In this episode, I interview Mick Moffitt, owner and operator of Training Division Fire Academy. Mick shares about growing up through tragedy and how it eventually led him to a career as a firefighter.
Mick has been married for over 20+ years to his wife Julie and has 2 sons and 1 daughter. After 17 years with the fire department, Mick took an early retirement to focus on training and building the character of future firefighters around the world.
Mick shares about a tragedy that he faced as a child at age 6 that completely changed his family, but had an impact on his life to eventually become a firefighter.
During his youth, Mick had struggles and got into trouble, but it wasn't until he was in his 20's with the encouragement from his wife, Julie, that Mick finally became a firefighter. After several years and advancing up through the ranks, Mick felt that it was time to reboot and make a change. Even after stepping away from the fire department, Mick said it was difficult to know that he had left his identity at the fire station and how it took him a few years through a journey to be free from that false sense of who was felt he was.
Mick then started Training Division fire academy in the Fort Worth, Texas area that provides online training as well as the hands on aspect for students to get the hands on training and experience of being in a fire station environment. They were the first to provide a full online course of this kind and is recognized as the #1 privately owned training academy in North America. They also work with 9 local high schools, several departments and Colleges to provide training and education for future firefighters.
The basis behind the training school that Mick explains is the "6 Pillars of Professional Firefighting Character Traits". Mick shares how God laid on his heart the verse Proverbs 9:1 and the vision of 7 pillars and this was the foundation of helping build strong characters in future firefighters.
Link:
http://trainingdivision.com/