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.
Apparatus positioning, simple equipment and a “get in, get out” mindset are essential to scene safety
It’s important that first responders don’t take their public image for granted; prove your commitment to public service every day
The consulting firm hired to study fire services in Butte and Silver Bow County claimed it “had never worked in a community where it was so controversial”
The city board is holding public discussions to get citizens’ input on fireworks regulation
NH Mayor Ted Gatsas vetoed the measure, supporters coming up one vote short to override the veto
A local veterinary hospital donated 33 oxygen masks to the Murrieta Fire Dept.
With violence on the rise and budget cuts continuing to hit public safety, whether to carry guns is a debate likely to heat up
The study raises concerns on time-consuming scripted questions dispatchers must ask before giving CPR instructions
The firefighters were hired to work at festival to provide fire protection services
A former firefighter’s post about a child’s mother led to his resignation and the suspension of three others
Jenine Gollogy has collected $370,000 in disability since January 2006
The firefighter has drawn nearly half a million dollars in disability pay while working another full-time job
The layoff notices were the first ever for the 103-year-old fire department
Firefighter Jeff Bouley was spotted by a witness swerving and hitting a mailbox
The postponement came after officials realized the zoning bylaws did not spell out minimum requirements
Chief among the debate is whether guns would make EMTs and firefighters safer or create more problems
Spotsylvania County’s fire and rescue volunteers would receive pre-membership and random drug and alcohol tests, according to a proposed policy
The Pinellas County Commission hopeful says firefighters took advantage of Sept. 11
Captain Randy Woodward was cited for allowing a volunteer firefighter drive a city-owned truck to fight a blaze
The $1 million boat is a great lesson in the importance of separating need from want when it’s time to apply for grants
Commissioner says that reducing firefighting efforts is not an option
Chief Roger Bloom was caught selling alcohol to an underage law enforcement decoy
A cross-training program is preparing police and firefighters to work together
It is critical that the fire service regain the respect and admiration it had following 9/11
The 25-year firefighting veteran has 13 years on the Huntley Fire Department
As hard to believe as this concept is, one wonders what will come next with no end in sight to city financial woes
Why do we still have providers who don’t know that you should not take and share pictures of dead bodies from calls?
The trophy, which looks like testicles, was found to breach workplace harassment policies
The task force will be trained to identify homes with potential hoarding-related hazards
Reflections on the effects that fateful day had then and now on the fire service
With the improved score, insurance costs for fire insurance owners should drop
It may take an extra minute for firefighters to respond calls despite $70,000 investment into new system
Salaries will freeze and minimum staffing will end, but there can be no layoffs before 2017