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.
Too many people are still dying in home fires despite the widespread availability of modern smoke alarms, plus their advanced features
CAL FIRE Local 2881 members started two years ago to get away from the current 72-hour schedule
Hurricane Helene is expected to bring storm conditions as far inland as Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana when it makes
Voters choose whether to fund new equipment, budgets for volunteer units
Hamilton police Chief Neil Ferdelman’s grandfather was firefighter from 1925 to 1958
Investigation is under way into claims on-duty firefighter, hospital staffer had sex inside ambulance parked outside Kent hospital
Firefighters contended that Buffalo illegally allowed 2 promotional lists to expire because minority firefighters had fared poorly on civil service exams
Most big cities use firefighter staffing standard that would be violated if it adopts proposed fire department cuts
Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe suspended department spokesman Lon Walls with pay to allow tensions within department to ‘cool off’
‘Our fire department is meticulous in its safety procedures, but what OSHA is requesting could endanger our citizens, their property and our firefighters’
‘Just witnessed a blatant display of racism and disrespect shown to an African American leader,’ Lon Walls wrote on Twitter
Spokesman said comments on social-media sites that described prior protest by firefighters against leadership were ‘racist’ in nature
Assistant Chief John McFarland joined EMS as an EMT in 1983; ‘He really viewed EMS as a lifeline for the people of NYC’
Melisa Jackson, 25, has raked in about $39,000 annually since death of Eutisha Rennix, on Dec. 9, 2009
$150 fee to be imposed on estimated 800,000 houses in 31 million-acre state responsibility area could prompt exodus that would shrink state’s jurisdiction
Union representatives say they are fed up with “politics as usual in San Bernardino”
David Christensen retired from his post Wednesday
Fire Marshal Kerry Barnett on administrative leave after allegations that he worked as contract fire safety inspector against policy
Chief Kyle Ienn grew ranks of Ralston volunteer firefighters to all-time high of 56 by end of 2011, was also expert on fireworks safety
Cop testified firefighter made post-arrest statements suggesting drug group had been keeping watch on drug task force headquarters
Capt. Patrick Martin asked IAFF to refrain ‘from providing volunteer firefighting services to the Borough of Chambersburg’
Memo also bans inaccurate info or comments that could hurt department, asks firefighters to state that they are expressing their own opinions, not department’s
Last month’s directive banned firefighters from displaying any material declaring opinions on engines or ladder company property
Firefighter David Middleton received Firefighter of the Year honors from local department, charged with theft of property valued at more than $1,000
According to new Facebook policy, firefighters cannot use their cell phones when they are working emergency call
Improvement seen in most categories of fire calls; rare technical rescues, hazmat situations fall short of goal
When video sparked internal investigation, Capt. Stephanie Burke said she was denied access to lawyer, did not ‘guide’ another firefighter’s response to questioning
Chief Bob Roper cited relationships with neighboring fire departments, new technology that allowed closest resources to respond as core achievement
Fairfax County, with a population of more than 1 million residents, has averaged more than 7 fire deaths annually from 2000 to 2010
Code designed to be behavior guide addressing ‘isolated ethical lapses by firefighters’ to maintain highest standards of professionalism
Marietta Fire Department is looking for man pretending to be city fire inspector who is charging local businesses for fire inspections
Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe is attempting to install new schedule that has done little more than infuriate firefighters
Fire chief reorganized how emergency medical services trucks operate from city’s firehouses rather than find more money in budget