This past Saturday firefighters from across the state of Maryland joined the Huntingtown Volunteers for Fire Chief Rick Lasky's "Pride & Ownership" Leadership Conference. Rick Lasky, a 27-year veteran of the fire service, is chief of the Lewisville (TX) Fire Department. He is an editorial advisory board member of Fire Engineering magazine and also serves on the FDIC advisory board. Rick contributes monthly to Fire Engineering's Roundtable column, is the author of both the "Pride and Ownership--A Firefighter's Love of the Job" leadership series featured in Fire Engineering and the bestselling book published by PennWell Books.
Pride and Ownership holds no punches. Chief Rick Lasky takes a hard look at the fire service and finds it short on the only element that makes it effective: passion. Chief Lasky gives an upfront and honest criticism about the need to reignite the love of the job on every level, from chiefs on down. On behalf of the Huntingtown VFD, we want to thank Chief Lasky.
