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.
Vine Grove FD lost an antique engine, a 3,000-gallon tanker and extensive supplies in the Hardin County blaze
Kristin Crowley’s legal claim says Bass ousted her and ran a “misinformation” campaign to shift blame for L.A.’s most destructive wildfire
Stone Harbor’s plan would promote four firefighters to captain and hire four more to staff four shifts, but volunteers warn the move could sideline their role
A report alleging poor leadership and lack of professionalism within the Verona Fire Department has prompted the city to address the problems
SAFER, The Fire Prevention & Safety Grant and AFG 2019 are all on the horizon, start the application process today
A new contract requires the testing of five employees selected at random every two weeks, but the test will not detect the presence of alcohol
Challenge the file cabinets of past history in your fire department to achieve a visionary future
The Seattle Fire Department is working on a contingency plan in case AMR EMTs authorize a strike in protest of low wages
“Seeing all the old guys at the old station and what it meant to them … there (are) a lot of memories that will never go away,” Chief John Soisson said
More than 150 people went to a city council meeting to offer a rebuttal against a program that replaces full-time firefighters with public safety officers
Fire Chief Marc Bashoor speaks with U.S. Fire Administrator G. Keith Bryant at Fire-Rescue International about the six-year reauthorization of the AFG and SAFER grant programs approved by President Trump
After it was revealed that Rick Garner, 29, died of cardiac arrest, Chief Steven Davis said the department will review how responder recruit health is assessed
After a lot of comments, complaints and dire warnings, Peoria officials voted in a nonbinding, advisory vote to approve cuts to the fire and police departments
The Augusta Professional Firefighters Association Local 3357 has sent at least three letters of complaint from local firefighters to the Augusta Fire Department
How automated scheduling can help fire departments balance employee needs with staffing demands
Union president Ryan Brady said lives will be at risk if the city cuts two fire trucks and 22 firefighters as a proposed budget suggests
With the last firefighters entrance exam taking place in 2014, and the next one scheduled for 2021, Chicago aldermen are demanding a higher frequency
Jacob Freels was terminated after the city charged him with multiple administrative violations connected to his drunken driving arrest
Five firefighters claim they were passed over by former fire officials, who instead hired less-qualified family members
The bill would include psychological injury as a condition that must be covered by Idaho’s Workers’ Compensation law for first responders
Reading Fire Department Chief William Stoudt said a lot of the costs are associated with an inability to recruit and keep paramedics
Individuals who want to become a paid firefighter with the Glasgow Fire Department may soon be able to apply when they are 18 years old
Four Naperville Fire Department firefighter-paramedics are now working 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday as part of a “power-shifting” program
Millcreek Township officials said critical staffing issues and an 80-year-old volunteer fire department model they say is vastly outdated need to be addressed
Newburgh firefighters displaced from their asbestos-riddled firehouse will get a temporary home at the Good-Will Fire District’s new station under a new proposal
“We literally have been waiting for decades for some of these improvements,” Austin Firefighters Association President Bob Nicks said
With an average age of 42 years, Kettering’s previous fire stations lacked the physical space or available land to allow for the improvements necessary to upgrade to current standards
Using LEAD principles, EMS leaders can encourage employee retention at their organizations
Boulder is trying to buy a $9 million piece of land to relocate an old fire station, but a developer of townhomes is suing to stop the deal from closing
The city has suspended an improper practice at the Warwick Fire Department involving calculations of unused sick time and payment for that time to firefighters
Wichita firefighters are worried that putting Engine 6 in reserve, as the city plans to do, would impact the safety of the residents
Most of the California state firefighters who were fired last year because they drank alcohol during a training academy will return to work in 2018
Firefighters routinely stay engaged at the fireground, but the smaller tasks at the station also need attention
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