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.
ARP funding has allowed Lowell officials to purchase new fire apparatus and equipment
N.Y. fire officials said the proposed standards are costly and could affect recruitment and response times.
Clay City Fire Department officials placed a firefighter on leave after a photo showed him wearing an FD T-shirt while riding outside of a car
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
City officials have proposed a $3.4 million project to consolidate 2 fire stations that are around 60 years old
Newark officials recently opted to end a century-old operation and merge with the Alameda County Fire Department
Any vacancies due to illnesses, injuries or vacations will instead result in the loss of a fire engine for the day in Montebello
Monrovia bought the breathing equipment in 2009 along with 25 other departments in LA County; union said straps, PASS system had problems
The Fire Services Liaison Group report points to differing standards for training and readiness for British Columbia’s 350 fire-rescue services
Fire departments in nearby towns threatened to charge Weare fees unless the town came up with a solution
Proponents of consolidation say a fuller merger would save taxpayers more money by reducing duplicate positions
State law says that part-time township employees without health and pension benefits aren’t supposed to work more than 1,500 hours a year
An audience was told to ask themselves, ''If what I am about to do appears on the front page of the National Post, would I be proud or embarrassed?’
The partnership is said to be the first of its kind in the state
Lack of discipline and mentoring hurt departments, according to surveyed firefighters
Chief Thomas Carr said he didn’t want his medical problems to distract from the progress the Fire Department was making
Jeff LeDuc has been selected to fill a new full-time chief’s position
At heart is the question of whether a merger would negatively affect the city’s budget
Successful business organizations are consistently looking at current and future success
The fire department would take over car extrications, hazardous material situations, and confined space rescues
The Chambersburg Borough Council approved two ordinances that put bilingualism stipulations into fire department hiring policies
A judge had recommended he be allowed to leave the job on his own in order to preserve a $33,000-a-year pension
The department, with 15 volunteers, is focused on expanding its inventory of equipment used in fire response
Fire Chief Dan Hart said that of the 30 on-call firefighters, about 10 to 12 were ‘doing all the work’
The chief says that of the department’s 30 on-call members, 10 to 12 do ‘all the work’
Mayor Annise Parker is unhappy with the way an investigation into graffiti targeting firefighters was conducted
A board of supervisors voted unanimously to consolidate Millersville, West Lancaster, Washington Boro and Highville companies
Volunteers at the Syosset firehouse are joining the department at an older age
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