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.
Pasadena’s plan calls for additional engines, ambulances and a ladder truck as well as new stations to meet growing demands
Highlighted by the PWW Advisory Group, the South Dakota Ambulance Association-backed series details funding woes, long response times
Police believe a Wood Lake firefighter was driving under the influence of alcohol when the fire engine overturned after leaving school homecoming festivities
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Township officials said critical staffing issues and an 80-year-old volunteer fire department model they say is vastly outdated need to be addressed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
Cedar Falls Fire Local 1366 president Scott Dix said the union will legally challenge the move of four public safety officers to full-time positions at the department
To improve the health of Boynton Beach’s first responders, the city plans to install exhaust removal systems inside five fire stations
A judge ruled in favor of firefighter Homer Salinas after the city insurance carrier refused to cover treatment costs for his kidney cancer
When sleep-deprived, “Individuals working critical jobs may put themselves and [others] at risk,” one researcher said
Information gathering and effective leadership places a huge role in uniting around a common goal
The Youngstown Fire Department will eliminate three fire captain and three lieutenant positions in an effort to alleviate financial troubles
A bipartisan group is asking their counterparts in Congress to permanently fund the program designed to help responders and other victims of the attacks
The Montana State Firemen’s Association is pushing to get a health and safety bill passed that would give firefighters financial coverage if they get cancer
Sources say the contract includes a 1.5 percent raise plus steps and longevities in the first year and 2 percent pay hikes in years two and three
Making sure your numbers speak by marrying anecdotal evidence with statistics
“This expenditure results in a zero gain of safety for the citizens,” retired Wilkes-Barre Chief Jacob Lisman said
Former Ogunquit Fire Chief Mark O’Brien will likely seek a public hearing before the Board of Selectmen, saying he “has nothing to hide”
Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tony George said the fire watches are worth the cost of fuel and said they aren’t as big of a burden as firefighters’ salaries
The Easton firefighters union said the part-time hires would mean a decrease in staffing, and added that the city will not send them to the fire academy for training
Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tony George said firefighters on patrol are safer than at the station where they’re at risk of a heart attack when the alarm sounds
Officials said several department members practiced multiple intubations on a body that was awaiting transport to a funeral home
Effective fire and paramedic chiefs and officers reflect on the past to validate the present and chart the future
“I don’t know where it has its merit,” Williamsport Fire Chief Todd Heckman said of the Community Fire Watch program