Do you have a burning fire service problem?
Let Billy Goldfeder help solve it.
Staffing? Tactics? Operations? Command? Personnel? Leadership (both good and bad)? Career frustrations? Department changing? Department NOT changing? Serious or not so serious, Deputy Chief Goldfeder offers his no-holds-barred advice in the What’s YOUR Problem? video series.
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Remember, the firefighters don’t own the apparatus, so it probably comes down to whether labor and management have a good relationship
Recent discussions around “Fire Country” bring to light a bigger issue with firefighter behavior, on screen and off
This setup provides a good sense of who is ultimately responsible
There’s a lot to unpack when it comes to whether the fire service will eventually embrace electric apparatus
They’ve been getting a free service for a long time
Relieving a chief but allowing them to continue to be a firefighter is only going to create problems
My personal journey managing the prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery process
First, make sure you’re not using terms like “brotherhood” and “sisterhood” if you don’t treat potential members that way
First make sure you’re not feeding into gossip, then elevate to a superior
It’s hard to make change when everyone at the department has the same last name
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