Life after Firefighting
By: Robin Lawson with Robert Avsec Note: It gives me great pleasure to “hand over” the blogging duties for this one to Robin Lawson, formerly of the Las Vegas (NV) Fire Department. I invited Robin...
View ArticleLife After Firefighting: It’s a Matter of Time
By: Robin Lawson with Robert Avsec Breast cancer—and probably most cancers when you think about it—lulls one into a sense of complacency. The first, and even the second time, I was diagnosed with...
View ArticleLife After Firefighting: The Financial and Social Impacts
By: Robin Lawson with Robert Avsec I was fortunate enough to have had a great career as a firefighter and good health insurance with good benefits. It did not come easy; it took me four years to get...
View ArticleMy Life after Firefighting: What I’ve Learned
Note to My Readers: This post is the fourth and final in a series that Robin Lawson has written for this blog. I want to thank her for her courage is sharing her story about her fire service career...
View ArticleThe Year in Review: Top 10 Most Viewed Posts
By: Robert Avsec Over the course of the last year, I’ve attempted to provide you—the readers of this blog—with a wide variety of subjects for you consideration and thought. So here are the ten most...
View ArticleThe Long and Winding Road: A Firefighter’s Battle with Cancer
By: Frank Vento with Robert Avsec I was having a good career at my department. I put in a great deal of time working on projects and studying hard for that lieutenant promotion that I really wanted....
View ArticleFrank’s Journey to Fight Cancer Ends Too Quickly
Dear Readers, Lieutenant Frank Vento, Seminole (FL) Fire Rescue Department Seminole, FL I pains me to inform you that Lieutenant Frank Vento, of the Seminole (FL) Fire Rescue Department, and author of...
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