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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
If we forget to build a positive legacy throughout our career, then we will be forgotten before we are even gone
Continuing the mission of emergency services legends, leaders and champions
Chief Jerry Streich identifies the impact problem employees have on the organization and on collective department stress
The fire chief – and longtime strategic-thinker – urges firefighters to develop their 1-, 3- and 5-year game plans
Joining the National Firefighter Registry is a simple way you can help protect protect current and future firefighters
Presenters offer insights into critical topics impacting firefighters
Each call for service is unique; the only way you can thoroughly investigate every call you go to is to slow down
A message from the IAFC president, calling for a renewed commitment to these principles in our efforts to prevent and respond to fires
A national survey reveals EMS economic and operations redesigns that would have been considered heresy just years ago
Fires don’t stop at the city border, and hazmat spills don’t pool just outside the county line so it’s clear who should respond