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.
The Chippewa Falls Fire & EMS Department is back to full strength, thanks to strategic hiring efforts, a voter-approved referendum and new incentives aimed at attracting firefighter/EMTs
Due to rising inflation and long wait times for delivery, the Great Bend Fire Department may not have had enough funds to purchase a new ladder truck by 2027
Naperville’s CART started full-time service in January, responding to mental health crises and community paramedicine calls
Firefighter Justin Wilkinson says he was fired by his employer because he was late to work the day of a massive fire; his employer says otherwise
The firefighter is on probation after sending a Facebook message with sexual innuendo to a woman he treated during an emergency response in 2012
The addition of 14 new firefighters per shift, along with maintaining the current overtime budget, would allow the fire department to reduce the current number of brownouts
A Facebook photo of President Obama with a noose around his neck, and other offenses, got the captain fired
Dispatchers sent crews almost 15 minutes away to the wrong address and by the time it was all straightened out, they had an inferno on their hands
The Retired Firefighters Association contacted the city last year to report that the disabled firefighters did not receive the proper cost of living adjustment as required by law
Some departments will be asking their conscious patients if they have a concealed weapon
The union calls the demotions and bans from teaching at the academy excessive
“He just leaned up against the fire engine with his arms folded the entire time. I can’t get that image out of my head,” said Marie Mills, whose father died.
One defense attorney said it was cold out, they had just bought some beer and wanted a warm place to party
Baird replaces a chief who resigned after his command staff filed complaints about him creating a hostile work environment
The city hasn’t met the county’s 911 medical response time target for a single month since summer 2012
Neither side admitted fault but issued a statement expressing “utmost respect for each other and our respective missions” and that it was an “isolated incident”
The 3-0 vote to keep Chief Bradley ends weeks of speculation that he was on his way out
The department was short staffed and he was the only one left at the station; the chief asked him to drive the water tanker to help fight a fire
The firefighter and officer got in a dispute over where the fire engine should park while firefighters were responding to the crash
The parents claim the fire department was negligent by not providing an ambulance for the 14-year-old who died of a heart attack at a cross-country meet
If implemented, the cuts will reduce the number of paramedics on duty in the overnight hours
The chief may take legal action against the regional fire authority board
The pair were charged with obstruction of government administration after being warned about the toddler’s calls
The nine-member council is likely to favor the mayor seeking a $810,000 grant to help offset the cost of the new ladder truck
It was not immediately apparent whether the truck was stolen overnight or this morning from the lot at the garage
The arraignment of Ray Abou-Arab on arson and murder charges evoked a strong emotion among the Toledo Fire Department
In many cases, only 10 percent of all the money raised goes to help actual officers and firefighters hurt in the line of duty
The union wants an outside police agency to investigate Deputy Commissioner Joseph Tomizzi
Lt. Robert Neary and Daniel Sweeney were killed fighting a mill fire in 2012
Arson fires needlessly place firefighters in harm’s way; reducing arson will reduce line of duty deaths
Authorities said the two shot at a group of volunteer firefighters who were responding to a vehicle fire
Changes in pension formulas or medical benefits in retirement have caused those in the fire service to consider early retirement or face dramatic reductions in pensions and benefits
