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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The Charlotte SouthPark fire report highlights improvements in several areas, including the hiring of more inspectors and enhanced firefighter survival training
How to minimize scheduling strains and mission misalignment between the department’s shift-workers and administrative workforce
Bill Gault accused deputy mayor for public safety of trying ‘to score cheap political and public image points’
The possibilities for recruitment are endless for fire departments
A rural emergency incident requires the timely response of rescuers, response equipment and transport vehicles
IamResponding.com is a Web-based platform for managing everything to do with volunteer or on-call emergency response agencies
Children playing with lighter likely started blaze, station 1/5 mile away shuttered due to budget cuts
Fire chief not responsible for putting names in database
Acting fire chief is also CFO of hydroponics company that targets medical marijuana market
Department has faced recent complaints that it has failed to meet national standards of responding to calls within 5 minutes
Those who rallied against proposal said they didn’t feel new station should be placed in residential neighborhood
Shelby Township Fire Chief Gene Shepherd, 56, was diagnosed with clear-cell sarcoma last year, plans to retire in Dec.
Chief says plan to use former public works building for fire station could slow response times, be costly to renovate
The department doesn’t have its own repeater system; it doesn’t even have voice mail
Fire department saved for 6 years to build debt-free fire station
Chief Robert Rocha has secured funding for 30 new firefighter jobs, brought together chiefs association, worked to solve contract dispute
Chief tried to fire 26-year veteran for consuming alcohol after meeting and before returning to work at station
Virginia Beach Chief Mike Barakey rushed to scene of Navy jet crash
$70K worth of shirts sit boxed partly over a flap about which logo is embroidered on them
But some board members concerned over already-low pay
Allowed firefighters to use bottles despite being aware that they were overdue for inspection
Remembered as tough, hardworking, dedicated
After Hurricane Katrina the volunteer department was left with only a pick up truck and small pump
Impact of fire department cuts and cause of 87-year-old woman still pending
The $2.2M project will begin in July and add more than 50 percent more area
Relief for citizens, city had shouldered entire cost of fire service
Nonemergency calls that may not warrant a response can generate a great deal of bad publicity
Animal service official says treed cats are not usually an emergency
The current volunteer fire chief would likely be demoted to captain or assistant chief
Chief formerly said he could support moving station’s crew to more centralized location
To stay healthy, firefighters must rehab more than their bodies; they need to rehab the mind and spirit
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