No Time for Playing Cards: Higher Reliability Organizing for the Fire Service “Tom Merrill has spent his

“Tom Merrill has spent his life working to improve the ‘professional’ image of the volunteer firefighter

Motivating and empowering personnel

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Connectedness: A Protective Factor Against Suicide

Fireground dangers

No Time for Playing Cards: Higher Reliability Organizing for the Fire Service “Tom Merrill has spent hisWhy do we continue to see similar firefighter injuries and line of duty deaths (LODDs) repeated each year? We often respond with technical solutions, such as more SOGs, safety lists, and studying more strategies and tactics. But are there greater depths of technical knowledge in our profession that can make firefighting significantly safer? Does it also help to look at the human side of our profession? Other high risk, high consequence industries have