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Burning the midnight oil..

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Some days, you just gotta burn the midnight oil at the office.

I’m not saying you work your fingers to the bone or sacrifice your health/well-being. But sometimes you gotta put a little more effort than other leaders.

If people think leadership is easy, then you are doing it right.

So as I sit in the office blaring Metallica, I also reflect for a bit as I had to advocate hard for my team this week. Seems like something so trivial, but standing firm for the team goes a long way.

What. A. Day.

Reporting live from the greenest office on campus…

@rusnivek

September actions

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September is shaping up to be a busy month. And citing recent news, I should probably beef up our security response planning.

Week-1 will include our IPPG meetings and a VIP visit from the U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary James Danley.

Week-2 planning on COOP and running through the new workplace violence program with the rest of the directorate. And as Emergency Management, we gotta follow up on the AAR/IP meeting. If all goes well, my EM program will get the chance to pilot that new apparel program.

Week-3 will be all the candidate interviews for our new Deputy Fire Chief, end of year employee evaluations, and our first ICS-300 class delivery at Argonne.

Week-4 will be assigned to supporting Region-9 in Guam.

Happy National Preparedness Month!

@rusnivek

Trust me, we need a little Ben

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Whoa.

I want one.

I mean, we have some big buildings right?

Ben, you said our onsite hydrant pressure was really good right?!? I promise you can nickname it the “Little Ben”

Well, maybe we can put Chicago Fire’s new 6-7-3 aka Deluge Wagon on our box card. 6-7-3 resides in CFD’s Special Operations division.

Reporting live with Wagon envy…

@rusnivek