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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.

What you do, how you act and the relationships you build now matter down the road, so get out of your comfort zone, put in the work and enjoy the ride
LEADERSHIP IN FOCUS
While not deadly, this disease can sideline a firefighter’s promising career
Training, good leadership, mentoring, and yes, pranks all contribute to creating the best possible firefighters, but hazing has no place in the fire service
Once something is taught, it takes practice to get from understanding to mastery, and that’s where well-constructed drills come into play
To fully end hazing requires a strong push from the top down and the bottom up within a fire department
In-person communication can be a logistics nightmare, but there are times it is the only way for a chief to get important messages to the entire department
A sense of entitlement and diminishing leadership are putting the fire service on life support
Language and culture can greatly impede a department’s efforts to resolve and prevent emergencies, but there are ways to overcome it
Whether you are a new leader or one looking to improve, this baker’s dozen of top traits will set you on the right course
There are right ways and wrong ways for firefighters to pitch their great ideas to officers
Solvable, and often preventable, administrative problems can trip up fire chiefs, even if their intentions are right