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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The key is to remember the “buddy to boss” boundaries and focus on the job, not the friendships
If some people are all in and others can only give the bare minimum, then it’s time to review your organization’s structure and consider a new system
Chief Goldfeder explains how to set the expectations among the crew to enhance scene safety
Goldfeder offers advice to a reader who sued the FD over an issue with overtime and is now facing the cold shoulder from fellow firefighters
It’s important to get newer members who are so connected to their smartphones to engage in some of the more physically demanding aspects of the job
Chief Goldfeder advises a reader who wants to use the EAP system but worries about confidentiality
A reader states: “We can’t even get our members to wear their PPE, SCBA or even seatbelts? I see pictures online of guys in jeans with coats wide open.”
It’s a serious issue, so why are so many fire service leaders looking the other way?
An important question from a member who’s been tasked with improving training at their department
Chief Goldfeder takes on the issue of “Dirty Helmet Syndrome” and how much firefighters should be concerned with cleaning their gear
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