By Tom Carlin, Miami Valley Area Firefighter In regard to the last article I have wrote, I feel obligated to us all to write a second response to the first. Whilst in the first its easy to pick out problems and to table this and that as a negative cause or impact. I am […]
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Letter to the editor: Dwindling fire service
By Tom Carlin, Miami Valley Area Firefighter Why are the numbers in our (Dayton, Ohio) regions fire service dwindling? Well to answer that big question I’ll list my my reasons and expand on them. 1. High turn over rates: Why do we have such high turn over rates in our area? Several reasons, the […]
Continue readingThe Generational Gap
Here we go. My thoughts on Baby Boomers vs generation X vs millennials and, why I believe we in the fire service are making a issue that shouldn’t be a issue. Baby Boomers. The people that were raised knowing if you wanted something you’d have to work for it. Stuff wasn’t just handed to you. […]
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