While there are many skills and abilities required to perform effectively in supervisory positions, there are also many core reasons that candidates do not perform as well as they should in ...

Assessment centers are sweeping the American fire service and have been for decades. Fire departments are going to this format for choosing officers of all ranks, especially lieutenant, captain, and ...

Many candidates think that if they have it figured out in their head and have written it down, it is going to come out of their mouth the same way.You have fallen off the end of the earth for up to a ...

It goes without saying that the fire service is full of policies and guidelines for just about every situation. Unfortunately, what is often unaddressed is the psychology in the firehouse. Morale is ...

CANTON Three of the four people who qualify as fire chief candidates have applied for the position. Division Chief K. Akbar Bennett, who has been acting chief since Chief Thomas Garra retired March 2, ...

The battle over the recently scuttled Boston firefighters promotional civil-service test heats up in the coming days with a Wednesday hearing on a lawsuit and then another Thursday before the Civil ...