New Chiefs and Officers

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This group is for new chiefs of all levels to communicate and share thier knowledge and ideas. This group is also a place for officers aspiring to be chiefs to learn from those that already do the job.

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Latest Activity: Mar 18, 2018

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Firefighter Forum, Rescue & EMS Discussion

How to motivate?

Started by Kevin Schulz Dec 31, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

It does not make a difference how many bugles you wear on the collar of your shirt, the issues of motivating your co-workers and subordinates always comes into play. So my questions has two parts;…Continue

Motivation as a new officer.

Started by Kevin Schulz Oct 10, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

How as a new officer or acting officer do you motivate your firefighters to do the right thing. What do you do to motivate others in your department?

The first week

Started by Kevin Schulz. Last reply by GARY WHITE Jul 30, 2011. 3 Replies 1 Like

I would like to talk about the first shift or the first few weeks after a promotion. It is a strange place to be in, you were just peers with somebody and now you are a superior to them or you were…Continue

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Comment by GARY WHITE on July 30, 2011 at 9:57am: RECENTLY PROMOTED TO PLATOON COMMANDER AND NOW IN CHARGE OF A SUB STATION,JUST SAYING HI TO ALL NEW PROMOTED OFFICERS MAY WE GROW FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
IN OUR NEW ROLES ,GOD BLESS YOU ALL

Comment by Kevin Schulz on July 30, 2011 at 2:21am: How do you as an officer (any level) or a senior firefighter deal with a problem employee? What steps do you take to counsel the employee before discipline. And at what point do you say enough is enough and start to document actions and liabilities? If your comfortable without releasing actual names please share with the group your stories of good and bad results. Thank you.