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 IAFC Career Fire Chief of the Year details some of the innovative programs at the Colorado Springs Fire Department
Survey respondents shared positive outlooks on the top chief
The Justice Department found Blacks disproportionately failed Durham’s firefighter test, blocking interviews, though the test wasn’t job-related
The chief offered to take a 5 percent pay cut to off set budget woes, but was denied by the fire district board
The new station would allow the police department to expand into the existing fire station
Fire crews in both U.S. and Canada prepare for possible daring rescue
Man alleges discrimination after executive meeting concerning his sexuality, comments he’d made about firefighters at party
To lead effectively is to communicate effectively, long before a situation goes critical
Chief Karen E. Brack will take over department in middle of accreditation process
Four volunteer fire departments sued the county over administrative layoffs after the last ambulance-fee proposal
The brigade is using the fee to reduce nonemergency calls and off-set a $48M budget cut
The fire station replaces one built in 1963 and should last 50 years
Questions of racism probed; firefighter denies allegations
Volunteer fire departments need a clear and guiding mission to serve their communities now and tomorrow
Candidates give their take on how they would run the department
Without the grant, budget cuts and union concessions could have the station open in 2013
The area is considering two plans if voters fail to approve the tax, both involve closing stations and laying off firefighters
Commissioner: ‘A lot of the issues we are dealing with in the Fire Department are similar to those we had with the police’
Received hundreds of thousands in snowplowing contracts; city rules prohibit such deals
The city council approved the $13 per mile fee, but fee won’t help close operating losses from uninsured users
Small tissue was said to be for training a cadaver dog
In past 6 years, only 5 black men, 4 white women have been included in academy’s 119 graduates
Following a massive downtown fire, the fire department will inspect 600 buildings and request changes to the fire code
Government officials are told they are ‘playing with people’s lives’
Police: Coroner allegedly gave human remains to Chief Vincent Salerno, 50, for ‘noncriminal use’
After a fire destroyed his 130-year-old building, its owner made a huge monetary donation to show his gratitude
Response time for basic life support calls have increased 1 minute 18 seconds on average
Judge immediately sentenced him to life in prison
Knoxville Fire Department maintaining watch on 9-acre site that burned for nearly 1 week before firefighters gained control
Coastside Fire Protection District directors spend part most meetings on resurrecting stand-alone department
An effective fire department leader must keep fact and conjecture separate when dealing with firefighters
The proposed rule change would remove the requirement that the fire chief is part of civil service
Plan would allow vacant buildings to burn if they’re more than 50% ablaze