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.
Los Angeles and Los Angeles County fire chiefs said they do not have the staffing and are stretched to their maximum limits battling the devastating wildfires
The USFA’s new branch chief for wildfire policy urges listeners who consider themselves to be “structure fire only” to adjust their mindset – and their tactics
Fire Chief Kristin Crowley wrote in a Dec. 4 memo that “the reduction has severely limited the department’s capacity to respond to large-scale emergencies”
The city wants to go to a system that would pay the firefighters at most 33 percent of the sick hours they’ve accumulated
The department receives 25 percent of its funding from taxes, yet residents are slow to donate money needed to keep the department running
The city manager said he was most attracted by Chief McArthur’s experience and progressiveness
Chief Harold Isler begins Aug. 1, 20 days before the current chief retires
Firefighters have experienced medical problems that kept them off work this year, resulting in higher-than-normal overtime costs to cover for them
One firefighter spent a week on a cruise of the Mexican Riviera, submitting $1,322 in travel and training expenses to the city for reimbursement
Union leaders suspect Deputy Chief Chad Williamson was improperly texting with witnesses during an arbitration hearing in March
Boston firefighters had been without a contract for nearly three years, an issue Mayor Walsh vowed to fix while campaigning for mayor
Fire Chief Wayne Brown was a member of the firemen’s association until it disbanded in 2005 and was fire chief until he resigned in 2006
A panel said a reasonable jury could conclude that other firefighters were targeting Ronald Curtis’ shift “because it was predominantly African American”
Chief William Dent said his crews don’t have the means to put out such fires and training for them doesn’t “always make the highest priority”
Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White says wider streets make it easier for fire trucks to operate
The new law allows firefighters to “engage in a solicitation for charitable purposes that involves persons standing in a public roadway soliciting contributions from passing motorists” under certain conditions
Chief Brian Sanford is stepping down because of his battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease; he’s taking a new role as chief of staff for the office of public safety
The layoffs became necessary after the city lost a federal grant that was to fund 50 firefighters next year; city staff found enough money to retain 15 of those jobs
Firefighters and officers allege there’s a plan to oust older firefighters in an effort to reduce pay and pension
Nearly two dozen volunteer firefighters threatened to drop their equipment and quit if the board failed to approve new rules
Chief Tom Vineyard did not offer a reason for his departure or mention his future plans; several controversies have erupted since his reign at the department
Part of the intent is to improve familiarity and communication about ways to keep young people active and productive, with the overreaching goal to reduce street violence
Terms of the deal were not released, but mediators said it will “provide an economically feasible agreement for the city as it emerges from bankruptcy”
Fraud has the potential to destroy entire departments that can’t pay the mortgage
Integrated push-to-talk, NPSBN and multi-band radios soon will expand how fire and EMS can communicate on scene
Public-safety IT managers need to focus on publish-and-subscribe models for interoperable, public-safety networks
Firefighter Kessler was threatened during her 20-year career; the judge called the department’s working environment abusive
Lt. Rom Duckworth and Chief Rob Wylie bring expert perspective to hot topics, frontline tactics and leadership lessons that firefighters and officers need to be safe and successful
The city filed a stay of arbitration in an effort to get a court ruling that would prevent the union from taking the matter to a state arbitrator whose decision would be binding
Former Fire Chief Ryan Scharber, who pleaded guilty to setting 9 forest fires, says stress from his son’s illness was what motivated him to start the fires
Five firefighters will be suspended for three months without pay for violating a statue that forbids responders from being involved with political campaigns while in uniform or on-duty
Battalion Chief Mark Johnson’s footage showed a teen being run over by a fire truck
Figures show not just the department’s problems responding to 50,000 annual medical 911 calls but also its struggles in getting to all 77,000 emergency incidents throughout the city