Every fire department’s strategic plan should include a goal of fostering community partnerships. Candice McDonald offers some ways to establish these.
Dive into the topics you can't ignore - everything from the role of emerging technology to leadership and management insights for today's fire service.
Candice McDonald uses her extensive experience as a first responder to offer fire departments this look at what to do when encountering an incident involving an improvised explosive device.
This workshop is based on a three-year doctoral study on firefighter retention and offers participants research-based/proven strategies to reduce turnover and increase recruitment among all generations of volunteers.
The digital gaming crazy Pokémon Go is posing some issues for fire departments. But does it also present an opportunity for firefighters to engage their citizens? Candice McDonald shares some ideas.
I chose this topic for FDIC because I want to protect the integrity on which the fire service was founded. Receiving the e-mail that my course was selected for FDIC was truly a highlight of my fire service career.
The vast majority of the fire service is active in technology, but most members have not considered how to use this technology to increase communication and productivity within their organizations.