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.
The new Derry firehouse design adds modern communications, decon and training space to speed response in the southwest area
Lessons from one station build help drive a second design
Pasadena’s plan calls for additional engines, ambulances and a ladder truck as well as new stations to meet growing demands
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
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
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