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Leading a combination fire department is one of the greatest challenges a fire chief can face. To successfully lead this type of organization, fire chiefs and other leaders must recognize the unique difficulties inherent in combination systems and overcome them by drawing from the lessons learned by chiefs who have faced similar challenges. To address this need, Jones and Bartlett Publishers have released A Leadership Guide for Combination Fire Departments, a compilation of best practices and lessons learned through experience. It is designed to provide chief and officer level personnel with the tools necessary to lead today’s combination service department.

 

Written by Fred C. Windisch and Fred C. Crosby of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and with a Foreword by National Volunteer Fire Council Chairman Philip C. Stittleburg, this guide provides advice on how to recognize a need to shift to a combination department, how to make the change, and how to manage a combination department.

 

“The rate of change in the fire service is unprecedented,” said Stittleburg. “Today’s chief must be alert to the factors that signal the need for a change in the organizational structure of the fire department entrusted to his or her leadership. This book is an excellent resource for the fire chief challenged by ever-increasing demands for service and a rapidly evolving mission.”

 

Order a copy of A Leadership Guide for Combination Fire Departments at www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733810/.