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 Prospect Park fire chief apologized to the department and residents, saying he was sorry for putting the borough fire company in a negative light
The Aurora Fire Department’s new public website shares data about department operations
How to get the best bang for your buck, especially when tapping into personal funds for work items
The shift change would allow firefighters to work two days on, and four days off
The loss of six positions won’t mean layoffs but rather cuts in overtime pay
Every firefighter signed a pledge to always wear a seatbelt, in normal travel conditions and on emergency calls
Response times already slowed by an average of 32 seconds per call after closing one fire station and having 15 fewer firefighters
The next closest station is almost a mile away from the neighborhood, through several busy intersections
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