Fire Administration I or How to Think like an Economist

Fire Administration I

Author: Randy R Bruegman

As an introductory level text for the Fire Administration course, this text offers a balance of intormation to enable success as a Company Officer, Battalion Commander, Deputy Chief, or Chief Executive Officer.  The career development model of the National Fire Academy, and the model curriculum of the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) group--industry leaders in fire service education and training--served as a basis for this important text.  With experience in a variety of posiitons and associations, Chief Bruegman brings a real world focus as this text covers principles of leadership and management, including support elements such as budget and personnel management, team building, and managing change.  Evaluations of personal leadership style and importance of the individual in helping to shape the fire service of the future make this a great training tool for leaders and adminstrators. 

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1 Our Heritage and Our History 1

Ch. 2 Preparing for Your Future 42

Ch. 3 Principles of Leadership and Management 91

Ch. 4 What Is Your Leadership Style? 141

Ch. 5 Leading and Managing in a Changing Environment 182

Ch. 6 Leadership Ethics 235

Ch. 7 Personnel Management: Building Your Team 283

Ch. 8 Managing Emergency Services 331

Ch. 9 Analytical Approaches to Public Fire Protection 388

Ch. 10 Quality of the Fire Service 450

Ch. 11 Community Disaster Planning 497

Ch. 12 Shaping the Future 547

App. A Measuring Customer Satisfaction 575

App. B WMD Response Assets Guide 593

App. C Assessing Your Local Capacity to Respond to a Disaster 624

Glossary 652

Index 684

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How to Think Like An Economist

Author: Roger A Arnold

How To Think Like an Economist offers instructors a tool to both motivate students and get them to recognize how economics affects their everyday lives. In less than 200 pages, How to Think Like an Economist consists entirely of economics "stories" and real-world applications that the author has used in his class to help hundreds of students make the connection between economics and their lives.