This tab is where we’ll post a weekly news articles focused on what actually matters for career firefighters: - Leadership & company culture - Training & operational performance - Safety, near-misses, and line-of-duty lessons - Standards, research, and best practices - The goal isn’t to argue headlines. It’s to learn from what’s happening across the fire service and bring back ideas that make us sharper, safer, and more professional on the job. The plan for each week: - I’ll post 1 or 2 articles with a quick “why it matters” summary. - Look the article over. - Then jump into the comments and add your thoughts. Simple rules to keep it useful - Keep it professional. No department bashing. - Disagree all you want — just keep it respectful and focused on what we can learn. - If you’ve got a solid article, drop it in the comments. If it fits, it goes on next week’s list. If you’re trying to build a long, strong career in the fire service, this is one of the easiest ways to stay intentional: read, reflect, apply.

Welcome to Firefighter Career Connection. If you’re here, it’s because you’ve decided to stop guessing and start building your fire service career with purpose. This is not a social group.This is not a motivation feed.This is a working career community. It is led by Roger Waters, a retired fire chief with 32 years of experience hiring, training, mentoring, and promoting firefighters. Don't let this first post stress you. It's long but covers the core of this community and also helps me to know you and improve our community by understanding what the priorities are for you. take your time and work through this. If you do the work, this group will change the trajectory of your career. ⚠️ Before You Go Any Further — Understand This Most firefighter candidates and young firefighters fail or stall not because of lack of effort, but because of: - No structure - No feedback - No accountability - No experienced guidance This community exists to fix that. But it only works if you participate. ✅ STEP 1 — INTRODUCE YOURSELF (REQUIRED) Go to the Introductions section and post the following: Answer all 4 questions: 1️⃣ Where are you right now? - Aspiring firefighter - In testing / hiring - Probationary firefighter - Early-career firefighter 2️⃣ What department, city, or region are you targeting (or currently serving)? 3️⃣ What is your single biggest challenge right now?(CPAT, written exam, interviews, discipline, direction, confidence, etc.) 4️⃣ What do you want to accomplish in the next 90 days? 👉 Keep it honest. No long stories needed. 🧭 STEP 2 — SET YOUR 90-DAY FOCUS - Download your 90 Day Plan its attached to this post. Trying to fix everything at once leads to nothing getting fixed. Write this down (or comment below): My #1 career goal for the next 90 days is: Examples: - Pass the CPAT - Get hired - Improve interview performance - Build strong probation habits This goal will guide how you use this group. 🔥 STEP 3 — COMMIT TO THE PROCESS

Hey everyone, I am in the hiring process & hoping work for the Chatham County fire department in Savannah Ga, that’s in the South east part of the USA. This will be my 3rd x working as a firefighter over past 8 years. My biggest challenge right now discipline Direction and confidence. In the next 90 days I’m hoping to accelerate my career and lock in for my future so I can be a stable pillar in my own life & eventually help others.