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Tactical tips, safety guidelines and a key mantra to be successful in this role
Successful leaders have offered wise advice over the years about how to ensure that you live and breathe strong leadership
Test how your personality aligns with the motivation, teamwork and key character traits that exemplify firefighters around the world
Use this ‘equality’ mnemonic to improve how you lead a fire department with both volunteer and career members
Fire Chief Dave Radel: “Even when we are fortunate to hire a minority, we don’t get to hold onto them for very long.”
An investigation found that he tied a rope into a noose, left it in the kitchen and later threw it at a black firefighter
“There is the feeling of relief that you don’t have to deal with the thought that the next time the bell rings could be your last.”
The circumstances and firefighters vary, but leaving for the last time touched them all deeply; here are some of their feelings
He signed a five-year last chance agreement that states if he’s involved in another drunken driving case or any other problems that he’ll be fired
Firefighters want specialty pay and 2 percent raise, the city says it is one or the other
From 2010 to 2012, about 70,450 firefighter injuries occurred annually; the majority occurred in structure fires
Fire officials argue higher payroll costs can be offset by reducing injuries and expenses tied to medical leave