In the fire department, we promote successful firefighters into leadership positions. Typically, we give our new officer the leadership responsibility of the office, but not the tools/training to ...

Firefighters' lack of familiarity with tools and equipment on their rig and inadequate training are at least partially the fault of company officers who spend an inordinate amount of time in their ...

Justin Bailey explains ways that volunteer fire departments can make sure that future officers don't feel as though they weren't prepared to take on their new responsibilities. One thing that’s ...