Designing Your Processes

Unpacking the 15 Topics common within Technical Rope Rescue teams; Fire Departments and Search & Rescue Teams

It is not uncommon for me to get a questions pertaining to a list of topics to be covered for training rescue teams.  This can vary greatly for obvious reasons..  Each of these topics vary in depth depending on the team, qualifications and goals. Rope rescue is a critical skill for fire departments and search …

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5 Common Challenges Facing any Search and Rescue Team

If you have ever worked on a search and rescue team, then you know that there can be some pretty tricky challenges to navigate. From the unpredictable nature of ropes used in technical rigging, to unanticipated obstacles while searching through difficult terrain, working on a search and rescue team is never easy! Today we’re exploring …

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6 Filtering Questions which will act as your personal success criteria: Greater than Gold!

From Last Week Let’s clear one thing up first before moving on… Yes, there are missions and objectives that are binary – Think military!  There are systems that must be developed and built in sequence in order to function – Think engineering! There are many other examples… However, these are intrinsically separate  from that of …

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Self Determination is Success From Your Perspective… We Need To Be Rescued!

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” – Steve Jobs Let’s clear one thing up first before moving on… Yes, there are missions and objectives that are binary – Think military!  There are systems that must be developed and built in sequence in order to function – Think …

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How Do We Measure Potential and Success?

The following is inferred from the book The GAP and the GAIN by Dan Sullivan The context is human development, not algorithmic outcomes. The question as to where measure success has been around for thousands of years.  The topic could be about personal development or team development.  How about some topics for success? How to …

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How the Fire & Search and Rescue Can Leverage a 6 Step Small Business Model

We live in a very different world than we did a few years ago and though it appears to be completely off the rails, but incredible events are on the horizon.  I want to suggest we are going to be entering into an age where people and business will flourish; men and women who stake …

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Mainline Rescue Systems: Pre-plan the Working Line

Pre-plan the Working Line All too often, teams rig their haul system with the progress capture device (the ratchet) at a directional anchor located in front of the mechanical advantage system.  This ratchet position is most often due to the lack of pre-planning the layout of the working/haul line system. Usually, the rigger will build …

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A Disciplined Life Part 4 – Economic Objectives for Rescue Teams

Rescue teams are essential to providing aid and support during times of crisis. As such, they need to be well-equipped, organized, and have clear economic objectives in order to effectively do their job. Leadership within the team needs to prioritize what economic objectives should be put in place for each mission. These economic objectives will …

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A Disciplined Life Part 1: A 4 Burners Theory Will Help You Get More Done With Less

This is a multi-part Series on Discipline and Accountability As mentioned, this is a multi-part series focusing on “discipline and accountability”.  This will be a tough “row to hoe”.  Why? Comparing business (private sector) to public sector (government) isn’t really done much.  Honestly, most of the direct comparisons are done within the scope of “the …

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