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.
The uncertainty of complex problems requires flexibility when crafting responses
A mission statement explains the why, and a leader’s intent explains the how
Avoid three common errors – miscoding; inaccurate or omitted time recording; and incomplete, brief or poor narratives
Candidates are closely watched by an assessment center team and judged on how quick they think on their feet
A written warning said he dropped the ball on putting together a new training program
Crews are reportedly having to travel longer distances to reach blazes in unmanned areas
The Chico Fire Department is down seven firefighter positions and will only fill four of them
Fire Capt. James Huska said that department staffing played a role in the injuries and the house being a total loss
The photographic memorial for a fire station bombing was taken down following a complaint
Without funding, minimum staffing would be reduced from 19 firefighters to 18
The largely residential neighborhood was found to be best positioned to be served by other stations, according to models
The new city budget eliminates four firefighters, but maintains services with overtime
The results of the NIST study provide some excellent, scientific-method based analysis of two critical factors
Belmont officials to discuss future of fire department without San Carlos
Successive complaints had been filed against the chief by fire department employees
Many organizations over the years have discovered that just having a training program is not enough
Replacement firefighters have yet to be hired by the department
2 fire department employees had filed complaints about the Chichester volunteer fire chief
Fire commissioners agreed to exhaust a ‘rainy day’ fund before the city closes the joint department in 2011
Fire Chief Robert Leary expects staffing to drop from 93 to 89
The cuts aim to reduce a budget deficit of about $450,000
Fire Chief Brian Murphy said he would be forced to close fire stations or mothball trucks
Troy K. Gore was named acting chief of the department’s Fourth Battalion
The San Mateo Fire Department submitted a five-page proposal to provide fire services in San Carlos for $5.3 million a year
A union challenged the policy after a members was warned and suspended for lighting up while away from a fire station
San Mateo’s proposal says it would staff three-person engine companies at each of San Carlos’s two existing fire stations
Financially stuggling departments are seeing annual premiums increase by up to 99 percent
The East Contra Costa Fire District serves approximately 105,000 people over a 250-square-mile area
Stephanie Stephens died after paramedics refused to take her to the hospital in the first of two visits to her home after she experienced breathing problems
Preliminary results of a NIST study show larger response crews have faster response times
Chief Rob Brown was appointed chair of an IAFC task force on ecomony
The judge’s scolding stems from a 2007 lawsuit which claimed the entrance exam for the city Fire Academy was biased against blacks
Apparatus brown outs will be rotated through Montebello’s 3 fire stations