How long does it take crews to swap first-out apparatus into a spare when repairs or regular vehicle maintenance is needed? For Gwinnett, it would take an hour for and engine and maybe an hour and a half for a ladder truck. But now, thanks in part to a newer 20,000-square-foot, 10-bay, drive-through Apparatus Management Building, trucks have a very little down time and are returned to service often in less than 20 minutes....
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In my experience leadership in fire departments are scared to initiate true succession planning as they feel threatened by the knowledge being imparted to the future leaders.
By SSWilliams on May 15, 2012