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 Garfield Township Volunteer Fire Department’s firehouse was destroyed, leaving members to see if the apparatus is salvageable
To save $1M a year, the Folsom Fire Department will pull the engine at Station 38 and reassign crews, leaving an ambulance to operate from the station
How the various agency types differ across culture, budget and the mission to serve
Our personal motivations for joining the fire service offer a key insight about how to communicate the job to new members
As one fire chief said, “Perhaps we should advertise firefighter jobs as a paramedic job, and in small lettering add, ‘You go to an occasional fire’”
Last month, the president approved a disaster declaration for California, providing federal aid for the counties affected by the Dixie and River fires
The union says the starting salary for an EMT will be $39,385, still far less than their firefighter counterparts
Portland’s lengthy hold time is far above the national standard and the latest example of problems plaguing the city’s emergency dispatch system
Columbia’s frontline workers will get a $2,500 stipend, and all city workers who get the vaccine will receive a $500 bonus if they are vaccinated by Nov. 1
49 city employees who refused to respond are facing disciplinary action, including termination
In the past year, Polk County first responders have been asked to pick up 4,495 mandatory OT shifts, totaling 89,434 hours
Using funds allocated to Kern County from the American Rescue Plan Act, thousands of county workers now stand to receive $3,000 bonuses
Officials are using American Rescue Plan funds to pay a $250 vaccination incentive for full-time EMS employees
The South Bend Firefighter was suspended for five days without pay and ordered to complete anger management training
The chief shares his personal 9/11 story, plus the measures employed to reduce LODDs and the support systems that helped in the aftermath
The We Energies Foundation awarded $50,000 to 27 emergency response agencies across Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan through the Rewarding Responders Grant
Assistant Chief Kevin Bacon noted that the Byesville Volunteer Fire Department only had four members to respond to a recent structure fire
Thomas Swartz was fired for allegedly making judgmental comments regarding drug use to an 18-year-old and the patient’s mother
RFID allows agencies to eliminate inventory waste, gain insight into supply shortages and track all assets, even on vehicles
Police reform prompts further discussion of how fire and EMS should handle behavioral health crises
We must ask key questions to determine where we are going wrong in communicating firefighter job expectations
I can’t presume to know what’s in the heart of this vaccine resister, but each preventable firefighter, paramedic and cop COVID-19 death is heartbreaking to me
Ex-Providence Lt. Lori Franchina says she is in intensive outpatient psychiatric treatment and unable to work, putting her near poverty level
How to manage firehouse negativity and learn to redirect our own bad behavior
The U.S. is the first country to fully approve the shot, in a move that may pave the way for additional mandates
Think big and act small, time it right using “commitment devices,” and focus on positive reinforcement and social norms
Working with schools to develop a plan for initial protective actions during emergencies, like active shooter events
The vaccine requirement applies to salaried and volunteer responders in Skagit County fire districts
Chief Michael J. Lavoie: “I’m going to miss the job. It has been an honor and it has been extremely humbling to serve as fire chief.”
The Augusta Commission voted to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 and awarded bonuses of up to $2,500 to public safety personnel
Glynn County Fire Chief R.K. Jordan said the call volume is about 23 percent above normal so far in August, a month that has seen a rise locally, statewide and nationally in COVID-19 cases
Norwich Fire Fighters Local 892 filed a grievance challenging the city’s requirement that firefighters use personal accrued time off if they are exposed to the COVID-19 virus on the job
The bonuses, funded through the city’s $20.53 million City Hall allocation from the American Rescue Plan, will be paid at two different levels
