Topic: SUBJECT LIST

Category: Volunteer

Recruiting, Training & Maintaining Volunteer Firefighters, 3rd Ed.
By: Jack C. Snook & Dan C. Olsen
Develop a department's strategic and goals and objectives, recruit and retain quality volunteers, use proven motivators and rewards to help volunteers succeed, determine the need for volunteers, screen and train volunteers, meet the volunteers' needs, and communicate and lead volunteers effectively. Learn how to recognize "red flags" and what to do when problems arise. Save mis-steps, wasted energy, and costly errors with info: customer service, PR, marketing. Included are templates of forms.
#3002-3Paper
$90.95
     
A Leadership Guide for Volunteer Fire Departments
By: Jack W. Snook, Richard B. Gasaway, Tim L. Holman
This must have resource examines the challenges of providing volunteer fire protection in modern day America. Readers are guided through a process of self-assessment and planning using case studies and activity worksheets. Skills and strategies are developed, yielding practical assistance to those charged with leading a volunteer fire department.
#3001Hardcover
$99.95
     
Volunteer Training Officer's Handbook
By: W. Edward Buchanan, Jr.
Everything needed to develop and implement a successful volunteer firefighter training program while promoting quality and discipline in today's community firefighter. Alternate delivery options are presented that allow a volunteer to balance home and fire service duties and responsibilities. Espouses the "academy" format for training volunteers, yet recognizes that schedule variations are necessary and that candidates are at varying stages of readiness. CD-ROM includes appendices, forms, presentation materials, student materials, job descriptions, etc.
#1356Paper
$29.00
     
Managing the Non-Profit Organization
By: Peter Drucker
Divided into 5 parts, each containing interviews with someone active in a non-profit, and ending with summaries and "the action implications." Part 1 explores the chief's role as a non-profit leader, while determining the organization's mission. Part 2 looks at going from mission statement to performance, while not neglecting marketing, fund development, improvement and innovation. Part 3 looks at managing for performance, particularly when the immediate and long-term results occur outside of the organization. Part 4 talks about being effective with people and relationships. Part 5 has the non-profit manager look inward. Rich in practical examples of non-profit success that a chief can borrow for the organization.
#3004pPaper
$16.95
     
A Leadership Guide for Combination Fire Departments
By: Fred C. Windisch & Fred C. Crosby
Leading a combination fire department is one of the greatest challenges one can face. To successfully lead this type of organization, fire chiefs and other leaders must recognize the unique difficulties inherent in combination systems, and overcome them by applying lessons learned from chiefs who have faced similar challenges. Authored by a team of seasoned fire service leaders, and modeled after the Chief Fire Officer's Desk Reference, A Leadership Guide for Combination Fire Departments is a compilation of best practices and lessons learned through experience. It is designed to provide chief- and officer-level personnel with the tools necessary to lead today’s combination service department.
#3009Hardcover
$99.95
     
Volunteer Training Drills: A Year of Weekly Drills
By: Howard A. Chatterton
Consists of 4 sections to help a department improve its training programs and challenge its members -- while also providing an opportunity for them to enhance their skills and measure their progress. Section 1 is a one-year outline for training officers. Section 2 is a table listing all drills and indicating if they are indoor or outdoor -- and the prep time needed for each drill. Section 3 consists of general guidelines on how to conduct the drills in a safe and effective manner. Section 4 contains the outlines of the various drills. All drills can be customized or altered, but the basic concept gives a solid starting point. Safety considerations are emphasized throughout.
#1406Paper
$29.00
     
 
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