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.
Fire service leaders must shift their recruitment and retention strategies
From showing appreciation to explaining the “why,” there are several ways to help minimize attrition rates at your department
All of these questions would be asked as “What would you do if ... " questions
Fire officials say department’s budget is $3.5 million short of being able to provide minimum staffing levels
Benson previously served as battalion chief with the Elgin Fire Department in his 30-year career in fire service.
The closure helped fire officials meet $1.3 million in cuts
The increasing dependency on mutual aid in cash-strapped towns is becoming a national trend
Camden last month laid off 67 firefighters as part of massive budget cuts
The 13-year veteran is now in a treatment facility
Mayor Frank Edwards was a former Springfield fire chief
Philadelphia firefighters union President Bill Gault says the city’s firefighters are already stretched too thin
The $811,800 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will fund three firefighter positions for two years
The initials, which appear in the traditional firefighting symbol, the Maltese Cross, appear to have a “dual meaning,” the chief said
Vehicles will have wireless Internet access, saving more than $5K
On anniversary of each LODD, dispatch radio announcement is read, describing the incident and deceased firefighter
County reviewing possibility of adjusting firefighters’ pension payments with firefighters’ retirement program
Critics call fire codes, which require a sprinkler system for ‘nightclubs,’ vague
Probe showed they drank alcohol at firehouse and reported for duty while drunk during January ice storm
Meanwhile, the department is under the rotating command of its seven senior battalion chiefs
Loss of 6 city firefighters in 1999, Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire influences recruits to join department
St. Paul Fire Department calls in Metro Critical Incident Stress Management Team for debriefings after “critical incidents”
Former Southern Manatee Fire District Chief Foster Gover resigned late last year under pressure after a series of gaffes
Off-duty U.S. Forest Service fire captain died riding his motorcycle
The cuts also impact several surrounding local fire companies
The firefighters were searching for people in need of rescue and ventilating the house when they sent out mayday calls
Closing Fire Station No. 3 in Chillicothe could result in a four-minute delay in responses to the area
About 140 firefighters of different ranks will see their combined salary, paid time off and benefits reduced
Volunteer fire companies are confronting a critical shortage of members
City of Redlands to purchase 7 cardiac monitors and defibrillators to replace fire department’s 5-10 year-old equipment
Department is planning to add a new ladder truck to its fleet by the end of the year but needs the public’s help to fund
Firefighters resign over unressolved safety issues
Instead city of Kimball approved a bid that cost about $9,000 more
$35K program hopes to help communications, incident command