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Detailing the factors that create division between upper and lower management – and how we can learn to balance diverse perspectives and competing priorities
The book that changed my career trajectory, my first-year chief plan, and lessons on relationship-building
Before she could even speak the language after immigrating to America, the wife of the junior Pennsylvania senator dreamed of joining the fire service
The addition of an advanced life support ambulance has paid off for the Holden Fire Department
The grant will provide for the hiring of six firefighter II positions and five apparatus engineers, the crew members that drive the fire engines
Former Mayor Richard Riordan once belittled them as high-paid chauffeurs when he tried — and failed — to eliminate their jobs
A school board last year offered to pay fire companies 50 dollars per hour for standby ambulance service at varsity football games
He was placed on administrative leave after successive complaints were filed against him by fire department employees
The chief sparked outrage in the department for filling up his BMW convertible on the city’s dime
If the city gets the grant, it must maintain its current staffing level for the two years the grant pays for the positions
The city wouldn’t promote him becauseof his race, he claims