No Exceptions Leadership

Don't over-compicate the roll of command. In this episode Chief Pronesti discusses a simple initial size up option that ... Read more

In this episode the group discusses some basics of search and rescue. As you can guess, this is a topic that provides a ... Read more

In this episode we discuss the motivation of looking at the proverbial glass being half empty as opposed to the glass be... Read more

Here is a video of a recent FREE webinar about five common mistakes that new fire officers tend make. These are by no me... Read more

Weekly Company  Drill Building Familiarization This drill is a size up and familiarization drill.  It can be broken up i... Read more

This is a short podcast discussing some basics of calling the Mayday.  In this episode we discuss the shift from using L... Read more

This episode discusses the importance of setting very specific goals and objectives.  Being specific allows us to create... Read more

This podcast addresses only three components of setting expectations for your members.  It is really one of the most imp... Read more

Chief Reilly took some fabulous notes, here they are: Set your standards, your own code, and then live by them. Do no... Read more

Nothing can be so chaotic as a firefighter in trouble that calls a Mayday.  The fire service spends a lot of time and re... Read more

This podcast discusses how difficult it can be work and exist in an environment of people that aren't like-minded. Many ... Read more

Captain and Lead Instructor from Engine House Training, LLC, Steve Heidbreder talks about how to prepare for the fight w... Read more

In the last few weeks I posted about being aggressive. In that post I mentioned that we, our department, will search wit... Read more

Bailout is a last option for us when things go bad. We can do all of the right things and still find ourselves in troubl... Read more

This podcast is for all of us that struggle from time to time with the opinions of others.  In most cases, when we put o... Read more

This episode discusses our intentions and how, as leaders and fire officers, we need to put the group ahead of ourselves... Read more

This episode we discuss some items to consider when handling limited or no water area incidents.  You have to know where... Read more

Chief Joe Pronesti and Jason Hoevelmann discuss three fires that happened on, or near Father's Day.  The fires had a hug... Read more

This episode we discuss some items to consider when dealing with service and misc. calls.  It's important that we don't ... Read more

In this episode we discuss four principles that will help the fire officer, or individual in any walk of life be success... Read more