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.
Effective recruitment will look different for each agency, but the basics are the same and critical to get right
Leaders underscore the importance of organizational mindsets like mission-driven culture and personal traits like humility, among several other critical factors
Firefighters from New Kensington’s four companies trained on operations inside a mid-rise apartment building
Embracing or tolerating prejudice undermines one of the fire service’s primary missions: helping others through compassion
Investigators believe that the academy’s oil/water separator did not correctly filter the jet fuel used for the exercise from the reclaimed water
The firefighter on the outs is a rookie, who was told he’d be losing his job just shy of his one-year anniversary with Bethany Fire on Jan. 7
Airport-based responders will undergo a 40-hour course on dealing with plane disasters in the aftermath of the Asiana crash response that killed a survivor
A separate panel said the fire department needs to begin hiring more firefighters
Two fire and rescue stations were also set to close due to budget cuts, but the grant will keep them open as well
The money represents a portion of the proceeds from the film; the money will go toward buying much-needed gear for firefighters
Bernard Shore pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of official misconduct; he will never be certified as an EMT in New York again
Firefighter Robert Semashko was driving drunk when he struck a 14-year-old girl with his vehicle and then continued driving without stopping to see if she was OK
Police say the man asked for donations for the charity of the Association of Firefighters and Paramedics and stole money from innocent victims
A cold-water bath could have lowered his internal body temperature to prevent the brain swelling that caused his death
Firefighter Dr. David Griffin reveals how lessons learned from the deadly 2007 Sofa Super Store Fire led to changes that other departments can benefit from
Depending on an upcoming IRS ruling, the law could saddle volunteer fire departments with “unbearable financial burdens”
The chief deactivated his Facebook account immediately after; he submitted his resignation Tuesday
Police said she was upset with the quality of the performance of the fire department; she was told several times to stay out of the active fire area
The 19-year-old set as many as 30 fires over the past year; he was sentenced to 10 years in prison
Items like facility improvement and maintenance can be a harder sell than fire trucks, but are obviously as important
Only five of the 26 ladder trucks have passed, but some remain on the street
Firefighters face a greater risk of cancer, and gene therapy has the potential to reduce death and suffering
The firefighter has returned to work after he was arrested and charged with assaulting his adult daughter’s boyfriend with a tiki torch
Improving the fire and EMS profession may seem an impossible dream, but nothing worth achieving is easy
Fire commanders at the Asiana Airline crash had never taken aircraft disaster training; it is not required by FAA
The rapper graduated, but was barred from the ceremony and placed on extended probation
Police say the 14-year firefighter/paramedic stole painkillers from the fire station two separate times in mid-September and early October
A power outage disabled the doors and part of the mechanism to manually open them broke
Investigators say that he conducted fire inspections at various businesses and asked for checks made payable to him
Councilmember Tommy Wells says he’s not convinced the department has a handle on its personnel problems
The contract would require random drug testing similar to what’s in place for police; testing positive for an illegal substance would result in firing
He was charged with secretly using a photographic device to gratify sexual desire
The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health says foresters put pastureland above firefighter safety