Don't Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater

摘要

The fire service has always had a very interesting perspective on change. For as long as anyone can remember, we have been opposed to it-or at least that's what you would believe if you listened to some of the discussions that go on routinely when we get together. At almost every fire service gathering or whenever you flip through one of the fire periodicals or visit a fire Web site, you can always find someone quoting the often-used phrase "1,000 years of tradition unimpeded by progress." Unfortunately, you'd have to be completely deaf, dumb, and blind to even remotely believe that that line applies in any way to the fire service. The other interesting thing about those who believe that the fire service has been opposed to progress is that they always identify the other guy as being the one opposed to it and not themselves.