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629
630    
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980                <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanfireculture.com/2026/01/28/fire-service-psychology-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Fire Service Psychology ">Fire Service Psychology </a></h1>
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982                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-01-28T12:29:38+00:00" >January 28, 2026</time></span>                    <div class="td-post-comments"><a href="https://americanfireculture.com/2026/01/28/fire-service-psychology-2/#respond"><i class="td-icon-comments"></i>0</a></div>                </div>
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987<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>A Comprehensive Approach to&nbsp;Enhancing Firefighter Health, Safety, and&nbsp;Longevity</em></strong></p>
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995<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The first psychology textbook, The Principles of Psychology, was authored by William James and published in 1890. James Braidwood wrote the first English textbook on fire service, On the Construction of Fire Engines and Apparatus: The Training of Firemen, and the Method of Proceeding in Cases of Fire, in 1860. These leaders and authors understood a basic premise of professionalism&#8230;we all build on the work that came before us. James and Braidwood made significant contributions to their disciplines. Wheldon has now made a significant contribution to both fire and psychology.&nbsp;</p>
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1038                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-01-26T13:31:14+00:00" >January 26, 2026</time></span>                    <div class="td-post-comments"><a href="https://americanfireculture.com/2026/01/26/fire-service-psychology/#respond"><i class="td-icon-comments"></i>0</a></div>                </div>
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1078	                                    <div class="td-post-author-name"><div class="td-author-by">By</div> <a href="https://americanfireculture.com/author/burtonclark/">Dr. Burton A. Clark</a><div class="td-author-line"> - </div> </div>                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2023-01-23T17:01:20+00:00" >January 23, 2023</time></span>                    <div class="td-post-comments"><a href="https://americanfireculture.com/2023/01/23/the-rock/#respond"><i class="td-icon-comments"></i>0</a></div>                </div>
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1083<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are three monuments,<br>      On Campus.<br>I am the oldest,<br>      A rock with a plaque.<br><br>
1083The youngsters have flags,<br>      Are tall and lit at night.<br>They are sculptured art,<br>      Beautiful to see.<br><br>One has an eternal flame,<br>      And lists of names.<br>More are added each year,<br>      There is room for many.<br><br>The new one is a statue,<br>     Of real firefighters.<br>It records the families changed, <br>     One day in September 2001.<br><br>They are bigger than me and striking,<br>      People visit them all the time.<br>Many take pictures, but walk away,<br>      With tears in their eyes.<br><br>There is no competition,<br>         With the emotion of grief,<br>I am about hope for a noble calling, <br>         That serves humanity.<br><br>So, the next time you come,<br>      Visit the memorials, pay respect.<br>But stop by the rock,<br>      And think about the future.<br><br>“To advance the professional development of the fire service<br>      And other persons engaged in fire prevention and control activities.”<br><br> <br><br> <br><br><br><br></p>
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1094	                                    <div class="td-post-author-name"><div class="td-author-by">By</div> <a href="https://americanfireculture.com/author/burtonclark/">Dr. Burton A. Clark</a><div class="td-author-line"> - </div> </div>                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2022-10-23T11:32:00+00:00" >October 23, 2022</time></span>                    <div class="td-post-comments"><a href="https://americanfireculture.com/2022/10/23/dyslexia-legend/#respond"><i class="td-icon-comments"></i>0</a></div>                </div>
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1158                <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanfireculture.com/2021/10/23/dcfd-history-smoke-detectors/" rel="bookmark" title="DCFD History Smoke Detectors ">DCFD History Smoke Detectors </a></h1>
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1219<p class="wp-block-paragraph">First Fire: Short Story</p>
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1223<p class="wp-block-paragraph">B. A. Clark 1976                                                                                                    </p>
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1227<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The bells rang and the lights flashed on like lightning; my ears were ringing and my eyes blurry as I sprang from bed and jumped in my fire boots. I was still half asleep as I slide the fire pole and leaped onto the back step of the engine.</p>
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1231<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I clung to the handrail for dear life as the engine raced into the night. The siren echoed off the buildings. The red and white emergency lights were dancing on the wet pavement, as we speed up the&nbsp;street.</p>
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1235<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&nbsp;I knew that every firefighter was tested in the field of battle. Eight weeks of training of training raced through my mind: helmet on, ear flaps down, coat buckled up, gloves on, breathing apparatus on and ready to go. &nbsp;I wanted to do everything right, this could be my test.</p>
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1239<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As we turned the corner you can see the orange glow in the sky. Mike my partner yelled over the siren “This is a Kid we got a worker.”</p>
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1243<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Moment later the engine stopped at a fire hydrant, the Lieutenant yelled, “Layout!” &nbsp;Mike stepped off the back step, pulling the hose, rapped the fire hydrant and yelled, “Go!” &nbsp;Seconds later we were in front the house; flames were blowing out second story windows like a blow torch.</p>
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1247<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I pulled the 150 foot, inch and a half attack hose line, onto my shoulder and drug it to the porch. Thick black smoke was billowing from the front door. I stopped for a moment to put my face mask on and adjust the straps, now I’m ready. A moment later my Lieutenant emerge from the blackness and said “OK &#8211; it’s upstairs on the left let’s go.”</p>
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1251<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We plunged into blackness. I walked straight ahead until I found the first step, then I started to climb the stairs one by one getting as low as possible; with every step up it got hotter and hotter. Thinking, “How far into this hell am I expected to go?” &nbsp;In desperation I yelled “It’s getting hot Lou.” he calmly replied “Just get to the top of the stairs and wait for the water.” &nbsp;Four more steps and I was on the landing. &nbsp;I can see the orange glow to my left. The heat pushed me down; I had to lay flat on the floor. Just when I thought I couldn’t take any more, I feel the hose come to life surging with water. Now it was my turn to attack the dragon.</p>
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1255<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I open the nozzle aiming the stream over my head; the water hit the ceiling instantly turned in the steam killing the flames. I kept moving forward inch by inch foot by foot until I was in the room; beating back the dragon with my sword until I reach the window. Finally, the fire was out, the dragon was dead.</p>
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1259<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A few minutes later the Lieutenant and I were outside taking a well-deserved break. He said “You did a good job Kid.” My ego skyrocketed with self satisfaction and adulation. I had been tested in battle. I had met the enemy and slain the dragon. I was a firefighter.</p>
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1263<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just then, Mike walked up with a strange look on his face. “What’s up Mike?” asked the Lieutenant. &nbsp;Mike replied “When you were fighting the fire, I search the back bedroom. I found a little girl. I got her out and put her in the ambulance, but I don’t know if she’s goanna make it, she was in that hell an awful long time.”</p>
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1267<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My ego crashed, I was ashamed myself for my former exaltation.</p>
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1271<p class="wp-block-paragraph">An hour later we were back at the station packing hose, filling air bottles, getting ready for the next call, but no one spoke there was a aerie silence I never experienced before. We had done a good job, but we still lost.</p>
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1275The silence was interrupted when the phone ringing at the watch desk. We all stopped what we were doing and stared at the sound.&nbsp; The Lieutenant answered “Engine 33.” he listened for a while and said “Thank you.” hung up, turned to us saying “The little girl, she will to be ok.”</p>
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1279<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There was no yelling or screaming or congratulating each other. We all just kept working and silently thanking God.</p>
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1283<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My first fire taught me what it means to be a firefighter.</p>
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1287<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Note: This short story fiction was written for a Toastmasters Speech contest in 1976. BAC</p>
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1518                            successP.className = 'notice notice-success';
1519                            successP.textContent = 'Cache purged successfully!';
1520                            statusDiv.replaceChildren(successP);
1521                        }
1522                        if (fromAdminBar) {
1523                            showAdminNotice('success', 'Cloudflare cache purged successfully!');
1524                        }
1525                    } else {
1526                        var errorMsg = response.data || 'Unknown error';
1527                        if (statusDiv !== null) {
1528                            var errorP = document.createElement('p');
1529                            errorP.className = 'notice notice-error';
1530                            errorP.textContent = 'Error: ' + errorMsg;
1531                            statusDiv.replaceChildren(errorP);
1532                        }
1533                        if (fromAdminBar) {
1534                            showAdminNotice('error', 'Error purging Cloudflare cache: ' + errorMsg);
1535                        }
1536                    }
1537                })
1538                .catch(function(error) {
1539                    console.error('Fetch error:', error);
1540                    var errMsg = error.message || 'Could not connect to the server.';
1541                    if (statusDiv !== null) {
1542                        var connErrorP = document.createElement('p');
1543                        connErrorP.className = 'notice notice-error';
1544                        connErrorP.textContent = 'Error: ' + errMsg;
1545                        statusDiv.replaceChildren(connErrorP);
1546                    }
1547                    if (fromAdminBar) {
1548                        showAdminNotice('error', 'Error purging Cloudflare cache: ' + errMsg);
1549                    }
1550                });
1551
1552                return false;
1553            }
1554        
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1556</script>
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1556
1557<script id="td-site-min-js" src="https://americanfireculture.com/wp-content/themes/Newspaper/js/tagdiv_theme.min.js?ver=8.1"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1557
1557
1558<script id="page-links-to-js" src="https://americanfireculture.com/wp-content/plugins/page-links-to/dist/new-tab.js?ver=3.4.1"></script>
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1558
1559<script id="wp-emoji-settings" type="application/json">
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1561</script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1561
1561
1562<script type="module">
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1566</script>
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1566
1567<script></script>
1567
1568<!-- JS generated by theme -->
1569
1570<script>
1571    
1572
1573	
1574
1575		(function(){
1576			var html_jquery_obj = jQuery('html');
1577
1578			if (html_jquery_obj.length && (html_jquery_obj.is('.ie8') || html_jquery_obj.is('.ie9'))) {
1579
1580				var path = 'https://americanfireculture.com/wp-content/themes/Newspaper/style.css';
1581
1582				jQuery.get(path, function(data) {
1583
1584					var str_split_separator = '#td_css_split_separator';
1585					var arr_splits = data.split(str_split_separator);
1586					var arr_length = arr_splits.length;
1587
1588					if (arr_length > 1) {
1589
1590						var dir_path = 'https://americanfireculture.com/wp-content/themes/Newspaper';
1591						var splited_css = '';
1592
1593						for (var i = 0; i < arr_length; i++) {
1594							if (i > 0) {
1595								arr_splits[i] = str_split_separator + ' ' + arr_splits[i];
1596							}
1597							//jQuery('head').append('<style>' + arr_splits[i] + '</style>');
1598
1599							var formated_str = arr_splits[i].replace(/\surl\(\'(?!data\:)/gi, function regex_function(str) {
1600								return ' url(\'' + dir_path + '/' + str.replace(/url\(\'/gi, '').replace(/^\s+|\s+$/gm,'');
1601							});
1602
1603							splited_css += "<style>" + formated_str + "</style>";
1604						}
1605
1606						var td_theme_css = jQuery('link#td-theme-css');
1607
1608						if (td_theme_css.length) {
1609							td_theme_css.after(splited_css);
1610						}
1611					}
1612				});
1613			}
1614		})();
1615
1616	
1617	
1618</script>
1618
1619
1620
1621
1622			<div id="tdw-css-writer" style="display: none" class="tdw-drag-dialog tdc-window-sidebar">
1623				<header>
1624
1625				
1626					<a title="Editor" class="tdw-tab tdc-tab-active" href="#" data-tab-content="tdw-tab-editor">Edit with Live CSS</a>
1627					<div class="tdw-less-info" title="This will be red when errors are detected in your CSS and LESS"></div>
1628				
1629				</header>
1630				<div class="tdw-content">
1631
1632					
1633					<div class="tdw-tabs-content tdw-tab-editor tdc-tab-content-active">
1634
1635
1636						
1636<script>
1637
1638							(function(jQuery, undefined) {
1639
1640								jQuery(window).ready(function() {
1641
1642									if ( 'undefined' !== typeof tdcAdminIFrameUI ) {
1643										var $liveIframe  = tdcAdminIFrameUI.getLiveIframe();
1644
1645										if ( $liveIframe.length ) {
1646											$liveIframe.load(function() {
1647												$liveIframe.contents().find( 'body').append( '<textarea class="tdw-css-writer-editor" style="display: none"></textarea>' );
1648											});
1649										}
1650									}
1651
1652								});
1653
1654							})(jQuery);
1655
1656						</script>
1656
1657
1658
1659						<textarea class="tdw-css-writer-editor td_live_css_uid_1_6ac1e91c1260c"></textarea>
1660						<div id="td_live_css_uid_1_6ac1e91c1260c" class="td-code-editor"></div>
1661
1662
1663						
1663<script>
1664							jQuery(window).load(function (){
1665
1666								if ( 'undefined' !== typeof tdLiveCssInject ) {
1667
1668									tdLiveCssInject.init();
1669
1670
1671									var editor_textarea = jQuery('.td_live_css_uid_1_6ac1e91c1260c');
1672									var languageTools = ace.require("ace/ext/language_tools");
1673									var tdcCompleter = {
1674										getCompletions: function (editor, session, pos, prefix, callback) {
1675											if (prefix.length === 0) {
1676												callback(null, []);
1677												return
1678											}
1679
1680											if ('undefined' !== typeof tdcAdminIFrameUI) {
1681
1682												var data = {
1683													error: undefined,
1684													getShortcode: ''
1685												};
1686
1687												tdcIFrameData.getShortcodeFromData(data);
1688
1689												if (!_.isUndefined(data.error)) {
1690													tdcDebug.log(data.error);
1691												}
1692
1693												if (!_.isUndefined(data.getShortcode)) {
1694
1695													var regex = /el_class=\"([A-Za-z0-9_-]*\s*)+\"/g,
1696														results = data.getShortcode.match(regex);
1697
1698													var elClasses = {};
1699
1700													for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
1701														var currentClasses = results[i]
1702															.replace('el_class="', '')
1703															.replace('"', '')
1704															.split(' ');
1705
1706														for (var j = 0; j < currentClasses.length; j++) {
1707															if (_.isUndefined(elClasses[currentClasses[j]])) {
1708																elClasses[currentClasses[j]] = '';
1709															}
1710														}
1711													}
1712
1713													var arrElClasses = [];
1714
1715													for (var prop in elClasses) {
1716														arrElClasses.push(prop);
1717													}
1718
1719													callback(null, arrElClasses.map(function (item) {
1720														return {
1721															name: item,
1722															value: item,
1723															meta: 'in_page'
1724														}
1725													}));
1726												}
1727											}
1728										}
1729									};
1730									languageTools.addCompleter(tdcCompleter);
1731
1732									window.editor = ace.edit("td_live_css_uid_1_6ac1e91c1260c");
1733
1734									// 'change' handler is written as function because it's called by tdc_on_add_css_live_components (of wp_footer hook)
1735									// We did it to reattach the existing compiled css to the new content received from server.
1736									window.editorChangeHandler = function () {
1737										//tdwState.lessWasEdited = true;
1738
1739										window.onbeforeunload = function () {
1740											if (tdwState.lessWasEdited) {
1741												return "You have attempted to leave this page. Are you sure?";
1742											}
1743											return false;
1744										};
1745
1746										var editorValue = editor.getSession().getValue();
1747
1748										editor_textarea.val(editorValue);
1749
1750										if ('undefined' !== typeof tdcAdminIFrameUI) {
1751											tdcAdminIFrameUI.getLiveIframe().contents().find('.tdw-css-writer-editor:first').val(editorValue);
1752
1753											// Mark the content as modified
1754											// This is important for showing info when composer closes
1755                                            tdcMain.setContentModified();
1756										}
1757
1758										tdLiveCssInject.less();
1759									};
1760
1761									editor.getSession().setValue(editor_textarea.val());
1762									editor.getSession().on('change', editorChangeHandler);
1763
1764									editor.setTheme("ace/theme/textmate");
1765									editor.setShowPrintMargin(false);
1766									editor.getSession().setMode("ace/mode/less");
1767									editor.setOptions({
1768										enableBasicAutocompletion: true,
1769										enableSnippets: true,
1770										enableLiveAutocompletion: false
1771									});
1772
1773								}
1774
1775							});
1776						</script>
1776
1777
1778					</div>
1779				</div>
1780
1781				<footer>
1782
1783					
1784						<a href="#" class="tdw-save-css">Save</a>
1785						<div class="tdw-more-info-text">Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete.</div>
1786
1787					
1788					<div class="tdw-resize"></div>
1789				</footer>
1790			</div>
1791			
1792</body>
1793</html><!--
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1795
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