After considerable analysis, and the review of 31 potential sites, a modern combined public-safety facility was the solution than won over Holden’s practical and cost-conscious voters.
FIRE CHIEF Associate Publisher Janet Wilmoth speaks with Bob Costello, chief of the Buckeye (Ariz.) Fire Department, about his department's recently opened Fire Station No. 703.
FIRE CHIEF Editor Glenn Bischoff speaks with Bttn. Chief Anthony Kastros about how to use position task books, officer academies, and mentoring to develop successful future chief officers.
For seven weeks, the drill tower at Fire Station No. 40 in Terminal Island comes alive as sirens wail and red emergency lights flash.The drill ground is the site of the Pacific Coast Fire Academy, where several dozen Los Angeles high-school students recently finished a training program to prepare them for careers in the fire service.
Senior Editor Mary Rose speaks with Dennis Compton about the need for fire-service leaders to keep their egos in check, tap into opinion leaders, encourage higher education, and let go of past mistakes.
Senior Editor Mary Rose Roberts speaks with Curt Varone, an attorney and retired deputy chief, about generational differences regardingi social-media use, and what liablity fire departments can face if they don't have social-media policies in place.
FIRE Chief Editor Glenn Bischoff spoke with Russell Herman, BullEx’s senior account executive, about some of the new technologies and capabilities that have been added to the company’s fire-prevention safety trailer.
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.
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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