Rick Lasky and John Salka

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Rick Lasky and John Salka are two of the most dynamic and inspirational leaders in the fire service. Their book, Five Alarm Leadership, is a compilation of leadership lessons learned, situations handled, decisions made, and problems solved during their combined 60-plus years of fire service experience.

Also included is a special introduction by Chief (ret.) Bobby Halton, Editor-in-Chief of Fire Engineering magazine, outlining the nature of transformational leadership and its power to inspire excellence in the fire service.

Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction by Bobby Halton
• Defining leadership
• Brotherhood
• Managers enforce rules, leaders promote values
• Supervision
• Think of a great leader
• Getting things done
• Integrity
• Initiative
• Innovation
• Insight
• Interest
• Inspiration
• Intensity
• Information
• What kind of leader are you?
• It’s your time to lead
• Index
• About the authors