. Dinosaurs or Dragons: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Dinosaurs-or-Dragons.pdf
  31. Get the Biggest Bang for Your Buck: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Get-the-Biggest-Bang-for-Your-Buck.pdf
  32. Happy Birthday to You: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Happy-Birthday-to-You.pdf
  33. I-robot: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/I-robot.pdf
  34. Inspector Gadget: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Inspector-Gadget.pdf
  35. Is Your Plate Too Full: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Is-Your-Plate-Too-Full.pdf
  36. Keeping Up or Slowing Down: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Keeping-Up-or-Slowing-Down.pdf
  37. Macgyveress: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Macgyveress.pdf
  38. New Kid on the Block: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/New-Kid-on-the-Block.pdf
  39. Next Generation: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Next-Generation.pdf
  40. Once Upon A Time: A Fire Service Fairy Tale that is True!: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Once-Upon-A-Time.pdf
  41. One Hundred Day War: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/One-Hundred-Day-War.pdf
  42. Orwellian Technology: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Orwellian-Technology.pdf
  43. Out With the Old, in With the New: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Out-With-the-Old-in-With-the-New.pdf
  44. Picture of Dorian Gray: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Picture-of-Dorian-Gray.pdf
  45. Previews of Coming Attractions: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Previews-of-Coming-Attractions.pdf
  46. Rising to the Occasion: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Rising-to-the-Occasion.pdf
  47. Santayana Syndrome: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Santayana-Syndrome.pdf
  48. The Bull of the Woods: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Bull-of-the-Woods.pdf
  49. The Future of the Past: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Future-of-the-Past.pdf
  50. What If?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-If.pdf
  51. What is Coming?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-is-Coming.pdf
  52. Country Road or Four Leaf Clovers: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Country-Road-or-Four-Leaf-Clovers.pdf
  53. Damrell Was Right: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Damrell-Was-Right.pdf
  54. Do As I Say, Not As I Do: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Do-As-I-Say.pdf
  55. Exception To The Rule: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Exception-To-The-Rule.pdf
  56. Fire Code Fairy Tale: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Fire-Code-Fairy-Tale.pdf
  57. Fire Protection and Building Construction: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Fire-Protection-and-Building-Construction.pdf
  58. Look Up, Drill Down: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Look-Up-Drill-Down.pdf
  59. Mommy May I?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Mommy-May-I.pdf
  60. Never Say Never: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Never-Say-Never.pdf
  61. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Fire Code Rewrites: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Dead-Sea-Scrolls-and-Fire-Code-Rewrites.pdf
  62. The Double Edged Sword; Code Requirements and Utilization by Suppression: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Double-Edged-Sword.pdf
  63. When Did That Happen?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/When-Did-That-Happen.pdf
  64. When is a Rose Really an Orchid?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/When-is-a-Rose-Really-an-Orchid.pdf
  65. Why Was that Code Requirement Created in the First Place?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Why-Was-that-Code-Requirement-Created-in-the-First-Place.pdf
  66. Acronyms and Quotes: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Acronyms-and-Quotes.pdf
  67. Common Courtesy: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Common-Courtesy.pdf
  68. Disney, Dilbert or Dyno-O-Mite: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Disney-Dobert-or-Dyno-O-Mite.pdf
  69. Does Practice Make Perfect?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Does-Practice-Make-Perfect.pdf
  70. Giving Out Is Not Getting Through: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Giving-Out-Is-Not-Getting-Through.pdf
  71. Insanity of Profanity: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Insanity-of-Profanity.pdf
  72. Killer Phrases: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Killer-Phrases.pdf
  73. The Media is the Message: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Media-is-the-Message.pdf
  74. Where Do Columns Come From?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Where-Do-Columns-Come-From.pdf
  75. Who You Gonna Call?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Who-You-Gonna-Call.pdf
  76. With Pen in Hand: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/WITH-PEN-IN-HAND.pdf
  77. You’re Not Listening: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Youre-Not-Listening.pdf
  78. Statues in the Park: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Statues-in-the-Park.pdf
  79. What is a Stakeholder?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-is-a-Stakeholder.pdf
  80. Where Are Your Ucalegon’s?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Where-Are-Your-Ucalegons.pdf
  81. Who Gives a Hoot?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Who-Gives-a-Hoot.pdf
  82. Your Noble Neighbor: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Your-Noble-Neighbor.pdf
  83. What is your Problem Buddy?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-is-your-Problem-Buddy.pdf
  84. Dealing with Conflict: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Dealing-with-Conflict.pdf
  85. Don’t Be Dissed: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Dont-Be-Dissed.pdf
  86. Don’t Ever Blink in a Gunfight: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Dont-Ever-Blink-in-a-Gunfight.pdf
  87. End Runs, Shortcuts and Personal Betrayal: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/End-Runs.pdf
  88. Go to a Neutral Corner: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Go-to-a-Neutral-Corner.pdf
  89. How to Swim with Sharks and Survival: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-Swim-with-Sharks-and-Survive.pdf
  90. In the Looking Glass: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/In-the-Looking-Glass.pdf
  91. Code of Honor – Code of Practice: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Code-of-Honor1.pdf
  92. Explosions in the Firehouse: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Explosions-in-the-Firehouse.pdf
  93. Remember When?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Remember-When.pdf
  94. Reviewing our Legacy: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Reviewing-our-Legacy.pdf
  95. Carrying Contact Card on Incidents: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Carrying-Contact-Card-on-Incidents2.pdf
  96. Counters and Customer Service: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Counters-and-Customer-Service.pdf
  97. Analysis-Paralysis: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/ANALYSIS-PARALYSIS.pdf
  98. Knowing How to Hold Them – Knowing When to Fold Them: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Knowing-How-to-Hold-Them.pdf
  99. The Checklist Manifesto: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Checklist-Manifesto1.pdf
  100. The Unintended Consequences of Well Intended Acts: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Unintended-Consequences-of-Well-Intended-Acts.pdf
  101. Delegation or Dumping: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Delegation-or-Dumping.pdf
  102. Don’t Trash That Gem – Pass it on to Your Men: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/tabletalk/Dont-Trash-That-Gem.pdf
  103. Worth Your Salt: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Worth-Your-Salt.pdf
  104. You Don’t Get What You Deserve You Get What You Can Justify: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/You-Dont-Get-What-You-Deserve-You-Get-What-You-Can-Justify.pdf
  105. Are You Tall Enough to Ride?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Are-You-Tall-Enough-to-Ride.pdf
  106. I Heard It Through the Grapevine: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/I-Heard-It-Through-the-Grapevine.pdf
  107. Nexus Between Flashover and Response Time: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Nexus-Between-Flashover-and-Response-Time.pdf
  108. Thousands of Points of Light: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Thousands-of-Points-of-Light.pdf
  109. Fire An Alarming Situation: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Fire-An-Alarming-Situation.pdf
  110. Designed for Disaster: Southern California’s Fire Problem: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Designed-for-Disaster.pdf
  111. Going Green: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Going-Green.pdf
  112. A Conflict of Interest: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Conflict-of-Interest.pdf
  113. When in Doubt, Don’t: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/tabletalk/When-in-Doubt-Dont.docx
  114. Evacuate; This is not a Drill: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Evacuate-This-is-not-a-Drill.pdf
  115. Evacuation Event or Process: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Evacuation-Event-or-Process.pdf
  116. Evacuation Planning Around a Nuclear Power Plant: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Evacuation-Planning-Around-a-Nuclear-Power-Plant.pdf
  117. Batter Up: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Batter-Up.pdf
  118. Evaluation of Your Communication Center: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Evaluation-of-Your-Communication-Center.pdf
  119. Good Enough for Government Work: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Good-Enough-for-Government-Work.pdf
  120. You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Score Card: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/You-Can%E2%80%99t-Tell-the-Players-Without-a-Score-Card.pdf
  121. Your Annual Checkup: The State of the Department: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Your-Annual-Checkup.pdf
  122. Bang for your Buck: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Bang-for-your-Buck.pdf
  123. Bargain or Bankruptcy: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Bargain-or-Bankruptcy.pdf
  124. Being Double Crossed: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Being-Double-Crossed.pdf
  125. Dollars & Sense: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Dollars-Sense.pdf
  126. Economy Of Scale: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Economy-Of-Scale.pdf
  127. Of Costs and Competencies: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Of-Costs-and-Competencies1.pdf
  128. Old Mother Hubbard: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Old-Mother-Hubbard.pdf
  129. On the Other Hand: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/On-the-Other-Hand.pdf
  130. Sink or Swim: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Sink-or-Swim.pdf
  131. This Too Shall Pass: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/This-Too-Shall-Pass.pdf
  132. Why the Bloodbath?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Why-the-Bloodbath.pdf
  133. Fire Behavior Basics: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Fire-Behavior-Basics.pdf
  134. Fire Behavior for Fire Prevention: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Fire-Behavior-for-Fire-Prevention.pdf
  135. What is Fire Science?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/WHAT-IS-FIRE-SCIENCE.pdf
  136. Straw that Broke the Camels Back: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/STRAW-THAT-BROKE-THE-CAMELS-BACK.pdf
  137. Truth and Consequences: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Truth-and-Consequences.pdf
  138. Focused Fire Flow: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Focused-Fire-Flow.pdf
  139. Adding the Fourth Leg: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Adding-the-Fourth-Leg.pdf
  140. Boot Camp for Fire Inspectors: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Boot-Camp-for-Fire-Inspectors.pdf
  141. What Has Happened to Company Inspections?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-Has-Happened-to-Company-Inspections.pdf
  142. What If No One Showed Up?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-If-No-One-Showed-Up.pdf
  143. The Ancient Mariner’s Song: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Ancient-Mariners-Song.pdf
  144. Has the Lesson Been Learned: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Has-the-Lesson-Been-Learned.pdf
  145. Black, Brown or Shades of Grey: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Black-Brown-or-Shades-of-Grey.pdf
  146. Closing the Gap: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Closing-the-Gap.pdf
  147. Top Guns Have to Practice Too: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Top-Guns-Have-to-Practice-Too.pdf
  148. Head on Collision: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Head-on-Collision.pdf
  149. How Much For The Doggie In The Window: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/How-Much-For-The-Doggie-In-The-Window.pdf
  150. Bridging the Gap of Technology: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Bridging-the-Gap-of-Technology.pdf
  151. State of the Art: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/State-of-the-Art.pdf
  152. The Four Minute Mile: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Four-Minute-Mile.pdf
  153. Giving Them a Peace of Your Mind: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Giving-Them-a-Peace-of-your-Mind.pdf
  154. Who Do You Think You Are?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Who-Do-You-Think-You-Are.pdf
  155. Bus Ticket to Abilene: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Bus-Ticket-to-Abilene.pdf
  156. By the Grace of God: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/By-the-Grace-of-God.pdf
  157. Can I Count on You?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Can-I-Count-on-You.pdf
  158. Converts Make the Best Allies: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/CONVERTS-MAKE-THE-BEST-ALLIES.pdf
  159. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Esther-Williams-and-Fred-Astaire.pdf
  160. Great Expectations and Other Disappointments: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Great-Expectations-and-Other-Disappointments.pdf
  161. Greetings and Salutations: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Greetings-and-Salutations.pdf
  162. How Big is Your Cage : https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/How-Big-is-Your-Cage.pdf
  163. Burn n’ Bubble: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Burn-n-Bubble.pdf
  164. Decontamination Keeping Personnel Safe: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Decontamination-Keeping-Personnel-Safe.pdf
  165. Enemy on the Streets: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Enemy-on-the-Streets.pdf
  166. Code of Honor: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Your-Annual-Checkup.pdf
  167. Condemned If You Do: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Condemned-If-You-Do.pdf
  168. Culture of Safety: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Culture-of-Safety.pdf
  169. Died with Their Boots On: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Died-with-Their-Boots-On.pdf
  170. Horseshoes and Hand Grenades: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Horseshoes-and-Hand-Grenades.pdf
  171. Kamikaze Captains and Banzai Firefighters: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Kamikaze-Captains-and-Banzai-Firefighters.pdf
  172. The Great Waldo Pepper: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Great-Waldo-Pepper.pdf
  173. The King Has a New Set of Clothes: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/King-Has-a-New-Set-of-Clothes.pdf
  174. The Mantra: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Mantra.pdf
  175. The Military Metaphor: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Military-Metaphor.pdf
  176. They Died with Their Boots On: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/They-Died-with-Their-Boots-On.pdf
  177. Your-Annual-Checkup: Insurance for Longevity: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Your-Annual-Checkup1.pdf
  178. CSFA-FSTI Volunteer Fire Service Overview: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Table-Talk-CSFA-FSTI-Volunteer-Fire-Servcie-Overview1.pdf
  179. Heritage of Your Fire Department: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Heritage-of-Your-Fire-Department.pdf
  180. Our Top Ten: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Our-Top-Ten.pdf
  181. The Badge: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Badge.pdf
  182. Why Study Fire Service History?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Why-Study-Fire-Service-History.pdf
  183. Horatio Alger: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Horatio-Alger.pdf
  184. I C Said the Blind Man : https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/I-C-Said-the-Blind-Man.pdf
  185. Ask Not: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-EDIT-ASK-NOT-Coleman-and-Williams1.pdf
  186. Elephant or Mouse Bullets: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Elephant-or-Mouse-Bullets.pdf
  187. Entropy, Apathy, or Advocacy: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Entropy-Apathy-or-Advocacy.pdf
  188. Give Away to Get Back: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Give-Away-to-Get-Back.pdf
  189. Power of Public Opinion: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Power-of-Public-Opinion.pdf
  190. Give Me a Break: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Give-Me-a-Break.pdf
  191. Interschutz: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Interschutz.pdf
  192. You Can Count on Me: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/You-Can-Count-on-Me.pdf
  193. A Symbol is a Promise: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Symbol-is-a-Promise.pdf
  194. All Things to All People: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/All-Things-to-All-People.pdf
  195. Alphabet Soup: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Alphabet-Soup.pdf
  196. Chiefing Up: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Chiefing-Up.pdf
  197. Game is Called Because of Rain: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Game-is-Called-Because-of-Rain.pdf
  198. Honor, Hubris and Humiliation: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Honor-Hubris-and-Humiliation.pdf
  199. Is He Talking About You?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Is-He-Talking-About-You.pdf
  200. Leadership in the Lower Case: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Leadership-in-the-Lower-Case.pdf
  201. Leadership is a Matter of Performance: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Leadership-is-a-Matter-of-Performance.pdf
  202. Leadership on the Line: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Leadership-on-the-Line.pdf
  203. Lightning Rods, Garden Rakes or Doormats: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Lightning-Rods-Garden-Rakes-or-Doormats.pdf
  204. Luddites or Leaders: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Luddites-or-Leaders.pdf
  205. Modern Myths About Leadership: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Modern-Myths-About-Leadership.pdf
  206. Ordo Ab Chao: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Ordo-Ab-Chao.pdf
  207. Organizational Carcinogens: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Organizational-Carcinogens.pdf
  208. Organizational CPR: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Organizational-CPR.pdf
  209. Principles of Stewardship: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Principles-of-Stewardship.pdf
  210. Second Lieutenant Who?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Second-Lieutenant-Who.pdf
  211. The Gathering of Eagles: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Game-is-Called-Because-of-Rain.pdf
  212. The Honeymoon is Over: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Honeymoon-is-Over.pdf
  213. The One Thing: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/One-Thing.pdf
  214. What Color is your Sacred Cow?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-Color-is-your-Sacred-Cow.pdf
  215. What’s Your Leadership Style?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/tabletalk/Whats-Your-Leadership-Style.pdf
  216. Who Moved the Finish Line?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Who-Moved-the-Finish-Line.pdf
  217. You Really Have To Wonder Why: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/You-Really-Have-To-Wonder-Why.pdf
  218. You Win Some and You Lose Some; if You’re Going to Play the Game: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/You-Win-Some-and-You-Lose-Some.pdf
  219. Here Comes the Judge: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Here-Comes-the-Judge.pdf
  220. Ides of March: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Ides-of-March.pdf
  221. Reality of Management: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Reality-of-Management.pdf
  222. Ten Commandments: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Ten-Commandments.pdf
  223. Their Coming to Getcha: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Their-Coming-to-Getcha.pdf
  224. A Common Social Disease: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Common-Social-Disease.pdf
  225. Keeping Minutes and Wasting Hours: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Keeping-Minutes-and-Wasting-Hours.pdf
  226. Good Old Boy Network: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Good-Old-Boy-Network.pdf
  227. Officer Development: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Officer-Development.pdf
  228. Come to Order: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Come-to-Order.pdf
  229. Does One Size Fit All?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Does-One-Size-Fit-All.pdf
  230. Ghost Towns and Buried Cities: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Ghost-Towns-and-Buried-Cities.pdf
  231. Thinking Outside the Box: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Thinking-Outside-the-Box.pdf
  232. Any Road: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Any-Road.pdf
  233. Combat Intelligence: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Combat-Intelligence.pdf
  234. Emergency Planning Revisited: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Double-Jeopardy.pdf
  235. Emergency Management Resuscitating the Community: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Emergency-Management-Resuscitating-the-Community.pdf
  236. Organizational Hypocrisy: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Organizational-Hypocrisy.pdf
  237. Water, Water Everywhere: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Water-Water-Everywhere-1.pdf
  238. Why Didn’t You Say So?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Why-Didnt-You-Say-So.pdf
  239. Engine House: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Engine-House.pdf
  240. Some Enchanted Evening: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Some-Enchanted-Evening.pdf
  241. Boy Scout Motto: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Boy-Scout-Motto.pdf
  242. Diagnosis Disaster: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Diagnosis-Disaster.pdf
  243. Staff Rides: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Staff-Rides.pdf
  244. Simon Says: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Simon-Says.pdf
  245. Fire Protection is Good Business: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Fire-Protection-is-Good-Business.pdf
  246. Future of Fire Prevention: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Future-of-Fire-Prevention.pdf
  247. Getting Permission: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Getting-Permission.pdf
  248. I Wonder What Ben Would Say?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/I-Wonder-What-Ben-Would-Say.pdf
  249. Know Fire Prevention: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Know-Fire-Prevention.pdf
  250. Know Your Occupancies: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Know-Your-Occupancies.pdf
  251. Lightning Strikes Twice: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Lightning-Strikes-Twice.pdf
  252. Predictive Prevention: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Predictive-Prevention.pdf
  253. Preventative Maintenance: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Preventative-Maintenance.pdf
  254. Putting Fire Back Into Fire Prevention: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Putting-Fire-Back-Into-Fire-Prevention.pdf
  255. Technology and Fire Prevention: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Technology-and-Fire-Prevention.pdf
  256. What is Your Sign?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-is-Your-Sign.pdf
  257. Luck Favors the Mind Prepared : https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Luck-Favors-the-Mind-Prepared.pdf
  258. Double Jeopardy: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Double-Jeopardy.pdf
  259. Same Old Same Old : https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Same-Old-Same-Old-Dangers1.pdf
  260. A Chief’s Five Trumpets as Symbols of Professionalism: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Five-Trumpets1.pdf
  261. Just a Job: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Just-a-Job.pdf
  262. Playing in the Big Leagues: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Playing-in-the-Big-Leagues.pdf
  263. Dead Baby Speech: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Dead-Baby-Speech.pdf
  264. Another Dimension of Public Education: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Another-Dimension-of-Public-Education.pdf
  265. Are We There Yet?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Are-We-There-Yet.pdf
  266. Can You Hear Me Now?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Can-You-Hear-Me-Now.pdf
  267. Carrying Contact Card on Incidents: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Carrying-Contact-Card-on-Incidents.pdf
  268. Contract with America: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Contract-with-America.pdf
  269. New Fire Triangle: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/New-Fire-Triangle.pdf
  270. Continuum of Relationships: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Continuum-of-Relationships.pdf
  271. Plays Well With Others: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Plays-Well-With-Others.pdf
  272. Bread and Butter: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Bread-and-Butter.pdf
  273. Double Dog Dare: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Double-Dog-Dare.pdf
  274. My Little Corner of the World: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/My-Little-Corner-of-the-World.pdf
  275. Aging in Place: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Aging-in-Place.pdf
  276. Happening in the Hood: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Happening-in-the-Hood.pdf
  277. Insufficient Evidence: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Insufficient-Evidence.pdf
  278. Social Vulnerability: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Social-Vulnerability.pdf
  279. Urban Sprawl: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Urban-Sprawl.pdf
  280. What is There to Burn?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/What-is-There-to-Burn.pdf
  281. Where is your Passport? : https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Where-is-your-Passport.pdf
  282. Four Letter Words: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Four-Letter-Words.pdf
  283. Public Policy and Risk Management: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Public-Policy-and-Risk-Management.pdf
  284. Too Little or Too Much: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Too-Little-or-Too-Much.pdf
  285. Change Your Calendar; Change Your Detector: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Change-Your-Calendar.pdf
  286. Ouch! That Hurt: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Ouch-That-Hurt.pdf
  287. Energy Conservation: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Energy-Conservation.pdf
  288. A Fire Occurred Here: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Fire-Occurred-Here.pdf
  289. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Picture-is-Worth-a-Thousand-Words.pdf
  290. And the Oscar Goes To: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/And-the-Oscar-Goes-To.pdf
  291. Double Edged Sword 2: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Double-Edged-Sword-2.pdf
  292. Floyd Layman, Meet Richard Parmalee: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Lloyd-Layman-Meet-Richard-Parmalee.pdf
  293. Footprints in the Sands of Time: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Footprints-in-the-Sands-of-Time.pdf
  294. Getting Engaged: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Getting-Engaged.pdf
  295. If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/If-It-Aint-Broke-Dont-Fix-It.pdf
  296. Indoor Plumbing: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Indoor-Plumbing.pdf
  297. Living in Glass Houses: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Living-in-Glass-Houses.pdf
  298. Looking Up To Live: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Looking-Up-To-Live.pdf
  299. Losing Battles, Winning Wars: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Losing-Battles-Winning-Wars.pdf
  300. No Laughing Matter: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/No-Laughing-Matter.pdf
  301. No Time Like Now: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/No-Time-Like-Now.pdf
  302. Parallel Universe: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Parallel-Universe.pdf
  303. Patience, Progress and a Paradigm Shift: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Patience-Progress-and-a-Paradigm-Shift.pdf
  304. Pilgrimage: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Pilgrimage.pdf
  305. Poker Face: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Poker-Face.pdf
  306. Politics As Usual: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Politics-As-Usual.pdf
  307. Rember the Small Print: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Rember-the-Small-Print.pdf
  308. Room and Contents: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Room-and-Contents.pdf
  309. Saved by the Bell: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Saved-by-the-Bell.pdf
  310. So Stipulated: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/So-Stipulated.pdf
  311. Space Odyssey – 2010: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Space-Odyssey-2010.pdf
  312. Su Casa Me Casa: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Su-Casa-Me-Casa-1.pdf
  313. Water, Water Everywhere: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Water-Water-Everywhere.pdf
  314. Su Casa Me Casa: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Su-Casa-Me-Casa.pdf
  315. The Battle is Ours to Lose: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Ours-to-Lose.pdf
  316. The Biggest Little Books: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Biggest-Little-Books.pdf
  317. The Bleeding Edge: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Bleeding-Edge.pdf
  318. The Bondi Story: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Bondi-Story.pdf
  319. The Courage of His Conviction: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Courage-of-His-Conviction.pdf
  320. The Difficult We Do Right Away, The Impossible Takes A Little Longer: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Difficult-We-Do-Right-Away.pdf
  321. The Economics of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Economics-of-Residential-Fire-Sprinkler-Systems.pdf
  322. The Have and Have Not’s: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Have-and-Have-Nots.pdf
  323. The Little Red Schoolhouse: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Little-Red-Schoolhouse.pdf
  324. The Lunatic Fringe: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Lunatic-Fringe.pdf
  325. Truth Management: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Truth-Management.pdf
  326. Well, Duh: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Well-Duh.pdf
  327. Who’s Your Daddy?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Whos-Your-Daddy.pdf
  328. Win, Lose or Draw: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Win-Lose-or-Draw.pdf
  329. You Talkin’ To Me?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/tabletalk/You-Talkin-To-Me.pdf
  330. How Many People on a Fire Truck: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-People-on-a-Fire-Truck.pdf
  331. Keeping Score; Winners and Losers: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Keeping-Score-Winners-and-Losers.pdf
  332. Stress and the Fire Chief: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Stress-and-the-Fire-Chief.pdf
  333. Fiddler on the Roof: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Fiddler-on-the-Roof.pdf
  334. Stand By to Stand By: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Stand-By-to-Stand-By.pdf
  335. Take the Oops Out of Roof Ops: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Take-the-Oops-Out-of-Roof-Ops.pdf
  336. The Diamond “T”: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Diamond-T.pdf
  337. The Key To Faster Fire Control: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Key-To-Faster-Fire-Control.pdf
  338. The Need to Know Basis: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Need-to-Know-Basis.pdf
  339. There Is No Time Out in Tactics: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/There-Is-No-Time-Out-in-Tactics.pdf
  340. Thermos Bottle Building: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Thermos-Bottle-Building.pdf
  341. Tongue Twister: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Tongue-Twister.pdf
  342. Up on the Roof: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Up-on-the-Roof.pdf
  343. Choosing Up Sides: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Choosing-Up-Sides.pdf
  344. Gutenberg Invented Type: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Gutenberg-Invented-Type.pdf
  345. Gadgets, Gizmos and Goodies: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Gadgets-Gizmos-and-Goodies.pdf
  346. The Handiest Gadget: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Handiest-Gadget.pdf
  347. Toys or Technology: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Toys-or-Technology.pdf
  348. Do One-Minute Managers Have Enough Time: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Do-One-Minute-Managers-Have-Enough-Time.pdf
  349. Got Too Much on Your Plate: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Got-Too-Much-on-Your-Plate.pdf
  350. Maxed Out: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Maxed-Out.pdf
  351. The Tyranny of the Immediate: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Tyranny-of-the-Immediate.pdf
  352. Ruffles and Flourishes: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Ruffles-and-Flourishes.pdf
  353. Who Wore that Badge?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Who-Wore-that-Badge.pdf
  354. Why Do We Do That?: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Why-Do-We-Do-That.pdf
  355. Experience Gap: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Experience-Gap.pdf
  356. High Speed Collision on the Learning Curve: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/High-Speed-Collision-on-the-Learning-Curve.pdf
  357. Lazy Boy Learning: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Lazy-Boy-Learning.pdf
  358. Long Distance Learning: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Long-Distance-Learning.pdf
  359. Training on the Desktop: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Training-on-the-Desktop.pdf
  360. Crystal Ball: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Crystal-Ball.pdf
  361. Scanning the Horizon: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/SCANNING-THE-HORIZON.pdf
  362. Route 66: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Route-66.pdf
  363. Rubber Hits the Road: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Rubber-Hits-the-Road.pdf
  364. Votes of No Confidence: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Votes-of-No-Confidence.pdf
  365. In Honor of Prophets : https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/In-Honor-of-Prophets.pdf
  366. Completed Staff Work: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Completed-Staff-Work.pdf
  367. Youth Looks at the Fire Service: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Youth-Looks-at-the-Fire-Service.pdf
  368. Saint Patrick’s Fire Brigade: https://www.cafsti.org/wp-content/uploads/Saint-Patricks-Fire-Brigade.pdf

Over my career, I have been involved with the development of a body of knowledge (BOK) for a wide variety subjects. The concept of BOK is based upon core teachings, skills and the development of research. It often involves rigorous use of information in support of curriculum content. I have been writing columns, articles, textbooks […]

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Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman

State Fire Marshal for the State of California (retired)

Chief Ronny J. Coleman is the retired State Fire Marshal for the State of California. He has received a Masters of Arts Degree in Vocational Education from Cal State Long Beach, a Bachelors of Science Degree in Political Science from Cal State Fullerton and an Associate of Arts Degree in Fire Science from Rancho Santiago College. Chief Coleman proudly served in the United States Marine Corps.

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