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Moving into a leadership role can be an exhilarating and proud moment; it can also be a daunting one. No matter whether you’re paid or volunteer, working for a department large or small, all new leaders face similar career development opportunities and administrative challenges. To be a successful new leader, you will need to identify the support systems, processes and tools to maximize the opportunities and clear the hurdles.

FireRescue1’s Fire Leader Playbook is one such tool to increase your effectiveness as a new leader, helping enhance your leadership KSAs, develop trust among your crewmembers, and build your confidence. The Playbook offers a wealth of resources, as you grow into your position of authority and move beyond basic management and supervision skills to lead and inspire with integrity and passion.

LEADERSHIP IN FOCUS
The driver’s seat is not simply an apparatus assignment — it is a leadership position built on preparation, judgment and trust
Back to basics – sounding and walking on the roof, using roof ladders, working from an aerial, cutting the hole and punching through
We can’t all have FDNY-level staffing, but we must find staffing solutions to enhance fireground operations and survival
Fire service leaders must shift their recruitment and retention strategies
Twenty-five years later, empathy and teamwork say more than any ceremony
The strongest retention strategy is giving firefighters reasons to keep choosing your department
Lillian Bonsignore spent weeks working the pile; 25 years later, the area still triggers her brain to recall the smell “like it’s day one”
Former FDNY Commissioner Sal Cassano recounts the sweeping changes in training, command, communications and accountability that followed 9/11
Budget constraints, staffing, apparatus procurement, and the electric vehicle transition
The lasting lessons of 9/11 call for resilient departments, adaptable leaders and the ability to maintain operations when critical systems fail