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October 10, 2023
National organizations calling on Congress to ensure that vital fire service grant programs are reauthorized
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September 2018
Most fire departments are structured around a traditional model and leaders have a firm foundation to build on; this article focuses on continuous training, team spirit and influence.
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August 20, 2018
Many who become firefighters do so to help their communities and experience the excitement of fighting fires. But as firefighters move up the ranks, the required skill set changes from pulling hose or cutting open a roof to managing a business.
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August 20, 2018
Does your department have a policy that providers must be restrained when the ambulance is moving? If providers need to remove their restraints, is it policy for the ambulance to pull off the road and completely stop while treatment is rendered?
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August 2, 2018
This series has addressed the elements of a fire department’s planning approach. This third entry in the series briefly introduces the concepts of tactical/operational planning and financial planning.
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August 2, 2018
The exodus of senior leaders and their experience creates a critical need to prepare the upcoming generation to lead. Although succession planning is challenging, the reward is an agency prepared to meet its mission with confidence and competence.
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July 16, 2018
Do you know what standards of cover and cooperative-efforts planning are and how to use them to improve the effectiveness of your planning initiatives?
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July 16, 2018
It's said we should leave an organization better than we found it. How can we do that if we don’t seek out a next generation of members who come in the door prepared to take the organization to that next level? Or if we don't nurture that in them?
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June 28, 2018
Few departments have successfully implemented a succession-management program, so to have the greatest success in promotions and job performance, aspiring chiefs and officers must know how to reverse-engineer succession management.
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June 28, 2018
What’s the common denominator between obtaining coaching credentials and working for our fire service professional credentials? What value do these provide?
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June 28, 2018
Leaders look for talented personnel with traits that cause them to serve others in a way that garners trust and respect. But what do they do when members want to choose who and how they'll serve?
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July 7, 2023
Provide feedback to assist with updating the US&R Strategic Plan.
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June 30, 2023
Reported Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.
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June 22, 2023
Today legislation was passed to protect the AFG and SAFER programs
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