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Improving Training Program Management in Small Departments

Small fire departments often struggle when it comes to managing training. There’s never enough time, enough resources. Getting assigned to coordinate training can seem like a punishment. Chief Devon Wells shares his view on why training is “the best job in the fire service”—and some ways it can be made easier for small departments.
(Wednesday, April 24, 2013) read
Tags: budgets, company officer, Devon Wells, FDIC, FDIC 2013, International Society of Fire Service Instructors, ISFSI, records management, shift training, small departments, Training, training officer, Funding and Budgets
Funding and Budgets
Building Financial Support for Volunteer Fire Protection

Volunteer firefighters may work for free, but the service they deliver to the community is not. Chief Matt Tobia explains why it’s incumbent on fire service leaders to work with elected officials to help them ensure funding for essential services regardless of who is operating the hoseline.
(Saturday, March 30, 2013) read
Tags: career, funding, pay status, professionalism, volunteer, volunteer fire service, Management and Leadership
Firefighter Safety
Response Options for One-Firefighter Staffing

Nozzlehead offers advice to a reader whose fire district staffs only one firefighter/EMT, leading to dangerous conditions at fire and EMS scenes.
(Saturday, March 16, 2013) read
Tags: automatic aid, mutual aid, Recruitment, staffing, understaffing, volunteer, volunteer fire department, Funding and Budgets
Management And Leadership
A Five-Part Methodology for Evaluating a Fire Agency

There are many ways to evaluate how a fire agency is performing, but sometimes you need a quick, easy-to-perform assessment—such as when you’re trying to decide whether to take a job with a new department. Chief Marc Revere shares his five-part methodology for quickly assessing a department’s performance.
(Sunday, March 3, 2013) read
Tags: accreditation, budget, community outreach, finances, mission, operations, performance evaluation, professional development, report card, strategic plan, succession planning, values, vision, Funding and Budgets
Fire Prevention and Education
The Company Officer as Loss-Prevention Officer

Company officers and firefighters often dread commercial fire code inspections, regarding them as boring and outside their core role. But as Chief Matt Tobia points out, when company officers serve as community loss-prevention officers, they help ensure the long-term survival of the fire department.
(Sunday, January 27, 2013) read
Tags: code inspection, company officer, fire code, fire prevention, loss prevention, loss-prevention officer, Funding and Budgets

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