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• How to avoid firefighter photo firestorms

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  Simple steps to evade controversy related to photos, fireground scenes and social media

• Confronting the normalization of deviance in firefighter behavior

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  Communication skills are the key to diverting deviant behavior before it becomes the cultural norm

• The good and the bad of firefighter behavior and public relations

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  While firehouse scandal and negative headlines aren’t completely avoidable, focus on the mission at hand and get in front of bad behavior to improve community and public relations

• Firefighter humor stops being funny when civilians aren't in on the joke

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  Even the most benign joke from a first responder to a taxpayer can seem hurtful, flippant and even cruel

• 5 reasons firefighter training on harassment fails

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  Be proactive and intentional, with a facilitator who understands fire culture and sexual harassment law when providing firefighter training

• Organizational accountability: A shared responsibility

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  Harassment is an ongoing pattern and can only happen when others stand by silently and let it

• 4 rules that keep firefighter humor funny

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  Rude humor may go with the territory, but hurtful jokes can result in dismissal

• Q&A: Bullying, harassment and violence in the fire service

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  All workplace violence is not necessarily bullying or harassment, but all bullying and harassment are forms of violence

• Fire chief's video troubles may mask larger issues

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  In a situation where no good could come from it, no good came from it

• The problem with an offensive fire department video that doesn't offend

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  The too-easily offended can become the enemy of correcting genuinely offensive behavior