Fire Careers
Find all things related to a career in the fire service on FireRescue1’s fire career topic page, including training requirements, promotion tips, leadership content and more.
Identifying the top challenges facing new leaders, plus key guidance to help them succeed as they navigate new responsibilities
Reviewing the seven classic leadership styles and introducing the SOOT mnemonic to identify leadership contexts
Discover how Valencia College’s unique cohort model is changing firefighter education and creating job-ready graduates
It’s vital to make decisions rooted in doing what’s right for our organizations to prevent negativity from spreading
Redemption and advancement are possible; you just have to see yourself as the solution
Firefighters should set their own goals for success, then department leaders can help them find the best path forward
The best feedback is timely, relevant, specific and actionable
Prosper Fire Chief Stuart Blasingame ultimately changed his mind after meeting with the town manager
Chief Bashoor weighs in on a court ruling upholding the requirement for first responders to serve an additional five years before being eligible for retirement benefits
Our personal motivations for joining the fire service offer a key insight about how to communicate the job to new members
As one fire chief said, “Perhaps we should advertise firefighter jobs as a paramedic job, and in small lettering add, ‘You go to an occasional fire’”
A simple A-Z guide to ease the lingo learning curve – and even give aspiring firefighters a head start on the job
Detailing the connection between noise and disease – and what firefighters can do to better protect their hearing