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.
Spokane Fire Department Chief Julie O’Berg said cutting the 2024 class saved approximately $750K
Bloomington Deputy Chief Carl Reeb said requiring applicants to have the state-issued paramedic license was one of the biggest recruitment barriers
Richland’s new fire station includes dedicated office space for police officers
Even with the passage of decades, our most tragic fires still hold lessons that can keep present-day firefighters safe
The money will bring firefighters back to work and reopen stations
The judge found the officers and firefighters acted justly when they stood onshore as a suicidal man succumbed to hypothermia in the San Francisco Bay
Fire chief says the city needs to ditch its part-time orientation and hire full-time firefighters
The average homeowner will pay about $8 more in tax that will generate $4.5 million
The lesson from potential terrorist plots being thwarted is for fire departments to review their procedures and level of readiness
Claims of forgery and ill-will have started as the firefighters try to establish their own department
Whether it is to relieve the stress of the job or simply the tedium, pranks and jokes are a time-honored tradition in the fire service
Both of the apparatus being retired are more than 20 years old
The new Pierce replaces a 1990 rig
This marks the third fire department in the county to come under investigation
One firefighter received a DWI and the other bought alcohol while in uniform
A court found that the four lieutenants in question were denied due process
Responders say the importance of a school’s function and protection are vital to understand
After a series of reports, officials say they will be probing Detroit’s situation
The county commissioner said that the department had questionable accounting problems
In what seems to be a nationwide trend, the dept. is on the lookout for more manpower
For firefighters, situational awareness extends beyond the fireground and into the public sphere
With the seeming rash of theft from volunteer fire departments, one expert shares insight on preventing and reacting to thefts
The firefighter plead guilty to stealing money from his dept. to pay for personal items
Some officials are recommending that the firefighter be terminated
Investigators say the dept. failed to follow-up on safety concerns with the affected businesses’ sprinkler system and code violations
Firefighters may be looking at another round of restructuring retirement benefits
He worries that after the grant runs out, the city won’t be able to afford the new employees that were hired
Investigators believe the thieves may have wanted quick money and sold the private vehicles to the scrap yard
The bill would allow firefighters to unionize if a majority of the department approves it, but it faces a tough fight from union opponents
The firefighter in question has agreed to settle for $30,000
The grant will allow for the hiring of 30 firefighters
The audit uncovered $5.2 million in undesignated surplus
New dispatch system will send information to tablet computers in rigs