Friday, May 16, 2008
Testing central
By Darryl J. Haefner, Fire Science Coordinator, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
A collaborative approach to firefighter applicant testing can save your department both time and money, while eliminating the repetition that can deter recruits....
Duty debate marches on
Vincent Brannigan
Two elements of negligence have relevance to fire departments considering government liability issues....
Don't divorce yourself from members' marital woes
Portia Rawles, Psy.D.
Learning to handle the dissolution of a firefighter’s marriage can help decrease poor job performance and other stressors....
Hands-on help
Janet Wilmoth
They studied the W. Edwards Demings, Tom Peters and Jack Welches; they learned management by objective and wondered who moved their cheese; and they tap-danced...
Two-prong test cuts to heart of workers' comp
Philip C. Stittleburg
An Oregon volunteer’s on-call injury was determined not to be compensable after a careful examination of circumstances....
Bridge the gap
Chief Gregory B. Cade, MIFireE, Virginia Beach (Va.) Fire Department
To get from where your department is now to where it needs to be in the future, a strategic plan is more than a management nicety — it’s an essential....
Brother vs. Brother
Michael J. Ward, MIFireE Fire, Science Program Head, Northern Virginia Community College
What happens when a union local disagrees with the actions of another local’s members? In this Maryland county, the issues faced by “two-hatters” are complex and divisive....
Equal-opportunity education
NFA Superintendent Denis Onieal tells how the academy has been hard at work making its programs accessible to all....
Today's fire chiefs must put in more than time
Mike Chiaramonte
Years of service aren’t enough to get to the top anymore. Now chiefs need leadership, public relations and people skills....
Watchdog group: Forest Service misplaced $215 million in firefighting funds
In a memo obtained from the Forest Service by Taxpayers for Common Sense, Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth disclosed to Forest Service region officials...
Forest Service names new fire plan coordinator
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth recently appointed Corbin Newman as the National Fire Plan Forest Service coordinator....
NASF president named
The National Association of State Foresters recently elected James L. Sledge, State Forester of Mississippi, as its new president. State Foresters voted...
10-Year plan to cut back wildfire risk ramps up
Paul Orbuch
WILDFIRE: What are some of the key issues the WGA wanted to address with this plan? PO: The governors were very concerned with making sure that states...
Welch named 2002 Stihl Forestry Hero
Rebecca Welch, a firefighter with the Naches Ranger District, Wenatchee National Forest in Washington State, has been named the 2002 Stihl National Forestry...
The art of backstabbing, and how to prevent it
Ronny J. Coleman
For centuries, even good leaders have had to worry about their people turning on them. What makes you think you’re any different?...
Are you a professional?
Mike Chiaramonte
Experience, competence, knowledge and mastery should be the indicators, not career or volunteer status....
Mission statement storyteller
Chief Thomas Aurnhammer, EFO Farmington (N.M.) Fire Department
Although blood, sweat and tears do not a community-friendly mission statement make, you wouldn’t know it from the amount of time we spend on them. Try the anecdotal approach instead....
Does CPAT make the grade?
Timothy Elliott, Correspondent
Shift change
Charles H. Rule
Over the years, the 24-hour duty schedule has been marketed as the most economical way to deliver fire and ems service, but is it really?Most fire departments...
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