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 Austin Firefighters Association is pushing for changes in staffing and additional resources to deal with stress after the deaths of fellow firefighters
‘You can’t pancake breakfast your way out of this': N.Y. rep. seeks delay of proposed OSHA standards
Congressman Nick Langworthy said the proposed standards will put many volunteer fire departments out of business
Part think tank and part policy incubator, the CPSE Center for Innovation will encompass five programs
Former Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Roger Ulshafer said commanders unnecessarily risked lives at a fire that killed two firefighters
Community Paramedicine will send paramedics to visit frequent 911 callers to assess why they call so often
Frequent users of the emergency department do not have higher rates of non-urgent visits than typical ER patients, according to American College of Emergency Physicians
The bill, if passed, would have required firefighters to get an extra 80 hours of training each year on construction codes
Selling your used fire apparatus doesn’t have to be complicated or frustrating; these tips will make the process smooth
Take these steps to keep your fire truck performing when Mother Nature turns ugly
The move from career to on-call will bump the response time from 5 minutes to 9 minutes
Firefighter Alisa McNeese is only one of four women out of the 220 firefighters in Trenton
After serving as acting fire chief for more than a year, the police chief will serve both rolls to save the city money
Capt. Jon Sprague had been disciplined several times for sending the religious emails
‘Financial mess,’ leaves county unable to fund fire department operations and with no long-term plan for fire coverage
Inmates helped build a replica of the Twin Towers
The Corinth Fire Dept. was badly unequipped with no running water and just a garage and dirt floor
Change is not easy, but possible if the right steps are taken and consistently implemented
Fire officials say that momentum will be difficult to maintain if budget cuts continue
This marks the first time the city has recruited veterans since WWII
Firefighters are working with schools to educate the public on fire safety and to support those with cancer
Two firefighters’ employee associations have reached agreements that could result in $1 million in savings
The memorial is adorned with a plaque that has 85 names of firefighters who have died in the line of duty
The fire department is also selling T-shirts that say “We care enough to wear pink,”
Fire chief wants to convert volunteer firefighters into reserves
Government officials say they have no money in the budget to repair the districts lone apparatus
Following a scathing report in March, the Scottish government wants to see what progress has been made
After the cost of a new central fire station grew to $5M over budget, the council rejected the plan
Firefighters competed to gather the most peanut butter to send to Haiti, gathering almost 700 pounds
The chief said with a lack of firefighters on duty, they had trouble responding to the blaze that consumed a church
Five students have desgined an 11,500 square foot fire station for the Sourdough Volunteer Fire Dept.
Police want to know if a fight between EMSA personnel and a patient caused death
Voters are on both sides of the fence of whether or not to support the levy that may cost some up $100,000
Prince George’s County Fire Dept. official Karl Granzow was charged for conspiring to commit extortion