A chief officer who understands the real role of the company officer will view them as an extension of their leadership and management team.  Progressive chief officers encourage the company officer to become highly engaged in the direction setting and leadership of the organization.  Decision making at the company officer level is critical to the […]

                  Who is the Company Officer?  That is a good question.  Let me introduce you to who this individual really is.  Below I have  created a list describing the company officer.  This list will introduce you to who the company officer  really is and the many critical […]

No matter what your title may be, the one thing that’s consistent is the crucial role that the company officer plays in the operations of the fire service.  In fact it is the most critical role in leadership of the execution of the organization’s  mission.  The training of company officers has been extremely important through […]

Join Chief Doug Cline with thefireofficer.com as he hosts the Fire and Training show on Fire Engineering Blog Talk Radio. Tonights show will focus on Chief Cline’s 2015 FDIC International presentation on Back to the Basics looking at “Training for Success”. Chief Cline will be joined tonight with Guest Chris Naum who hosts Firegroundleadership.com a […]