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No Ordinary Retirement: Life After the Fire Service
Battalion Chief (Ret.) Robert Avsec
Welcome to my blog! I’m a retired fire department battalion chief who spent 30+ years in the active fire service. My last 26-years, I had the honor of serving with the women and men of the Chesterfield (Va.) Fire and EMS Department outside of Richmond, Virginia.
I started this blog in 2012 because I love to write and I believed–and still do!–that I had something to offer to the current and future generations of firefighters and officers. I hope that you’ve found that to be the case after visiting my “2nd career home” and that you’ll come back often!
Attention All Fire Service Personnel who have raised children to adulthood during your career in the fire service, be it as a career or volunteer firefighter.
This survey comes the The Wright Institute who’s working on her doctorate in psychology with the aim of getting involved in fire service psychology.
I urge you to share the survey with your adult children because it’s definately an area of fire service psychology where we need more data.
Welcome to the F.I.R.E Study
A study on the Fire-Service Influence on Relationships in Everyday Life
Do you have something to say? I’ve been fortunate to have many guest bloggers who have contributed content to this blog and I’m always open to hearing from new ones! So, if you’re interested in writing a piece, or just want to discuss a topic you’d like to see me address, contact me at my e-mail address: