Have you ever had a problem with your reputation? I have. I had long and successful career in the fire service and yet I’ve had plenty of times when people spread rumors about me. Some of those negative stories were true. But some of them were absolutely false. What should I have done about it? What should you do about it when it happens to you. Because you know it will. I left an entire agency for many years in part due to false stories being told about me. I’ve heard plenty of experiences from young firefighters who’ve had similar experiences. And it’s not just young firefighters who this can happen to. I know a competetent Chief 1 who struggled with this same thing. Listen in to this story to get some perspective about how we might deal with a negative narrative being told about us.