Welcome to
Fireline!
Fireline Training & Consulting is a leader in the effort to elevate workplace writing standards and skills. Fireline offers
meaningful and context-relevant writing seminars to help people in the workforce make simple, subtle, and high impact improvements
to their professional writing skills.
Mary Sovick, Fireline’s founder, has developed writing training and taught workplace writing skills to a variety of
workplaces since 1996. Mary is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer, consultant, and author. Mary is a retired firefighter
from South Metro Denver Fire & Rescue. She is an adjunct instructor
at the National Fire Academy, Colorado State University, and at
various community colleges across the country.
2010 Seminars
Colorado
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority
Feb. 22, 23
- Business Writing Basics for Fire & EMS
Illinois
Darien Woodridge Fire District, Darien, IL
January 25
- Business Writing Basics for Fire & EMS
- Officer Development
NIPSTA (Northern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy), Glenview, IL
January 27-29
- Technical Communication Skills for the Fire Service
- Fire Officer III Program
2009 Seminars
Colorado
West Metro
- Jan. 13-16: Business Writing Basics for Fire & EMS
- Jan. 29-30: Business Writing Basics for Fire & EMS
- April 27, 28, 30: Best Practices for Report Narratives
- October 26, 27, 29: Workplace Memos and Email
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority
- Feb. 12, 13: Business Writing Basics for Fire & EMS
- May 7 & 8: Command Officer Academy
Stafford County
Hopewell, VA
National Fire Academy
- September 21-October 2: Fire Service Communications course, co-instructor
Sugarland, TX
- Feb. 24, 25, 26: Business Writing Basics for Fire & EMS
Conferences
Intl. Women in Fire & Emergency Services Conference in Omaha
- May 15: 7 Steps to Elevating Writing Standards
- May 16: Best Practices for Firehouse Email
FireRescue International
- August 25: Officer Development Program – Writing Solutions for Professional Success
- August 29: 7 Steps to Elevating Fire Service Writing Standards & Practices
To register for any seminar, or for more info, contact:
Mary Sovick
Fireline Training and Consulting
Phone: (970) 490-2902
Fax: (970) 493-7207
E-mail: msovick@frii.com
Register online for select seminars
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Meet Mary
Sovick
owner of
Fireline Training & Consulting, course developer, and
instructor. Click on the picture for more info on Mary's background
and qualifications.
The Report Card ¨
Shorten report-writing time while including
more complete information. Eliminate misspelled words. This handy,
two-sided reference card (4" x 11") will guide you through the
narrative portion of run reports. Learn more here
Tidbits
Food for thought:
"The only
thing worse than losing an employee you have trained is keeping an
employee you haven't trained." ~ Zig Ziglar
Client Feedback
"Thank you for offering the class on e-mail. It was very helpful and well-done. I enjoyed it and learned a lot."
"As a training chief in northern Virginia, I
plan to seek Mary's services for additional seminars. Very well
done." Joe Bailey, Virginia Fire Chiefs Conference 2001
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