By Ray McCormack
The problem with today’s fire service is all these college kids! If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, I’d have Mr. Smith’s money. Are college kids the problem or a handy scapegoat? Maybe it’s the nouveau educated–the established, older firefighter who discovers college later in life and then decides it’s time to show off his wares. Young college educated firefighters don’t make sweeping decisions or policy. Senior people do that.
聪明是一回事：学会使您的教育能力保持检查是另一回事。相信持有一些可选证书的人比没有持有的人更好。这些精品店构成了消防服务中高级认证层次结构的框架。尽管我们需要聪明的人来处理我们所有的问题，但从战术到财务，我们必须记住，仅仅因为您已经获得了文凭或证书并没有使您成为国王……还是这样做？许多人以后获得学位的人经常对此产生一定的自鸣得意。长时间的牺牲……这是您在高中毕业后立即上大学时没有经历的事情，对吗？
There is a segment of the fire service that felt the playing field had to be leveled (fire activity vs. higher education). One way to do that was to create not only the impression but the job requirement reality that without certain schooling you’re not good enough. Look up any chief officer ad and see for yourself. The shame, of course, is that this creates and propagates this certification myth which, in most cases, only rewards the individual job seeker. Could the title holder do some good? Of course they could, and could they have done good without their certification? Placing oneself above the competition is nothing new, but when we honor compression training platforms over other established educational programs–and actual experience dealing with emergencies and even fires–then you get what you get.
在消防部门中，对更高甚至高等教育的崇敬都可以忽略或拖延他们的简历。问题在于，我们正在急于建立一个上层外壳，只有会员俱乐部的消防员下层阶级。具有高级学位的求职者以及多年的经验，通常没有足够的履历来给租金缩放；您必须获得当前的风味认证。
我们是否提出了这样的想法，即消防部门是一个如此复杂，只有经过正确认证才能运行的组织？当然，有预算和法律问题和代码以及更改以保持同步。当然，如果没有广泛的书目和脚注写作经验，普通消防员就无法处理所有这些。尽管任何部门都可以设定自己的标准，但人力资源（纪念简历）的人更好地注意到，成为成功的领导者比一些缩写标签要多得多。
Not all firefighters who crave these lofty credentials will be bad leaders. No, some will be absolutely horrible. Firefighters who enter the fire service after college can develop this issue, but their time on the job or lack thereof puts other, more pressing issues in front of them. The resume builders are the ones to watch, as they propel themselves into their next job or level, barely stopping to note where they came from.
Tactical safety does not require a degree or certification, only Sustained Attention (it can be abbreviated SA for those of you who collect those kind of things).
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RAY McCORMACKis a 30-year veteran and a lieutenant with FDNY. He is the publisher and editor of UrbanFirefighter杂志. He delivered the keynote address at FDIC in 2009 and he is on the Editorial Board of188金宝搏是正规吗杂志.
