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.
Five factors explain why our current crop of firefighters and firefighter-EMTs never make the move to paramedic
A Delray Beach firefigher was terminated following a city investigation into the crash that injured 15 people, including firefighters and train passengers, and destroyed a fire truck
The Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award and George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award recognize decades of impact in leadership and fire service education
The department’s inability to meet state-required staffing levels during daytime hours has landed it on probation
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Chief Bradley Phillips resigned after months of questions about his leadership from residents, city leaders and within the fire division
The fire chief and other firefighters said they would not respond to anymore call-outs until the issue is resolved, leaving just two people to respond in the area
The firefighters allege Chief George Fernandez is responsible for the department deteriorating and a hostile work environment
Fire departments are easy targets for criticism; fire chiefs need to know how, when, why and if to respond
Accurate and complete fire-response data will influence local and national fire service support
Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr reflects on her historic rise to the top of IAFC, what she intends to do now and the state of the fire service
Fire officials said Chief James McLoughlin endangered firefighters under his command at a house fire in April
Town officials said it’s the second time the department has been investigated; volunteers say closing them down will increase response time
Investigation found the program mired in delays for more than a decade, despite millions of dollars spent on audits and efforts to hire legal help to speed processing claims
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On top of being short on funds, fire officials said people have vandalized the department’s fire trucks and taken fuel from them
Paramedics say the plan will dilute the care they provide and prevent promotions for those who don’t cross train
Commissioner Fred Forbes said they should outfit firefighters with body armor and guns in response to recent first responder shootings
The two military surplus trucks were free and carry 130 gallons of foam that will be used for airport and railroad emergencies
The fire department is currently working with leaky fire trucks, worn out equipment and broken radios
Chief Brian Fennessy, a 38-year fire service veteran, will take over for Javier Mainar, who is set to retire in November
They come off as village idiots, screaming and raging at firefighters; in reality they are simply ignorant … of what we do
The firefighter, a lieutenant with 20 years on the job, used the N-word on the page of an anti-immigrant group
One firefighter claimed the seatbelt alarms were too loud and threatened to go to the media; that rig was sent to a different station and another firefighter suspended
Fire officials said they were the only department that required its firefighters to work two 10-hour days followed by two 14-hour nights
A “Save Des Moines Fire Department” website includes a video and a black-and-white photo series of firefighters criticizing current leadership
The union has criticized the chief for policy changes cited in a NIOSH report after the deaths of two firefighters
Atlanta Fire and Rescue resignations have doubled in the last two years with 20 leaving in FY2014 and 43 in FY2015
A firefighter drowned last year in eight feet of water; records show that crews who responded to his drowning did not have any water rescue training
Three firefighters told investigators they wanted the intoxicated man out of the sun, away from alcohol and traffic and out of the public eye
Twenty-five firefighters, including the chief, quit over a dispute about how their department and another handles emergency responses
The fire lieutenant got into a fight with a captain, who filed the incident report after the physical and verbal altercation
They are on leave after granting request of woman’s husband and power of attorney to halt resuscitation
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