Sentenced to Death

In what is becoming an all to usual fashion again at the hands of the mighty dollar we see that training is being slashed once again.

The bean counters have spoken and they have decided that the cost of out of state or out of department training is too costly to have a benefit for the department.

The bean counters have decided. Does anyone see the flaw? I know very little about counting beans. I would never presume to tell the bean counters what they would need for continuing education or professional development. Is their a bean counting HOT program?

Training can and should happen everyday. Not every training is going to be grandiose. Encourage each member of your crews to develop a training series on something that they are passionate about. All of the major media players have downloadable drills on their websites. Use them. Its why they are there. If we do not train regularly we are sentencing each other to death. We cant afford to not train. No one knows it all. Despite what "that guy" thinks.

This being said we have had some trade show incidents that don't necessarily help our plight. Some ethanol fueled shenanigans have placed some of our less scrupulous brother and sisters in some hot water. Don't hand out black eyes. These things impact more than you.

Soon many of you will be headed to the Inner Harbor where you will meet with many other brother and sisters whom are their to learn. Yes, I agree that the networking and fellowship is part of the training. You gain the ability to meet with others and see what they are doing in their agencies. Be level headed, Play nicely with others and don't do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the Padre.