Three years into the What Firefighters Want project, surveying firefighters across the United States and Canada, one issue continues to emerge as a pain point: poor agency leadership.
FireRescue1’s 2024 state-of-the-industry survey revealed some alarming statistics related to fire department leadership:
- 76% of respondents reported concerns about their fire department leadership
- 49% indicated that poor agency leadership has a high impact on retention
- 33% have considered leaving their department because of the fire chief
Chief Marc Bashoor offers a sneak peek at a handful of the survey stats.
Download the special report here, and check out more from the What Firefighters Want project here.
Thank you to ImageTrend for sponsoring the project.
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