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  • On the Road Again for the 2013 FIRE Act Roadtrip
    On the Road Again for the 2013 FIRE Act Roadtrip

    Let me start by saying that my son-in-law made it to a Bob Dylan concert back in September.  We discussed the man's music and the lyrics of a number of his songs.  I spoke of one of my favorite lines from his work which tells us that, "… the times...

    Article • September 15th, 2012

  • Riding the Right-Front Seat: Making Decisions

    One critical element in your preparation to be an effective incident commander comes from the world of management, where you must be able to weigh facts, evaluate circumstances and make effective decisions. This column provides the means for you to...

    Article • September 1st, 2012

  • FIRE CHIEF WILLIAM W. BRYSON
    FIRE CHIEF WILLIAM W. BRYSON

    William "Shorty" Bryson discusses the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) and its challenges.

    Article • September 1st, 2012

  • Santa Claus and the Freehold Fire Department

    As I travel the streets of the borough I often mutter a prayer of thanks for the blessing I have received from the borough and all of my buddies in the fire department and the first aid squad.

    Article • August 9th, 2012

  • Know Your Crew, Part 1: We're Not All the Same

    When you lead people based on the assumption that your crew members have the same basic personality style, you will assume they all embrace some of the same values and they are all driven by the same thing. That would be an inaccurate assumption...

    Article • August 1st, 2012

  • FIRE CHIEF ERIC C. TADE Denver, CO, Fire Department
    FIRE CHIEF ERIC C. TADE Denver, CO, Fire Department

    Firehouse: The City of Denver doesn’t have a significant wildland/urban interface (W/UI), but how have the recent Colorado wildfires affected the department? Tade: The Denver Fire Department maintains a significant-size wildland team, which...

    Article • August 1st, 2012

  • Count Your Blessings!
    Count Your Blessings!

    I recently had an opportunity to visit a friend who works at a career fire station (no, not Memphis, where I work now, and not St. Louis, where I used to work). While I was at this fire station, my friend introduced me to a firefighter who is his good...

    Article • August 1st, 2012

  • The Story of One Man's Mission Trip

    From my first major speaking assignment in 1979 through my journey to the Wisconsin Fire Chief's Conference in June of 2012 the feelings of accomplishment which I have enjoyed have made my efforts all the more meaningful to me.

    Article • July 30th, 2012

  • Creating Consistency For Higher Performance

    I was conducting multi-agency leadership training on the East Coast. As we discussed the importance of consistency in leadership, one fire captain shared his frustration with a common problem with most fire department management teams: a lack of...

    Article • July 23rd, 2012

  • Marketing Your Fire Department
    Marketing Your Fire Department

    In his 1980 book titled Managing in Turbulent Times, management consultant Peter Drucker wrote, “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” It’s still true today. If the American...

    Article • July 11th, 2012

  • 20 Tough Questions For the Fire Chief: Are You Prepared To Answer Them? Question 3
    20 Tough Questions For the Fire Chief: Are You Prepared To Answer Them? Question 3

    A successful response to this question can be reviewed as having three distinct parts: staffing, response time and resources (i.e., apparatus). Resources, in the form of apparatus required to get the staff to the emergency in a timely fashion, has...

    Article • July 1st, 2012

  • FIRE CHIEF MIKE MYERS Las Vegas, NV, Fire & Rescue Department
    FIRE CHIEF MIKE MYERS Las Vegas, NV, Fire & Rescue Department

    MIKE MYERS was sworn in as chief of the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department on Jan. 19, 2011. He commands 18 fire stations and more than 650 employees, who provide fire suppression, emergency medical services, hazardous materials incidents, bomb squad...

    Article • July 1st, 2012

  • Riding the Right-Front Seat: What It Takes to Succeed
    Riding the Right-Front Seat: What It Takes to Succeed

    Whether you occupy the right-front seat on a full-time basis or you are just filling in, you are expected to do certain things and make certain decisions. Leadership skills are necessary because you are working to accomplish goals through other people...

    Article • July 1st, 2012

  • Speak Up: The Unique Role of the Fire Service Public Information Officer
    Speak Up: The Unique Role of the Fire Service Public Information Officer

    As a past chief of a sizeable volunteer fire company and a public information officer (PIO) for the preceding 27 years, I greatly appreciated your April and May issues, which brought much-needed attention to the largely overlooked and undervalued...

    Article • July 1st, 2012

  • The Public Sector Versus the Private Sector: The New Civil War

    More than 150 years ago our nation was ravaged by the battle between the North and the South. Ceremonies commemorating the American Civil War are being planned in many parts of our nation. This is good and proper. We need to look back, pause, and...

    Article • June 27th, 2012

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