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“Chief Scott Thompson combines his decades of experience and years of observation with today’s leadership skills and provides a path for the successful fire department to follow. The Functional Fire Company will take you step by step from being an ordinary fire department to one that defines excellence.” —Rick Lasky, Fire Chief (ret.)

Table of Contents
  • The Colony project
  • Don't neglect the culture
  • Sizing up fire department organizations for change and culture modification
  • Fire service success: The basics
  • Positioning the fire company for success and survival
  • Effective supervision
  • Courageous leadership
  • Training essentials
  • Training basics
  • Being safe and managing risks: The functional fire company way
  • The seven pillars of smart firefighting
  • Coaching the functional fire company

    The Functional Fire Company: Positioning Small

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        Publisher PennWell Books
        Published 30 January 2019
        ISBN-13 9781593704551
        978-1593704551
        ISBN-10 1593704550
        Also in:
        Fire services Fire protection and safety

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        “Chief Scott Thompson combines his decades of experience and years of observation with today’s leadership skills and provides a path for the successful fire department to follow. The Functional Fire Company will take you step by step from being an ordinary fire department to one that defines excellence.” —Rick Lasky, Fire Chief (ret.)

        Table of Contents
        • The Colony project
        • Don't neglect the culture
        • Sizing up fire department organizations for change and culture modification
        • Fire service success: The basics
        • Positioning the fire company for success and survival
        • Effective supervision
        • Courageous leadership
        • Training essentials
        • Training basics
        • Being safe and managing risks: The functional fire company way
        • The seven pillars of smart firefighting
        • Coaching the functional fire company

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