Fire Chief (ret.) Rick Lasky of Lewisville, Texas Fire Department, author of best selling books "Pride & Ownership" and "5 Alarm Leadership," emphasizes that leaders must always strive to be better, continuously hone their craft, keep learning, keep training, pick the greatest firefighters and officers to emulate and never forget that it is all about your people! Passion drives success, ego and power kill positions, and negativity kills the greatest of organizations. In Chief Lasky's words, if you don't have integrity you suck! Firefighter's must have the love for the job, otherwise go work somewhere else.