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.
Empowered firefighters, visionary leaders and a shared mission define high-performing departments
Jefferson firefighters who quit in protest after new leadership took over were reinstated following a heated council meeting that also led to the city administrator’s resignation
Understand how experience, education and humility combine to shape leaders who crews want to follow
Officials said no ambulances were available due to an influx of calls around the same time as the toddler’s drowning
Fire department board president Jeff Stivenson said Vernon Township VFD was reorganizing to “better protect the community”
The legislation increases the cost of living benefits by 3% for spouses of fallen firefighters and police officers
In a campaign ad, Jackson Hinkle posted photos of him wearing Orange County Fire Authority gear and posing in front of a fire truck
Poorly trained or fearful leaders can nurture a culture of panic and dysfunction
Much work has been done to embrace a more diverse workforce, but are we open to differing opinions?
The City of Orlando is arguing the decision was “explicitly based on a misunderstanding” of criminal charges filed against Joshua Granada
Scott Orr speaks with Jack Kline about his recent op-ed about how to reverse the volunteer firefighting staffing shortage trend
Ollice “Chuck” Hubbard, 59, is charged with one felony count of embezzlement of the Ann Arbor Police and Fire Benefit Fund
Joshua Granada will receive back pay, with the exception of 240 hours, which was ruled the appropriate punishment under the city’s collective bargaining agreement
The move marks the latest development in the increasingly fraught relationship between Chief Sam Peña and the department’s rank-and-file
The bill would have reduced the Fort Wayne Fire Department fire chief’s authority in promotion decisions and given discipline power to the Fire Merit Commission
The 35-page agreement sets the daily staffing goal of no fewer than 14 firefighters assigned to duty each day
Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 542 to create a rebuttable presumption that a worker’s mental health struggles are an occupational injury
The Fire Pension Fund argued that Joe Daly’s cancers were caused by chronic alcohol drinking
The proposed legislation would ensure retired first responders between the ages of 50 and 65 would be eligible for Medicare
A medical panel determined that while fire likely began the cancer process, there was no “definitive certainty” that it caused the firefighter’s death
Uhrichsville fire officials presented a report with two options to the city council detailing the costs and benefits of fire-based EMS services
The hiring grants pay for 75% of the salaries and benefits for new hires for the first two years and 35% in the third year
iDELP fellow Chief Debbie Sommer talks about her experience in this new IAFC program
Five steps to developing these skills so you can be an architect of evolution
Since the county went from four 911 centers to one, costs have increased, staff have unionized and technology is blamed for dispatch delays
Good policies support a fire department culture of trust, and a culture of trust supports successful execution of a fireground strategy
Jersey City Fire Chief Steve McGill said it’s the first time in department history that three grants were awarded in the same year
New Haven firefighters will first see a 1% increase retroactive in fiscal 2019 and 2% retroactive for fiscal 2020 under a new contract
Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel’s efforts to align how fire and EMS responses are measured includes “pot of meat” fires, dispatch time
Study examines why there are so few women in positions of leadership in the fire service, as compared to women in law enforcement and the military
The highly contagious condition causes severe itching and rash outbreaks due to mites burrowing under the skin
The former mayor dropped the FD’s ambulance service amid the city’s financial distress and cut the department’s minimum staffing levels to six members per shift
The Bon Fire Company has officially reopened, and officials agreed to reshape its leadership board, institute sensitivity training and revise its bylaws
