“Fire Service Law”: Chapter #6 Employment and Personnel Issues “Fire Service Personnel Management”: Chapter #6 Selection for Employment and Promotion

Employment: How you hire personnel is very important because once they pass probationary they are employed for the duration of their career.   Legislation has an impact on what we are capable of accomplishing as administrators and also determines the moral of our personnel.  

Discussion: Employment is a large part of this course because how we hire, train, mediate, evaluate, discipline, develop and motivate an employee is in direct reflection to the leadership within your individual department. What is the hiring process for your department? (Pre-requisites for hiring, written tests, civil service commissions, assessment centers, physical agility tests, psychological evaluations, polygraph, social network and background investigations, phone interviews, interview of family, social activity interview, in-depth investigation of neighbors in present / past residents, medical physical examination, drug screen, etc.) Who you hire will determine the future of your department.

• ASSIGNMENT: You will prepare a five minute power point presentation  answering the questions and giving solutions to the issues as if you were presenting it to your Administration for approval. Anything more than five minutes will be overkill and lose their attention. (the ability to present an argument to the Council or Trustees will determine your ability to lead an organization–this is an important skill that needs to be cultivated) Spend time telling the audience (ME) what the process is and how you want to change it to make it better and with better results. What are your expected results with the changes in the policy? What are the consequences of the changes you intend to make? How do you intend to overcome the obstacles? Do not forget to utilize the ON LINE Bennett research available for your research and change in your process for hiring