Learn real-life experiences and leadership mistakes that led to a line-of-duty death. As a young officer, the instructor was confronted many times with employee issues; however, only one still impacts him today. Common everyday circumstances, his unwillingness to confront unpreparedness (his years in the fire service; knowing and having great respect for his father, also a firefighter within the department), his lack of experience as a leader, and a mindset of “he’s transferring somewhere slow anyway” and “someone else can train him again” led to an unfortunate situation where a life was lost because of being unprepared for the fireground. Even today, this remains a common problem in the fire service--inexperienced officers and firefighters not concerned with training or keeping in a state of readiness. This class gives members the tools to recognize the importance of being prepared and preparing those around them and under their command for that one moment in time when they are called on to do what only they can do as firefighters.