Past President David Bullard Lego My Ego

mainder can be guided by seeking input from subordinates.

Difficulty presents itself when trying to have a mixed drill with experienced and inexperienced personnel. With an ego-driven approach you may try to control all aspects of the drill.

However, consider empowering the experienced personnel to take on roles in the drill to lead the inexperienced. Afterwards perform a good critique and use the feedback to aide all participants.

Also do not allow your ego to trick you into thinking you know everything.

Egos can make us defend beliefs or ideas that we do not have a good foundation of understanding of.

As more and more research comes forth on fire behavior in the modern fuel packages, it really just confirms what an honest look at recent fires that we have been to, should confirm.

It should also remind us that some things we hang onto as tradition may have not been as traditional as we thought.

We are to the point we are at now due to adaptation and advancement. If that were not true each of you would be feeding hay to the horses in your fire stations.

The research and technology just give us a foundation to base our decisions off of.

It doesn’t mean everything from the past is bad and it doesn’t mean everything in the future will be perfect. The simple truth is we much set our egos aside and listen, look, and learn from what we encounter.

We owe it to those we lead to provide them with the sharpest skill set possible and to allow them to grow and develop so that one day they can fill our shoes. 100 Moonlight

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The Georgia State Firefighters Association is on the move, reporting with a quick check-up of the 2023 legislative session.

Georgia State Firefighters Association followed several pieces of legislation, keeping our members informed of issues pressing to our organization is our goal.

During conference in 2022

Chief Scott Carter submitted a recommendation to GSFA resolution committee for a resolution.

The committee drafted a resolution and presented it to the body at which time it was read and voted on with a due pass recommendation resolution one listed below.

Local Sprinkler Lobbying Effort

Whereas, Members of the Cartersville Fire Department, as endorsed by the Northwest Georgia Fire Chiefs Association, Georgia Fire Investigators Association, and the Georgia Fire Inspectors Association come before you to seek a resolution; and

Whereas, according to the National Fire Protection Association, on average six people died in home fires per day in 2020; and

Whereas, this led to 2,230 civil -