Sometimes the travails of the job can foster and "us-vs.-them" mentality between firefighters and civilians. Mike Morse on embracing the public we are sworn to protect.
Tim Doran uses his fire department’s own experience with a political setback to inform readers of how to best handle opposition to a presumably bulletproof plan.
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Is our department properly budgeting the salary of our shift personnel? Mark Wallace looks at another tough question fire officers might face from the community.
Mark Wallace asks, Why does the fire department have such high overtime costs and why do they exceed the amount allocated for overtime in the fire department’s approved budget?
Mark Wallace asks: What are you going to do when a firefighter tests positive for marijuana in a world of legal, recreation, and medical marijuana use?
Every residence in your community should be equipped with a properly operating fire alarm. The tough part of this question is how to make that happen, writes Mark Wallace.
Mark Wallace writes, If our fire prevention efforts are properly funded, continued, and effectively applied, we can positively impact—but never achieve—100-percent success at fire prevention within our communities.