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.
An internal probe found the Waterbury recruits used phones and computers during the proctored test
Videos allegedly shot at Engine 38/Ladder 51 show rookies doing cake-face pushups and hugging naked men
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“Dispatchers are now answering approximately 1,000 more calls per day. That’s about 1,000 more calls from seven years ago,” Mayor Mark Farrell said
When conflict arises, the best course of action is to tackle the issue head on, and apologize when warranted
When a firefighter is confronted with a harrowing situation on the job, the first instinct shouldn’t be to repress the emotion that follows
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Adrian fire chief Tim Bartenslager asked the mayor, city commission and city administrator to increase the roster from 15 to 18 firefighters
The bill makes death benefits retroactively effective Jan. 1 to help the families of firefighters who died while responding to a fatal crash
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The lawyer of a group of residents who oppose North Augusta’s plans to rezone for the station said “there’s a lot of commitment to go the route of legal attack”
Officials said they will stop dispatching the Winfield Fire Department to calls because of failures by the department to comply with changes
Fayette city council approved an ordinance that dissolved the fire department and allows the city to hire its former firefighters as “independent contractors”
While firehouse scandal and negative headlines aren’t completely avoidable, focus on the mission at hand and get in front of bad behavior to improve community and public relations
The department was cited after two firefighters entered a structure to save a man’s life, breaking the state code that says three firefighters need to be on scene
City council members said they doubt the FDNY’s commitment to adding diversity to its ranks after it refused to hire Andre Laurant
Officer Randy Stith is accused of stealing more than $6,500 from the fire department when he was treasurer from February 2015 to January 2018
Including clear, complete documentation in your patient care report is a critical component of patient care
Conduct a personal 360 size-up to evaluate how your behavior contributes to the success of the mission
In an effort to combat the nationwide volunteer shortage, 20 fire and EMS departments in three states are getting creative with tactics such as recruitment centers
The union is urging voters to reject proposals, one of which eliminates the requirement that firefighters be certified paramedics
Kenan Kearney was charged with insurance fraud and embezzlement after falsely presenting statements supporting insurance claims
The Owls Head Fire Department said they are so low on firefighters that sometimes they don’t have anyone to respond to calls
Researchers studied the experiences of 30 female firefighters, and a majority of the women said they faced a double standard
The union blasted the city for using what it called an anti-public safety law firm with a financial incentive to drag out negotiations
A witness said he saw firefighters pull an “intoxicated” man from the crashed vehicle, but police said the crew told them no one had been inside when they arrived
Manhattan Beach Police Department Chief Derrick Abell will be acting chief of the fire department for a couple of months until a permanent chief is found
Terrence Skeen’s lawyers claim the firefighter was “suspended incorrectly” after he allegedly called an African-American man the N-word and spit on the man’s grandson
Plain Township Trustee Scott Haws is frustrated because nearly 200 village property owners are not paying a fire-protection property tax
Cloud-based, passive firefighter accountability systems help incident commanders track personnel movements throughout the incident response
The Mattoon Fire Department will now be able to hire more firefighters after a judge said the city broke a contract by cutting down on their employees
The family of Joe Battista, who died after choking at an institution, called FDNY’s refusal to grant him 9/11-related disability an “outrage”
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