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.
From “doing more with less” staff to poor leadership, members share the top industry issues that sour their career ambitions
Prioritizing DEI starts with mission alignment and leadership support
Manhattan Beach firefighters sue city officials for failing to fill vacant positions and requiring overtime shifts
The president of the Menlo Park Firefighters Association says said unless the offer improves, the union will not return to the bargaining table
Consultants say the training for captains is substandard and accountability in the department is poor at the Palo Alto Fire Department
Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson has proposed a budget that eliminates 10 fire positions
The elimination of the five positions, meant to help bridge a $1.2 million budget gap, exacerbated understaffing
The fire department is about $17,000 short, due to an increase in calls this year and other unforeseen expenses
In addition, three more stations will be converted to volunteer staffing only and six other stations will face reduced staffing
Department is spending an average of $21,000 per week to pay firefighters overtime
Fire station relies on 22 volunteers and fire truck can’t leave until 3 firefighters are on board, causing delay
County council members blocked pay raises for a few hundred firefighters
At what point do we alter being an interior FD when we are being forced to be pretty much an exterior FD?
Firefighter union ready to override veto of bill designed to give firefighters expanded workers’ compensation coverage
Some active members of the Orange County fire department live in Colorado, Utah, Texas, Illinois and Washington state
Two companies have posted unsanctioned tweets to alert local residents when the company is unable to respond to emergency calls
Marion County examined the model used in Broward County, which placed firefighting under the control of its Sheriff’s Office years ago
Reducing the department’s nine on-call firefighters could present challenges
The Fire and EMS Department overspent its overtime budget by nearly $9 million in fiscal 2008, $7.2 million in 2009 and $4 million this year
A flood of the retirements will take place just after the first of the year for both fire and police departments in Dayton
Hospital officials say fire station closures may be delaying treatment for heart attack victims
Fire district is taking steps to review allegations of improper use of district funds
Those of us who have dedicated our lives to preventing and extinguishing fires have a duty to stamp out firefighter arson, but how?
The changes extend the recruitment radius from one to two miles around Blasdell and lift a residential restriction
Several residents voiced concern during hearings that reductions to Fire Department staffing put the safety of residents at risk
The reorganization received cautious support from Jeff Caynon, president of the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Union
Townhall meeting tries to quell residents’ public safety worries
Fire dept. budget $646,000 in the red
Possibility of dissolution based on several factors
County deciding whether to merge the city and county fire departments, expand the county’s current fire service or consider a new city-and-county contract
Philadelphia closed seven fire companies in 2009 and now operates an alternating system of closures that takes three companies out of service at a time
Fire chief says closures will start on Nov. 21 unless new contract with city is approved
He became frustrated by a “deep-seated culture” and “destructive pride” that he says interfered with teaching modern tactics and standards