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.
Back in service, Durham’s Rescue 1 speeds up rescues and boosts firefighter pride and recruitment
Under a new agreement with IAFF Local 366, Grand Rapids union firefighters will receive phased pay increases, reduced weekly hours and enhanced retirement benefits
Assemblyman Phil Ramos accuses East Brentwood Fire Chief Bryant Figueroa of storming into his office following tensions over ICE’s use of a firehouse parking lot
Industry expert Jim Lyons shares new features, safety advances and buying trends in the fire apparatus market
Lessons learned from wildfire response in Napa and Sonoma County helped set safe evacuation distances
The bill that would provide workers’ comp for first responders with PTSD passed the latest committee vote unanimously
Officials said the turnover rate for Horry County Fire Department is high due to firefighters and paramedics leaving for departments with better pay
Twenty-two South Tucson firefighters said they are walking out because the new plan of staffing three firefighters to an engine is unsafe
Twenty-year Mission Fire Department veteran Homer Salinas was denied because a research study claims firefighters are only at risk of three types of cancer
Allowing gossip to spread in the fire service creates an atmosphere of distrust
Vernon Township Volunteer Fire Department is being dispatched to medical incidents after nearly a year of inability to provide that service
Succession management for the new generations of firefighters as baby boomers retire
Court records show Roger Gilbert Jr. is a felon who completed a five- to 10-year sentence for “involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.”
If passed by a two-thirds majority of Cambria residents, the resulting tax would raise approximately $378,000 a year for the firefighters
Public safety budget limitations impact firefighter training, recruitment and retention
The lawyer provided no details about the nature of that conspiracy, but she did say her firm has given the county notice that it intends to sue
The fight came just one day after a rally at City Hall attended by roughly 200 people in support of the Professional Firefighters of Kokomo Local 396
Nicole Morris, 35, said she is struggling to endure 24-hour shifts as she nears the end of her pregnancy
Columbus Fire Department firefighters had to tough it out with space heaters in frigid temperatures after the boiler broke down
Officials said colleagues looked the other way while the firefighter repeatedly had sex with his girlfriend at the time, who filed a complaint
Host Chris Cebollero sits down with three veteran fire, EMS and police experts to better understand the communication issues and challenges facing responders
The California Public Utilities Commission held a special meeting Wednesday to look at ways the state can reduce the impacts of deadly wildfires
Three firefighters from Chihuahua, a Mexican city about 550 miles south of Albuquerque, are joining an Albuquerque Fire Department academy class
The millennial generation is immersed in technology, and can use their skills to achieve success in the modern-day fire service
In the span of six years, three children whose fathers work for the Honolulu Fire Department have been diagnosed with bone cancer
For fire departments considering outside assistance with recruitment campaigns, here are some valuable tips on how to find the right consultant
Reframing conclusions about fire-based EMS as theories invites investigation into proof, engages staff and results in real change
Officials will consider expanding to people who live within 15 miles of the station instead of the current limit of 10 miles
Brunswick Fire Chief Randy Mobley said the starting pay of $9.29 an hour is the primary factor behind the department’s perpetual revolving door
State Sen. Dan Laughlin said he is speaking with Department of Corrections Secretary John E. Wetzel about the “severe shortage” of volunteer firefighters
Division Chief Chris Hoch, accused by a female subordinate of sexual harassment and retaliation, was fired by Interim Chief Michael Mackey with a four-paragraph letter
Officials from New Carlisle, Olive Township and LaPorte County’s Hudson Township are considering whether to form a territory that would be led by full-time staff
The court found that Jon Sprague’s First Amendment rights were violated when he was fired for using work email to send messages to a Christian firefighter group
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