Five Alarm Leadership: Leadership Skills for Company Officers

Rick Lasky and John Salka

Recorded May 21, 2024 | Watch Now!

This particular program from the Five Alarm Leadership series is all about the issues and responsibilities that company officers handle every day. We all spend much more time managing firehouse issues and dealing with our firefighters than we do fighting fires. Shouldn’t we spend some time preparing for these tasks so our fire station environment is as successful as our fireground operations? Join Chiefs Rick Lasky and John Salka, who have spent decades in leadership roles on the fireground and in the firehouse kitchen as they discuss what it takes to be that great company officer.

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