The Fire Chief's Toolbox presents a clear view of the personal and professional issues affecting a new fire chief and offers tools to address the issues successfully.

The Fire Chief's Toolbox provides:

• Realistic insight into the knowledge, skills and abilities that every fire chief must have to succeed
• Guidelines for long-term career preparation
• An understanding of the job search and selection process
• A fundamental plan for assuming command
• An understanding of the importance of the chief’s role as a politician, educator, salesperson and marketer to assure career success
• Guidance for spouses and families of those who seek to become The Chief A reminder that the primary job of every fire chief is the safety of his or her personnel

Contents

1. Credentials, Philosophy, and Assumptions
2. Career Preparation
3. Fire Chief Position Available
4. The Job Search
5. Researching Position Openings
6. Application and Selection
7. The Job Offer
8. Assuming Command
9. The Policy Makers
10. Human Resources and Labor Relations
11. Politics
12. Standards of Response Coverage
13. Outsourcing
14. Why Can't We Run Government Like a Business
15. Budgets and Service Delivery
16. Purchasing
17. Ethics
18. View from the Fire Chief's Office
19. General Management Tools
20. Tools for Improvement
21. Beyond Suppression
22. Fire Chief: Lessons Learned Climbing the Ladder Review
23. Tools for Your Family and Your Personal Values
24. Epilogues: The Golden Rule

Index

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