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Takes a hard look at the fire service and finds it short on the only element that makes it effective: passion. Chief Lasky gives an upfront and honest criticism about the need to reignite the love of the job on every level, from chiefs on down.

"Creating and Leading High-Performance Organizations" by Buddy Martinette is a compelling book that guides leaders in building and leading organizations that excel in performance. With his transformative leadership approach, Martinette shares his firsthand experience of transforming the culture of the Wilmington Fire Department, shifting it from a rule-driven and authoritarian organization to one driven by core values, empowerment, and trust. Throughout the book, readers will discover the building blocks necessary to cultivate a high-performance leadership culture within their own organizations. Martinette emphasizes the crucial interplay between personal and organizational aspects of leadership, illustrating how they work together to create an environment conducive to high performance. The concepts presented in the book are applicable to leaders at all levels, recognizing that effective leadership extends beyond the chief or CEO. By providing a framework that aligns goals and actions, "Creating and Leading High-Performance Organizations" enables leaders to drive their organizations toward exceptional performance. Readers will gain practical strategies, rooted in real-life experiences, that support the development of a high-performance organizational culture.

Mike Rubin's conversational style and self-deprecating humor appeal to healthcare providers and patients, educators and students, employers, and employees. Whether you're a rescuer or you aspire to be, you'll find entertainment, advice, and encouragement in Life Support.

Discusses organised common sense in the fire service. The book is designed to be effective as a manual to develop an individual fire department's strategic plan as well as a textbook for use in upper division college/university courses or as a text for post-graduate courses.

The core principles of structural firefighting are fire behaviour, building construction, strategy, tactics, safety and training. In this volume, ach core principle is examined with relevant on-the-job stories to bring lessons home.

Firefighter, medic and author Michael Morse bares his soul with first-person accounts from a 25-year career vividly defining the first responder's vital role as a medical professional.

Covers old and new concepts in hose evolutions and fire stream productions. The book discusses how to measure water flow for fire suppression; how to develop pump discharge pressures; and new concepts of moving big water and the improved methods of moving big water on the fireground.

Covers Introduction to hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction; hazmat laws and regulations; managing hazmat/WMD incidents; safety considerations; awareness response to hazardous materials; recognition and identification; operations response to hazardous materials; types of ppe; and medical monitoring.

Covers all the skills outlined in the 2019 update for Firefighter I&II with instructional images and easy-to-follow guidelines. The book takes you step-by-step through more than 360 skills. Learn from the wisdom and experience of more than 40 accomplished fire service professionals from around the United States.

Discusses how to prevent traumatic structural firefighter fatalities. Firefighter disorientation can be defined as "the loss of direction due to the lack of vision in a structure fire". To combat this problem, William Mora outlines a multipronged approach to effectively address the components that contribute to disorientation and structural firefighter fatalities.

Addresses the triad of communication, safety, and control, but also reflects the evolution of the emergency care industry since the arrival of the millennium: computers and cellphones, social media, active shooters, and much, much more. This book offers emergency providers methods for managing all sorts of situations safely and effectively.

There has to be accountability at every level of the organization from the chief to the rookie. Company officers have to step up and remind those under their command of safe operations and related procedures. Accountability at all levels is key to the success of any program, and it's the key to survival when it comes to firefighter safety.

"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.) Texas

Modern firefighting is a continually evolving science with new technologies constantly being applied to the fire service. In the latest edition of this perennial favorite, Norman examines these new technologies and how they affect fire ground tactics. He also details the new role firefighters play in homeland security.

Social support is foundational to resilience. First responders - cops, firefighters, nurses, EMTs - collectively hold our society together. They deal with the emergencies and stresses of society. They help us cope physically and mentally. They are our social support system and provide the connection individuals need to feel part of the community.

By nature, competent decisions by emergency responders are challenging because incidents are fluid and dynamic. In Critical Decision Making, Chief Michael Barakey gives emergency first responders the tools to succeed on every incident where they make critical decisions and mitigate incidents daily under stress.

Training ordinary people to do extraordinary things requires an understanding of how we learn. Developing Firefighter Resiliency starts with the basic psychophysical aspects of learning, and provides the roadmap for a journey to train, establish relevancy for the lessons, develop competency, and capitalize on confidence to achieve mastery.

Covers more than 100 different hand and power tools. This is a one-stop source to learn new skills or hone current skills with a variety of firefighting tools. With pictures, descriptions, and now including video demos, this book is a must-have for all firefighters, company officers, chief officers, and anyone purchasing tools for the fire service.

Describes the firefighting world as only a firefighter can. Frank Viscuso captures the human emotion and drama from firefighters who have endured a wide range of firefighting and rescue scenarios. He goes way beyond the stories that the public may hear about. With Common Valor, you live it.

The authors share their 30-plus years of personal experience on how marriage can thrive in the chaotic world of firefighting. In addition, they have called upon well-known and respected couples who share their stories of comfort and guidance for firefighter families everywhere.

One of the most demanding and stressful management jobs in existence, fire rescue leadership requires a set of clear and distinct skills. It's Always about Leadership is written by an active firefighter for his fellow fire-rescue service members. Dennis L. Rubin discusses his 13 rules for leadership, which he has developed over a 35-year career.

Discusses how fireground strategy and tactics have evolved in light of fire research conducted around the world. The authors discuss the fire tetrahedron and how fuel, heat, and air all affect a fire's growth or extinguishment, and illustrate safer and more effective ways to operate on the fireground.