Fire Chief's Tool Box - Premium Firefighter Gear & Equipment for Emergency Response & Rescue Operations

Product Description

This is not another book about how to put the wet stuff on the red stuff. The Fire Chief's Tool Box 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 Tool Box 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.