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
Leadership Challenge, Keystone, Colorado
- November 30 | Help - My Firefighters Can't Write! | 1-2:30
Arvada Fire Department
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority
Florida
Pinellas County Training Officers, Pinellas Park, FL
Illinois
Fire Rescue International, Chicago, IL
- August 25 | Writing Solutions for Company Officers | 12:30 - 2:30
- August 26 | Help - My Firefighters Can't Write! | 1-2:30
- August 28 | 10 Ways to Professional Firehouse Email | 10:30 - 12
NIPSTA (Northern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy), Glenview, IL
- January 27-29 | Technical Communication Skills for the Fire Service
- Fire Officer III Program
- www.nipsta.org
Darien Woodridge Fire District, Darien, IL
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
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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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