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.
Botetourt County will pay volunteer firefighters $5 to $20 per call, with additional bonuses to support and grow its volunteer force
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If one more fire truck breaks, the city will be forced to respond to fires with pickup trucks
Firefighters said the city is improperly calculating their overtime pay and they now want to recoup their losses for the past three years
Officials said an underage female junior firefighter performed CPR on a patient that later died
Intermediate providers would receive $3,000 more per year and paramedics would receive $6,000 more per year
The most crucial part is to ensure the rigs you have or are requesting are matched to the threats facing the community
Chief Brian Schmitt was under fire for not meeting the town’s firefighting certification requirements
The system is set to become insolvent within 10 years unless lawmakers agree to major changes
The incident command structure and coordination with multiple hospitals saved lives
A sense of entitlement and diminishing leadership are putting the fire service on life support
The department has half as many ambulances, which are busy most of the day, as they do fire trucks
Officials said they would look to contract with another agency to handle emergency services in the one-square-mile city
The brownouts began a year ago as a measure taken by the city to cap overtime
Volunteer fire crews would have basic training but wouldn’t have specialized training, which could be provided through mutual aid
Newly appointed Fire Chief Will Pryor said he will replace the firefighters if they do not return to duty immediately
Officials called the city’s older database a clumsy, incomplete repository of city properties
Language and culture can greatly impede a department’s efforts to resolve and prevent emergencies, but there are ways to overcome it
Whether you are a new leader or one looking to improve, this baker’s dozen of top traits will set you on the right course
The too-easily offended can become the enemy of correcting genuinely offensive behavior
The initial 1979 order stemmed from a complaint against the departments’ hiring practices, citing discrimination against minorities and women
The video was produced by Fire Chief Garret Olson and depicts employees jokingly refer to “hot” and “shirtless” firefighters
There are 35 volunteers today, down from 145 five years ago and 220 in 2010
Prosecutors recommended a sentence of two years’ probation, an unspecified amount of fines and restitution and community service
While not specifically seeking to eliminate or reduce grant funding, the president’s budget is not specific enough to rule out either
Seven firefighter and police officer widows have been waiting for at least a year for their share of benefits under the Line of Duty Compensation Act
Officials did not specify the reasons behind the move; it remains to be seen who will succeed Chief Matt Graves
There are right ways and wrong ways for firefighters to pitch their great ideas to officers
Mike Rawlings plans to testify about his opposition to the long-in-the-works bill
The sudden distancing between the department and the dive team is rooted in a lawsuit filed this week
Firefighter turnout gear is under constant attack by materials that undermine its integrity and shorten its life; here’s a look at how gear storage can fend off that assault
Chief Steven Gillespie was driving a truck that struck a guardrail, which caused damage to the road and another car
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