Who can be a volunteer firefighter? Categories: Cornerstone, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, Fire Staff, In the News, William Sager Tag: Fire Department Consulting October 1, 2008 By William Sager, October 2008 Who can volunteer to work as a firefighter in your community? The first answer that comes to mind is, “anyone can.” Not so fast. The Fair Labor Standards Act Read More
Facing tough times? How to guide the community toward informed decision-making Categories: Cornerstone, Fire Department Consulting, In the News, Stewart Gary, Strategic Planning Tag: Leadership April 4, 2008 By Stewart Gary, April 2008 Nationally, economic news is discouraging across the board. The problem is not simply one of “not enough revenue,” but one of systemic imbalances. Weak and eroding revenue sources are Read More
Is your EOC ready? Categories: Cornerstone, Emergency Management & Operations Training, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News, Incident Management Training, William Sager Tag: City Management, Fire Department Consulting February 2, 2008 By William Sager, February 2008 Many communities, particularly in the disaster prone west, are feeling the threat of disaster and doing something about it. They realize they cannot wait for calamity and hope that Read More
How to resolve fire service field deployment challenges Categories: Cornerstone, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News, Stewart Gary Tag: Fire Department Consulting October 18, 2007 By Stewart Gary, October 2007 Civic leaders need to know that there are no mandatory federal or state regulations directing a minimum level of fire service response times, fire crew locations and desired outcomes. Read More
Practical strategies for leaders Categories: Cornerstone, Fire Department Consulting, In the News, Leadership, Stewart Gary Tag: Fire Department Consulting, Leadership June 18, 2007 By Stewart Gary, June 2007 Leadership: Individual or Organizationally Based? Now that you are a leader getting work done through others, are you finding the role challenging? In all probability, yes! Most likely, no Read More
Incident management teams trained and ready Categories: Cornerstone, Emergency Management & Operations Training, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News, Incident Management Training, Public Safety, William Sager Tag: Incident Management Teams, Training April 18, 2007 By William Sager, April 2007 If a major earthquake about the magnitude of the one in 1906 should strike the San Francisco Bay Area, it would affect much more than the City of San Read More
Citygate supports metro teams Categories: Cornerstone, Fire Department Consulting, In the News, William Sager Tag: Incident Management Teams, Training December 18, 2006 By William Sager, Winter 2006 What do forests and subways have in common? At first glance it seems, not much. Nevertheless, if a major emergency, such as a fire in a forest or terrorist Read More
Fire service contemporary challenges: a solutions path Categories: Cornerstone, Dwane Milnes, Fire Department Consulting, In the News, Stewart Gary Tag: City Management, Coaching, Fire Consolidation Study, Fire Deployment Study, Fire Services Consulting, Succession Planning March 14, 2006 By: Stewart Gary, Fire Practice Principal Spring 2006 City Management today is confronted with multiple challenges in providing adequately sized and cost effective fire services. Due to a “perfect storm” of circumstances, such as a challenging Read More