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A Testimonial: The Courage to Be Safe® Class Saved My Life!
In the winter of 2006, I took the Courage to Be Safe® class. 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. » Read More
Featured in the Everyone Goes Home® Newsletter - Firefighter Corby Coney, Liberty, NY
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Seat Belts Save Texas Firefighters in Rollover...
Amarillo District Fire Chief Michael Campbell was at home on annual leave the morning of Jan. 31 when he heard word of an engine rollover coming from his scanner. It was his shift involved in the incident, which was part of a 40-plus vehicle highway pileup. When he heard there was a fatality in the crash, "That really made my hairs stand up," he said.
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Featured in the Everyone Goes Home® Newsletter - Courtesy of Firehouse.com
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Firefighter's Weight Loss Fight - A Severe Approach
What's 40 years old, 350 lbs, 5 feet 9 inches tall and completes a Firefighter rookie / recruit challenge in less than 8 minutes? Well sorry, there's no punch line, truth is it was me three years ago before I made some radical changes in my life. Let me give you a little more background. » Read More
Featured in the Everyone Goes Home® Newsletter - Assistant Chief Robert A. Mitchell, BPM, ICT 2, PM
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Letter to the Editor: He Thought He Was Healthy
I read your letter in the newsletter and commend you for the 2x4 between the eyes approach to drawing attention to this issue. I suffered from a cardiac related incident this year that I am recovering from. In the long run I believe that the event was a blessing in disguise in that it moved me from the suppression side to the inspection/investigation side. » Read More
Featured in the Everyone Goes Home® Newsletter - Deputy Fire Marshal John Crist, Hagerstown (MD)
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What a Difference a Day Makes...
Every September I head to the Jersey shore (the Wildwoods) for the annual New Jersey State Firemen's Convention. This particular September, I noticed that the Everyone Goes Home® program's Courage to be Safe® Train-the-Trainer was being offered. I had seen information about the program on the internet and had signed up for the newsletter but really didn't go past that type of involvement. » Read More
Featured in the Everyone Goes Home® Newsletter - David A. Smolka, Courage to Be Safe® Trainer
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Courage, Motivation, Inspiration
Where do you get the courage to change culture? Where do you get the heart, the will, the determination to make a difference in the fire service? How do you become a leader, gain the trust of your brothers/sisters, and continue to get the job done on a daily basis, both in and out of the firehouse? » Read More
Featured in the Everyone Goes Home® Newsletter - Engineer Justin Capaul, Kootenai County Fire & Rescue (ID), Courage to Be Safe®s Trainer
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Defining Moments
In 2004, the first National Firefighter Life Safety Summit was held in Tampa, Florida. What resulted from that summit were the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives and the Everyone Goes Home® program. When many of us first became aware of the Everyone Goes Home® Program we thought to ourselves, "Bonus!" A lot of us already had a passion concerning firefighter safety and wellbeing. » Read More
Featured in the Everyone Goes Home® Newsletter - Rick Graba, Everyone Goes Home® North Dakota State Advocate
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Reflecting on Positive Change
There is no greater achievement for an educator than to identify and witness behavioral changes in a student whom you have influenced and educated. If and when that lifelong dream comes to fruition, one can personally acknowledge that in a way, their beliefs, challenges and efforts have come full circle. » Read More
Featured in the Everyone Goes Home® Newsletter - Lt. W. Greenwood, Courage to Be Safe® Trainer
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How the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Helped Save My Life
My name is Tom Straub. I am a 36-year member of the New Kensington Volunteer Fire Department in western Pennsylvania. I am also a safety advocate for the Everyone Goes Home Program® and a trainer for the Courage to Be Safe® course. Little did I know that four years ago the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives would help set the stage for saving my life. » Read More
Featured in the Everyone Goes Home® Newsletter- Tom Straub, New Kensington Volunteer Fire Department (PA)
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Two Firefighters Saved - Thanks, Captain!
I just wanted to pass along a message from my buddy in Kansas who you taught a while back. He called me last night and told me that one of his department's tenders rolled over while responding to a rural grass fire. My first thought, was that most tender rollovers result in usually serious injuries or death. However, I learned that both the driver and passenger were wearing their seatbelts and were able to self-extricate with minor injuries after the tender rolled twice. » Read More
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