The Fire Chief’s Toolbox
$63.45
This is not another book about how to put the wet stuff on the red stuff.
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 will provide readers with:
- 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
As a future or current chief of any fire department, you will:
- Benefit from the practical, straightforward and common sense advice
- Discover the thought processes needed to meet the challenges that face every chief
- Gain insight that will help your family cope with the stresses your job as fire chief will bring to their lives
