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.
Understanding shift culture and respecting it can go a long way in navigating the first responder lifestyle
Identify the neighborhood to maximize impact, assemble your team, and get into the community
An Alabama recruit school is under investigation after video emerges of a staged EMS response in a bathroom
Lorenzen replaces Roper, a 32-year veteran who was chief for the past 15 years
Washoe County’s new fire department is expected to be fully operational by July, ending decade-long contract with Reno
Isolation and the hierarchy of power can leave officers vulnerable
By counting the number of firefighter suicides, Dill hopes to educate and prevent
None of 3 fire vehicles damaged can be used to respond to fires until they are repaired; chief worries about longer response times
The hiring was done amid controversy over scene leadership and salary costs
Empty for 10 years, city is looking to force owners to secure the property
Chief Cummings says L.A. needs 89 more stations to meet standard on response times
Mayor takes steps to help rejuvenate embattled LAFD
After completing 2 5-year terms, beginning six months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, Columbus Chief Ned Pettus Jr. is retiring
Chief Donald Hindman Jr. had a blood alcohol content of .253, more than triple the legal limit
Department stopped releasing some info. about incidents such as fires or accidents, including types of injuries or basic victim info
Part of a plan to save money, ensure availability for high-priority calls
States city looking for cheap labor, not part of his job description
This role will oversee efforts to strengthen and enhance its recruitment, diversity, equal employment opportunity programs
Police said Firefighter Juan Flores Jr. was seen punching man on ground
Firefighter refused to install a radio in a pickup truck after being told twice by his supervisors
Commissioners say the service was needed because of increasing medical emergency calls, fewer available volunteer firefighters during critical times of the day to man ambulances, and slower response times
Declining tax revenue has at least two Wash fire departments looking at creating a taxing district
Malta Ridge Volunteer Fire Company, Round Lake Hose Company announced that they have agreed to consider sharing site
3 other firefighters led class-action lawsuit contending city did nothing to address cheating allegation
Rate fire chief quoted is more than double what supervisors were told last year in preliminary talks
New audit shows widespread abuse of sick time within department as well as shift trades by firefighters
Hemet Firefighters Association argued that Chief Joe Morris was not qualified to be chief
If ex-firefighter Donald Munn wins his case, he could seek some $400,000 in disability payments upon retirement
Currently, department is 89 percent Caucasian, 6 percent Hispanic, and 3 percent black
San Antonio Fire Department took a hard look at its actions during last year’s ‘career fire’
Fire chief says central location crucial to dept. restructuring plan
Judge says city had the power to prevent or remedy the situation, but did not