Fire Chief Sam DiGiovannaSpecial to the Valley NewsMaking a New Year’s resolution is one thing. Remaining resolute and seeing them through is quite another. It’s important to make them realistic and attainable.Every January we start a new recruit fire academy. The first order of business is to review all academy policies and standard operating procedures. Understanding policies and training on them repeatedly provides recruits with a sound foundation in safe and consistent operations before learning basic firefighting skills.In addition to learning policies, our recruits develop “integrity agreements.” Integrity agreements are like policies, but they are more personal in nature. The recruits develop them as a team, but they own them as individuals.Like policies,
