Promotion
The promotion topic covers all things related to moving up the ladder in your firefighting career, transitioning to fire officer and becoming a leader in your department. Brush up on what you’ll need to pass your next promotion exam, understand your role as a company officer, prepare for the new responsibilities and realities of a chief position and learn to foster growth and leadership skills in your members that will make them successful as they rise up the ranks.
Lawsuit
New Haven Lt. Samod Rankins alleges discrimination based on race and disability
Among a sea of strong candidates, how does an aspiring company or chief officer stand out?
Leadership
Coming to terms with what changes – and why – through the course of promotions and increased responsibilities
Fire Chief
Alexandria Fire Chief Corey A. Smedley was promoted on Monday after serving as acting fire chief for six months
Valuing firefighters with a “worker” mentality – not simply degrees and test scores – is key to the long-term success of the fire service
The bill would have reduced the Fort Wayne Fire Department fire chief’s authority in promotion decisions and given discipline power to the Fire Merit Commission
Judge Gallagher ruled that city officials must conduct “competitive examinations and make promotions within the fire department”
Leadership
A former IAFC president interviews the incoming president about his goals for the organization and hopes for the fire service
Seven tips for newly promoted chiefs looking to be successful in their new role
Thirty city firefighters became lieutenants Wednesday in a promotion ceremony presided over by Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro
IAFF Local 198 filed a lawsuit over unfair promotion and compensation practices by managing officials in Atlantic City
Fire Chief
Michael Patterson has served 24 years on the Swansea Fire Department, including being named lieutenant in 2003
After more than three years of testing, re-testing and appeals, several lieutenants’ positions at the East Hartford fire department will finally be filled
Cedar Falls Fire Local 1366 president Scott Dix said the union will legally challenge the move of four public safety officers to full-time positions at the department
Lawrence Best, a 30-year fire veteran, said his goal is to “continue to provide the level of service” the community requires
Angelina Tirado said she hopes “to continue moving up” in the Clifton Fire Department
The City of Buffalo will pay a total of $1.2 million to a dozen white firefighters who claimed they were passed over for promotion because of their race
The promotion comes two years after Joseph Fontaine was put in a medically induced coma after suffering cyanide poisoning while battling a fire
A ruling deemed that the New Orleans Fire Department promoted firefighters to captain even though they ranked lower than many other eligible candidates
Union president Daniel Daugherty said he plans to file an improper labor practice against the city after they suggested abolishing a battalion chief position
They claim results of an annual captain’s exam were tainted when a battalion chief gave confidential test information to two firefighters
The law firm was accused of improperly obtaining evidence for former Battalion Chief Sean DeCrane’s lawsuit that claims he was overlooked for promotion
Officials said that Fire Superintendent Timothy McConnell promoted lower-ranked black firefighters before higher-ranked white ones
The Lee’s Summit Fire Department promoted Capt. Ben Hicks while he was 7,500 miles away serving in Qatar with the Missouri National Guard
Voters authorized reorganization and the added funding that had been agreed upon between the town and firefighters union
Firefighter salaries and benefits vary by location and rank.
Union officials criticized the department over the way it handled the promotion of 40 firefighters to the rank of captain
Charles Turner II argued the commission violated tiebreaker rules when he applied for the promotion in June
Whether you are the rejected candidate or rejecting the candidate, how you behave next will set the tone for future success
Conn. man receives promotion to deputy fire marshal
Career and volunteer firefighters allege that the promotion process is fixed to favor preferred candidates, some with little experience
Fire Chief
So you want to be a fire officer? Here are the four key roles you will need to play
They claim there’s still racism within the department and that it won’t change unless Commissioner Jose Santiago leaves
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