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IAFC Ben Franklin Award for Valor
IAFC
The IAFC Ben Franklin Award for Valor, sponsored by Motorola Solutions, is the IAFC's most prestigious award. Since 1970, the award has recognized the spirit of service, courage and heroism that is a proud tradition among the world's fire and emergency service. The program is named for one of the first fire chiefs in the U.S., Benjamin Franklin.
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Fire Chief of the Year
IAFC
Since 1996, the prestigious Fire Chief of the Year award has recognized one volunteer and one career fire chief for their leadership, innovation, professional development, integrity, public service and contributions to the fire service. The IAFC presents the Fire Chief of the Year award in proud partnership with Pierce Manufacturing. The program's media partner is FireRescue1 by Lexipol.
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3 communication fails to avoid
Full Focus
You have a vision for your business, your team and your day-to-day workflow. However, the more people who are added to the mix, the more likely misunderstandings will happen. No matter how hard you try, things still get lost in translation. It costs time, money and momentum. Maybe we're not as good at communicating as we thought. Does communication really have to be that hard?
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4 steps to create a new habit
Full Focus
Each of us have habits that affect how we move through our days, whether it's prepping our coffee makers the night before, exercising at the same time every day, loading the dishwasher a certain way or just how we get ready for bed every night. These actions have become automated — our subconscious takes over, and we don't think about performing them anymore.
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The ResponseMaster® IFS family for custom fire and rescue vehicles combines refined ride quality and rugged design. Superior maneuverability and handling increases safety for the fire fighter and reduces response time in the most demanding conditions.
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5 communication tips for a remote workforce
Employee Benefit News
Remote and hybrid work have enabled millions of people to lose the long commutes and gain more flexibility in their daily lives — but working from home still has its pitfalls. In a study of over 61,000 Microsoft employees, respondents reported spending 25% less time collaborating with co-workers across teams than they did before the pandemic, while hours spent in meetings also decreased by 5%, suggesting communication was suffering for this remote workforce.
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How leadership has changed over generations
Forbes
Chris Cebollero writes: Servant leadership is not about giving up who you are as a person. Let me explain. When I was a younger man in the workforce, leadership styles under the baby boomer generation were different than they are now. These leaders were ready to kick us out if we did not do what they told us to do.
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Our Connecting Heroes® program offers fire departments free unlimited talk, text, and smartphone data—all on America’s largest 5G network. You’ll get coverage in more places and free up critical funds to invest in your equipment, facilities, and people. Click to see what T-Mobile® for Government can do for you.
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Operative IQ helps agencies remain service ready with Inventory and Asset Management, Fleet Maintenance, and Narcotics Tracking and RFID solutions. Know what to order and when. Keep track of important assets. Maintain your fleet with ease. Track chain of custody and more.
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The key to rebuilding confidence in leadership in 2022
CEOWORLD Magazine
Even the most progressive organizations are struggling to develop the impact of their midlevel leaders — their B-Suite — at the moment. As a result, these organizations have increasing issues with engagement, succession planning, performance or change.
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What are the basics of a people strategy?
The HR Digest
Irrespective of the size of an organization, people are its biggest asset, and the success or failure depends on how this asset is utilized. Focusing on the basics of people strategy, companies and organizations can boost their strength, agility and innovation to better prepare for an ever-changing environment.
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Promoted by JW Fishers Mfg Co.
 JW Fishers SCAN-650 is a high-performance sector scanning sonar system that can be mounted on any ROV, pole-mounted for use from a small boat in swallow water, dropped over the side of a vessel using a tether or mounted on a tripod to scan the bottom of a body of water.
The equipment allows a dive team to search the open waters safely, without needing to send in a diver, therefore reducing the possibility of safety issues arising.
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What stops managers from looking to other industries for inspiration
Harvard Business Review
Looking outside one's own industry has resulted in many remarkable innovations and disruptions. However, all too often, managers lack the mandate, authority or confidence to make it work. They can overcome these obstacles by building a team to execute the search for outside ideas, providing it with strong, empowered leaders and carefully preparing the sales pitch.
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When you ask a firefighter to climb 100 feet in the air, waiting at the top better be some peace of mind. Rosenbauer aerials are the highest standard, built on a 30-year track record of zero compromise. Safety and ease of operation. An extension of the firefighter. Performing as one.
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Why some employees are more productive than others
HR Morning
Why are some people more productive than others? And is it possible to get the slackers to kick it up a notch or two? Business researchers recently looked at those kinds of questions and found there's science (and a few good habits) behind why some people get more done in less time and why others don't.
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iPlanTables provides Sit-Stand touchscreen workstations for plan reviewers, city planners, GIS and archivist departments. Starting 13 years ago we proudly are the only USA based stand manufacturer the industry. Join over 50 other jurisdictions who utilize our modern technology. “iPlanTables Helps You See the Big Picture”
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12 ideas to enhance team collaboration and communication skills
Fast Company
When you are leading a diverse group of employees who vary in personality, learning styles and how they participate in business settings, it's important to tune in to their needs and make sure your entire team is feeling valued in the workplace and given ample opportunities to be heard.
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Your first 45 days as a leader
Kevin Eikenberry
The toughest — and perhaps most important — transition of our career is the transition to being a leader, whether we are doing it for the first time or are now leading a new team. After the congratulations end and you look at the work ahead, you might be thinking, "Now what?" We've learned that the first 45 days as a leader in your new role are critical to your success.
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What time management looks like for successful leaders
Skip Prichard
If you've ever worked with a financial planner or money manager, you'll know that one of the first questions they'll ask you is, "What are you investing for?" Not, "How much do you want to make?" or "What kinds of investments appeal to you?"
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Elbeco’s NEW CX360 ultimate performance uniform series is designed to comfortably stand up to the demanding conditions of the streets and maintain a professional public image. It is all about the new, enhanced fabric—the Nanospun, 4-way stretch fabric is wrinkle-resistant, lightweight, and non-absorbent. www.Elbeco.com/CX360
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Managers, this is how to balance your role as a leader and your mental health
Fast Company
Ethan Karp writes: As a leader, I have a confession. Maybe similar to you, I likewise indulge in the occasional reality television binge. When the stress of a thousand work days has me feeling run down, I will acquire a ridiculous amount of popcorn and gummy candy, sink into the couch, and let the pleasures of lowest-common-denominator entertainment wash over me.
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An affordable and easy to use way to organize your department's information and submit incident reports to NFIRS - without breaking your budget.
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Thousands of industry professionals subscribe to association news briefs, which allows your company to push messaging directly to their inboxes and take advantage of the association's brand affinity.
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Is leadership an art or science?
Forbes
Many business executives view leadership as a scientific pursuit: a repeatable, proven process that can be learned through literature and practice. Taking a systematic, well-established approach to leadership drives results, ensures the safe stewardship of a company and enables leaders to rally employees around a common cause. Or does it?
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8 behaviors defensive leaders overuse
Skip Prichard
We often study leadership behaviors and practices we admire. Just as valuable to me is studying bad bosses and behavior that creates distrust. After all, we learn both from successes and mistakes. We can learn from everyone and every situation, whether it is what to do ... or what NOT to do.
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GT5000 Terra: Accurately identify and quantify unknown gases or call ‘ALL CLEAR’ at incident sites! All in a compact design with simple touch-screen commands.
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How are you developing new and frontline leaders?
Kevin Eikenberry
Who knew that a pandemic would quickly and drastically shift our focus and priorities? Depending on your industry, the nature of the changes brought on by the pandemic might have been different. However, every organization and industry shifted to new priorities in that new world. One of the constant organizational needs that dropped off the radar screen was the development of new and frontline leaders.
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Hazmat, high noise, wet and dirty environments, can finally be handled with confidence!
With the clearest audio in the business, a wide range of application-specific Headsets & Interfaces (VOX & PTT), HALO® Series makes it easy to add versatility to your radios - improving voice clarity and without compromising intrinsic safety.
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Thousands of industry professionals subscribe to association news briefs, which allows your company to push messaging directly to their inboxes and take advantage of the association's brand affinity.
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The 9 principles of being a heartfelt leader
CEOWORLD Magazine
In your workplace, you might recognize leadership principles from the past: decision making that heavy on command and control; the leader is always right approach. The trouble with this type of leadership is that your team is likely to be lukewarm or passive and generally in need of constant supervision or direction.
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