Fire Department Management
The fire department management topic focuses on fire service leadership, from the high-level management issues facing fire chiefs to the administrative functions and budget issues that impact day-to-day operations.
FDNY EMS officer and union vice president says separating EMS from the FDNY would close pay gaps, curb turnover and give medics the autonomy to modernize patient care
The North Babylon Volunteer Fire Company will revise policies for handling minors and require sensitivity training after Chief Peter Alt was filmed cursing at a youth during a call
Vine Grove FD lost an antique engine, a 3,000-gallon tanker and extensive supplies in the Hardin County blaze
A federal grant will pay for 75 percent of the costs of the four firefighters for two years and then 35 percent of the cost in the third year
The appeals panel from the Texas Department of Insurance sided with Homer Salinas over the city’s insurance carrier who denied him worker’s compensation
State District Judge Randy Wilson decided that voters were informed of the amendment’s price tag — more than $100 million a year — and approved it anyway
The city of Clinton will build a new station for Illiana EMS, and will soon know if a $500,000 grant will be awarded for a new fire station
Mike McConnell was suspended for four days for taking a photo and video of a patient in 2016, and Kevin Murphy was suspended for 10 days for distributing them
The evolution of emergency services provided by municipal fire departments and the fire service budget
The dispute concerns whether an alleged promise by city officials that retired firefighters’ insurance would be free was legally binding
Kafi Davis, who left her first career at the Department of Children and Families to train to become a firefighter, will go to EMT school next
Remember to be kind and to keep your professional life off of social media
The city will spend $225,000 to make the fixes needed to give female firefighters their own facilities at the four stations in Pueblo
The altercation came after officials voted to disband Pitcairn #2 Volunteer Fire Department during a heated meeting
The Insurance Service Office informed Cedar Falls it is prepared to drop the rating, but has given the city until February to make improvements
Mealtime is when firefighters and medics sit together as members of the families they become, families with their own rituals, rules and inside jokes
State legislation in recent years to expand firefighter death benefits and workers’ compensation in cancer cases has died without floor votes
Community members raised around $400,000 for the Victor Fire Department, giving them more than enough to pay off their $200,000 loan
Voters in the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District will have final say on whether or not the last volunteer fire agency in the county will remain independent
A SAFER Grant will pay for 75 percent of the newly-hired firefighters’ and EMS providers’ salaries for the next two years
The tentative agreement would remove Troy Fire Department Chief Thomas Garrett from the union, and require him to reach his own agreement with the city
Dylan Davis said he was passed over for being hired in his hometown of West Point despite being the only certified firefighter among four applicants
As the sole provider of emergency services for Walt Disney World properties in Orlando, Fla., Reedy Creek Professional Firefighters have one of the most unique missions in the country
City Controller Tony Bassil said the city of Easton needs to start keeping better track of firefighter work hours to avoid errors in reporting
As generations change, so do our motivations and our methods of learning and training
Fire-based EMS revenue structures and a success story in operating on user fees while providing excellent service
Garfield Township voted to leave the three-township department, effective December 2019, due in part to “taxation without representation”
The Delmont Volunteer Firemen’s Relief Association will be audited as four former members are charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars
Eighth Utilities District firefighters petitioned for sweeping changes, including a new chief, a financial audit and a “rebuilding of the department.”
The city of Kettering will have to pay more for full-timers, but the lack of part-timers has already boosted overtime costs they want to avoid
Fairfield City Council rejected a fact finder’s recommendation on proposed wage increases for two years of the firefighter union’s three-year contract
The Peoria City Council voted 8-3 Tuesday to approve eliminating 22 firefighter and 16 police positions as part of a move to close a $6 million budget hole
A report alleging poor leadership and lack of professionalism within the Verona Fire Department has prompted the city to address the problems
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