Honor Individual Creativity to Promote Innovation
While elements of the class stay the same, each class is an evolution of all the classes that came before it. While change occurs from class to class, it also occurs during the class from day to day.
The leadership encourages idea generation. All contributions and suggestions are considered with regard to usefulness and benefit to the students. Anyone can suggest changes to the program at any time. These ideas are reviewed by the command staff daily. Many of the approved changes are implemented immediately, with little fanfare. Other changes that require further research are implemented during the next class. Every suggestion is vetted. Submitters are informed as to the status of their suggestions. If a suggestion is rejected, the submitter is told why.
Changes also occur when events and new research in the fire service call for modification. For example, in September 2012, a student died in the Texas Smoke Diver program due to...