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• Performance evaluations: worth the risk? White Paper from Gordon Graham

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  Gordon Graham shares four common mistakes public safety agencies make when it comes to evaluating their personnel.

• Making the case: Why a decentralized command structure is the answer for fire departments

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  Decentralized command empowers members to make decisions that align with the commander’s strategic goal

• ‘I could hear trusses failing’: The incident that truly humbled me

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  Every fire officer has an incident that teaches the powerful lesson of humility

• Why fire departments get sued

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  Learn the top four reasons departments face legal proceedings, answers to liability questions and how to best protect your department and members

• Ind. township firefighters state 'no confidence' in chief after alleged violence

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  The complaint signed by 17 firefighters comes about one month after a department captain filed a police report against the chief

• Ind. city mayor sues council over firefighter shift changes

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  The council reversed the mayor's plan to move firefighters from 24-hour shifts to eight-hour rotating shifts last week

• Practical risk management for firefighters

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  6 ways to ensure you are effectively managing your risk and staying safe

• Ind. city council votes to reverse controversial firefighter shift changes

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  The city's mayor still may veto the decision and seek to enforce the eight-hour shift schedule that union members say is detrimental

• The fire chief as chief risk manager

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  Effectively reducing the risks facing your department and your personnel requires embracing this unique role

• Conflict over noose found in Miss. FD locker

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  A Mississippi firefighter who was disciplined and later resigned after hanging a noose in his locker says he didn't have racist intentions

• How fire departments can gain community support at the ballot box

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  Many departments need community support for financial or organizational requests – and this requires a different type of preplanning and action

• Taking ownership: 'If it's not your emergency, then whose is it?'

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  An argument to take ownership of emergencies, with a "go-now/go-later" mentality

• N.Y. fire department cited for drill team safety violations

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  A notice of violation said the fire department put team members at risk of falling from racing vehicles traveling at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour

• Cleveland FD accused of discriminating against minority, female candidates in hiring process

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  The city's mayor rejected allegations made by a federal commission that the fire department's testing process for applicants was discriminatory

• Mass. firefighters vote 'no confidence' in longtime fire chief

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  The Andover Firefighters Union unanimously voted "no confidence" in Chief Michael Mansfield and published a letter of what they say are examples of poor management

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