So, a little off script this with this episode. I want to talk about the troubles I am hearing in the Healthcare field. Bad employees, no discipline for bad behavior, crappy managers, blind administrators, and arrogant Board members.

It is no secret that the waiting times in the ER to be seen or for an ambulance to off load patients is astronomical. The is no relief in sight and it keeps getting worse.

It seems that management does not care, and all the good workers are fed up and are leaving the business in droves.

It is time to revamp the system from the top down. To the Managers, and Board of Directors go talk to the people who are closest to the issues and figure out how to fix the system and bring in and keep the good employees.

You graduated the academy and you got your station assignment. You are ready to embark on the best job in the world. So what can you do to be a productive part of your new shift?

In this epsode I will lay out what you the rookie can do to be productive. I offer advice to the senior shift members to help turn out the best rookies.

It cost money to run the fire service. Things are expensive in the fire and rescue world. Fire apparatus is no longer 100's of thousands of dollars but a million plus. Our equipment and tools are expensive, a set of turnout gear is $5500, and our training continues to cost more and more, because we are asked to do more and more.

When a citizen calls 911, they expect a well-trained well outfitted professional group of people getting off the apparatus, be you career or volunteer this is what the public expects. Not only is it our responsibility to give them that, but it is our job to continually educate the politicians, so they understand why our budgets increase every year.

Force the politicians to meet you on your turf. show them what you are required to do, then literally put them in our shoes and put them through the paces of firefighting.

Open your fire stations to the public so they see what you do and why it is so important for them to donate.

Don't let the political figures cut our budgets hold their feet to the fire and be vocal to your needs.