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November 2010 Newsletter
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In the winter of 2006, I took the Courage to Be Safe® class with a great teacher, Carl Houman. After that class I took a hard look at myself. I was overweight and out of shape. After several conversations with my doctor, we decided it would be best for me to have gastric bypass surgery. This was going to be a life-saving surgery because I had high blood pressure, diabetes, and sleep apnea, just to name a few serious health problems.
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From the day you leave the academy or get your firefighter certification, you are a fire service leader. You have and should exercise the power to make positive change in your crew, your department, and the fire service as a whole. You can lead just by listening to those around you.
Today's residential structure fire is not your daddy's residential structure fire. Today's lightweight wood frame structure is burning faster, failing sooner, and often doing so with tragic results, much quicker than traditional wood frame structures built in years past.
"A Partnership in Prevention" was the theme for the 39th Annual Georgia Fire Safety Symposium held at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in July of this year. In September, that theme seem to be taking hold in Camden County, Georgia. Then in October, it turned into reality when the area fire departments, cities, county and a military base joined together to teach fire safety throughout their local communities.
Nominations must be received by January 7, 2011. » Learn More: www.courageandvalor.org
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