Management in the Fire Service, Fourth Edition

Authors: Dr. Harry R. Carter and Erwin Rausch

Trust Management in the Fire Service for systematic guidance that helps you implement enhanced leadership and decision-making skills!

Loaded with thought-provoking managerial insights, the fourth edition of Management in the Fire Service is a current and future fire service leader's how-to guide for evaluating the critical decisions that impact a fire department's internal and external functions.

Straight-forward advice prepares you to make the right call when faced with challenges relating to:

• Fire prevention and code enforcement
• Pre-incident planning
• Personnel issues
• Financial resource management
• Emergency incident response

This edition also features:

• New chapter resources including learning objectives, key terms, and review questions and activities
• A correlation grid to the FESHE Fire Administration I course
• Expanded discussion on the application of management principles within volunteer and combination fire departments

(Hardbound, 332 pp., 2008)