I Didn't Even Know I Had Any Cheese !

This week's commentary is a simple one. A friend of mine has just made me familiar with the book that you see pictured here. I truly believe that many in the fire service should read this simple and humorous book. The basic premise is about two mice, and two small people who navigate a maze to find cheese. Things get switched around a bit and the cheese is moved. Some of the characters cannot cope with this change and have great difficulty.

Others have prepared themselves and are readily able to compensate and cope with the changes that come their way.
This relates to the fire service in many ways. Officers are not able to cope with the way "things used to be". New recruit firefighters have yet again an entirely different view and in many ways they don't change.

If we think about the last five years in the fire service in general, these have been very dramatic changing times. Thermal imaging, risk assessment, rapid intervention, 2 in and 2 out as well as many other dramatic impacts have left many firefighters and fire officers ill equipped for change.

The book is simple to read ( about 30 minutes) (...and yes it even has pictures) and does not cost very much.

Buy a copy, and leave it on the firehouse kitchen table. In a short time you will hear people being referred to as the characters in the story.

Let me know what you think!
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