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.
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An Alabama recruit school is under investigation after video emerges of a staged EMS response in a bathroom
A Decatur Fire & Rescue recruit school training video shows recruits facing a simulated injured patient inside a bathroom stall
A firefighter entered a burning home alone accompanied only by cross-trained public safety officers
Seattle’s oldest living firefighter helped the department open its new station
Holland, Mich. officials got it right when they abandoned plans to merge departments
The firefighter was the only one on duty because of budget cuts
The firefighters used the life squad to take nurses from their firehouse to a Christmas party
The lay-offs come as a FEMA grant is about to expire in May
After four-years of intense study, the report has found that cross-training firefighters and police officers won’t end the city’s financial problems
Officials say that from now on the initial dispatch on any call about a possible natural gas leak will include a battalion chief and a fire truck equipped with equipment to monitor gas levels in the air
Orr to unions and vendors: ‘Don’t make me go to the bankruptcy court. You won’t enjoy it’
Capt. Jon Sprague repeatedly sent religious emails from his work account despite being told to discontinue
It can be difficult to make civilians understand the difficulties fire and EMS responders face; a well-conceived video is one option
The firefighter was allegedly driving drunk
Reflected lights and the truck’s blind spot contributed to a firefighter accidentally killing a pedestrian on a nonemergency run
Authorities are offering a $25,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the arsonist
Just because the crew has decades on the department doesn’t make them above being led; in fact, it’s quite the opposite
The firefighters are paid 21 percent less than those in other cities and say they deserve higher wages
Donald Mize, 62, was training to be a volunteer League City Firefighter when he collapsed during an exercise at the department’s training facility
Largo Fire Chief Mike Wallace has been under internal investigation regarding his leadership and trustworthiness
The department is hoping this video will bring attention to the troubles they and firefighters around the nation are facing
Dr. Glenn Asaeda is a 15-year veteran of the FDNY
Despite criticism about response time and equipment reliability, the department vows to keep responding
Good deeds offered to residents elevate firefighters from serving their communities to being part of them
The fight over who gets paid and who doesn’t is not one the volunteer fire service can afford to have
Effective leaders need to possess all six levels of power, but some are more important than others
The photo of the good deed has now gone viral
Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe said the absence of an ambulance illustrated that the department was at a ‘tipping point’
Arrests have been made but no charges filed yet as the investigation continues
Smoke from the chimney will announce that a pope has been selected
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into legislation that employers provide escape plans for firefighters who risk entrapment in structures taller than one story
The patient was suffering from a stroke and the nearest ambulance was 7 miles away