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A Leadership Guide for Combination Fire Departments

Author(s): International Association of Fire Chiefs
Fred C. Windisch
Fred C. Crosby
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763733810
  • ISBN-10:0763733814
  • Hardcover    244 pages      © 2008
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Overview

A must have for every combination fire department leader!

 

Leading a combination fire department is one of the greatest challenges one can face. To successfully lead this type of organization, fire chiefs and other leaders must recognize the unique difficulties inherent in combination systems, and overcome them by applying lessons learned from chiefs who have faced similar challenges. Authored by a team of seasoned fire service leaders, and modeled after the Chief Fire Officer's Desk Reference, A Leadership Guide for Combination Fire Departments is a compilation of best practices and lessons learned through experience. It is designed to provide chief- and officer-level personnel with the tools necessary to lead today’s combination service department.

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Chapter 1: Why a Combination System?

Chapter 2: The Search Begins

Chapter 3: Planning for Success

Chapter 4: The Importance of Mission

Chapter 5: The Role of Standards in a Combination System

Chapter 6: Training for the Combination Department

Chapter 7: Public Administration

Chapter 8: Human Resource Management

Chapter 9: Political Strategies

Chapter 10: Strategic Management of Change

Chapter 11: ISO Rating and its Effects

Chapter 12: It All Comes Down to Leadership

Chapter 13: The Value of Membership

 

Appendix A: Best Practice Models

 


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International Association of Fire Chiefs

Established in 1873, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is a powerful, professional membership organization of more than 12,600 chief fire and emergency officers. The mission of the IAFC is to provide leadership to career and volunteer chiefs, chief fire officers, and managers of emergency service organizations throughout the international community through vision, information, education, services, and representation to enhance their professionalism and capabilities. Members of the IAFC are the world’s leading experts in fire fighting, emergency medical services, terrorism response, hazardous materials spills, natural disasters, search and rescue, and public safety legislation.

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Fred C. Windisch

Fred Windisch serves as Fire Chief for the Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department in Houston, Texas. Chief Windisch is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program (EFOP) program and is a Chief Fire Officer Designate. He is an Emergency Medical Technician and holds various fire fighter and instructor certifications.

Fred C. Crosby

Chief Fred Crosby is a 30 year emergency services veteran that began his service as a volunteer EMS provider in 1976. Chief Crosby began his professional affiliation with emergency services as a firefighter for the Chesterfield County (VA) Fire Department in 1979. He served in almost every rank in his career until rising to Department Head in local government in 1989. Chief Crosby currently serves as the Chief of Hanover County (VA) Fire and EMS Department.

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