Table of Contents

About the Authors
Foreword
Introduction

PART I: Management and Leadership

1. Management and Leadership in the Fire Service 
Kelvin J. Cochran

2. Strategic Planning
Randy Bruegman and Gary Smith

3. Finance for the Fire Chief 
Ronny J. Coleman

4. The U.S. Legal System and the Fire Chief
Larry Bennett

5. Risk Management for the Emergency Services 
William F. Jenaway  

6. Politics and the Fire Chief  
Shane Ray 

PART II:  Personnel Administration

7. Human Resources and Personnel
Tim. L. Holman

8. Diversity and Inclusion in the Fire Service 
David Daniels
 
9. Occupational Safety and Health 
William F. Jenaway  

10. Fire Department Training and Education 
David Purchase

11. Ethics in the Fire Service 
Randy Bruegman

PART III: Asset Management

12. Fire Department Apparatus Purchasing and Specifications 
Robert Tutterow

13. Emergency Response Facility Design
Dennis A. Ross and David J. Pacheco

Part IV:  Operations

14. Fire Service Technology and Communications 
Charles Werner

15. Incident Command and the National Incident Management System
Tim Butters

16. Strategy and Tactics
John J. Salka, Jr.

17. Technical Rescue 
Tom Pendley

18. Hazardous Materials Considerations for the Chief Officer 
H.K. “Skip” Carr

19. Wildland Fire Survival 
Tony McDowell

20. Emergency Medical Services 
Gary Ludwig

21. Volunteer & Combination Fire Departments 
Fred Windisch

Part V:  Fire Prevention and Public Education

22. Code Enforcement, Fire Prevention, and Fire Investigation 
Wayne Senter, Ed Comeau, Christopher M. Campion, Jr., Ernie H. Encinas, Ozzie Mirkhah, and Manuel Fonseca

23. Public Education
Wayne Senter, Ed Comeau, Christopher M. Campion, Jr., Ernie H. Encinas, Ozzie Mirkhah, and Manuel Fonseca

Part VI: Tomorrow’s Fire Service

24. The Future of the Fire Service 
Ronny J. Coleman

25. Fire Chief of the Future
Kelvin J. Cochran