- The residents are calling you because they have no one else that can help them. Sometimes they just need a hand to hold.

- Don’t set your coffee cup down on the bumper. All gets forgotten when the tones drop.

- Wear gloves and take your turnout gear off when putting fuel in an apparatus. You do not want the nozzle to drip or click when it is full and get fuel on your gear.

- Wear your turnouts on the interstate and roadways even if no extrication is needed. The extra layer of protection may save your life or prevent road rash.

- Wear your traffic vest when you are working on a roadway. You might not always need it if you are working a vehicle fire or if the road is shut down, but get in the habit.

- When backing up an apparatus, have your window down so you can hear if someone says stop or you hit something.

- Don't leave the grill on after cooking to clean it. Many times it is forgotten about and left on for days.

- Don't open the back door of the medic at the hospital without looking through the window to see if the Pt is exposed.

- Don't store a mop on the ground or in the bucket. It can make the entire floor smell next time it's mopped.

- Take care of the residences property. If they have a sideways try to use it. Try not to track dirt into their home. 

- Victims are found in bed or in paths of egress. Nature and training may have taught you to search the wall.  You might do a right handed search entering the building to later find the victim 8 feet from the door.

- Don't rely on tools. Use them to your advantage when needed.

- Slow is smooth and smooth is fast, Move with a purpose, Balance safety, speed, aggression.

- When inside an IDLH structure, isolate rooms to stop the flow path and more contaminants from entering that room

- Do the most training on high-risk, low-volume calls. Those are the calls you are more likely to get hurt or screw up.

- Know how to do the proper/known way to have an understanding of how to do it differently before you develop a new way.

- When the first apparatus arrives on scene they often have 6 minutes to save a life.

- Easy to pack vs Easy to deploy. Some things might be easier to set up but take longer or are harder to deploy. It may be better to do the extra work in the beginning so when it comes time to use it, you can save time when it counts.

- Watch your kinks. A single kink in a hose can reduce your flow by 30%. That can make a big difference on your intake or your attack lines.