Fire Administration, Randy R. Bruegman, Jeffery Lindsey, 2008

Organized into 12 chapters with helpful appendices to assist Fire Science Management and Leadership in focusing on key issues for success in today's fire services. Author provides important information and helpful tips and feedback from industry leaders to provide practicing officials and management candidates alike with successful strategies and insight.

As an introductory level text for the Fire Administration course, this text offers a balance of intormation to enable success as a Company Officer, Battalion Commander, Deputy Chief, or Chief Executive Officer. The career development model of the National Fire Academy, and the model curriculum of the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) group--industry leaders in fire service education and training--served as a basis for this important text.

With experience in a variety of positions and associations, Chief Bruegman brings a real world focus as this text covers principles of leadership and management, including support elements such as budget and personnel management, team building, and managing change.

Evaluations of personal leadership style and importance of the individual in helping to shape the fire service of the future make this a great training tool for leaders and adminstrators.

Real world experience combined with strategies, information and tools in this progressive work will result in improved firefighter performance and professionalism.

Features include:

  • Written to FESHE Guidelines and Outcomes for the Fire Administration and Career Development Model
  • Case Studies present challenging scenariios which enhance learning
  • Provides information and concepts to help in the development of a personal game plan for success
  • Team Building
  • Key Terms defined in margins throughout
  • Chapter Objectives
  • End of Chapter Review Questions
  • Personal Experience from Leaders in the Field offer a rich perspective on vital issues and valuable lesssons
  • References

    8" x 10 1/4", 716 pages, B&W photos & illustrations, hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-13-172084-8, BF3150 / $57.33

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