Welcome to my collection of eBooks that can benefit current fire service leaders and those who aspire to be a fire service leader one day in their career.
Fire service leaders today face a wide variety of challenges beyond responding to emergency situations. And the leaders of tomorrow will continue to face those same challenges, and likely new ones as well.
Each of these eBooks contains selected essays that first appeared on my blog, Talking Shop 4 Fire & EMS. In addition to myself, the essays come from some of the finest guest bloggers, each with experience in the topic(s) they wrote about. I believe you’ll find these eBooks to be short on read-time, but long on content and insights.
Essays on Educating the Public and Ourselves
“Chief Avsec’s weekly blog has covered many different aspects of educating the public and the fire service, and many of these discussions are now available in this e-book. It is a great tool to get you thinking about public education, what you are currently doing and what you could be doing more of. It certainly made me think.”
Essays on Fire Service Leadership
“Even after retirement, Battalion Chief Robert Avsec continues to be a swashbuckling change agent and share his experiences in leadership. Even after 32 years in the fire service, I could find some fresh perspective in this e-book. Enjoy the read!”
Essays on Diversity and Inclusion in the Fire Service
“In this collection of essays, he and his guest bloggers have taken on the task of bringing a sense of humanity to the discussion about diversity and inclusion in the fire service. I think you’ll find that they’ve hit the mark. I know I did.”
Essays on Firefighters and Post Traumatic Stress
“The devil here is not a fire. I’m speaking of another devil: the stigma of asking for help. In reviewing the stories in this book I immediately thought of them as the backup team on a charged hose line, enabling you to make that push and knock down the raging flames of memories swirling inside of you before they flash over.”
Essays on Recruitment and Retention for the Fire Service
“Recruiting and retaining outstanding firefighters is complicated. Chief Avsec’s collection of essays is an important, much-needed look at a complicated issue. And it is more than a series of alarm soundings; Chief Avsec provides some workable solutions from the field.”
Presentation Skills 4 Fire and EMS Leaders
As a fire and EMS leader, you’re in the communications business. Learn how to create more effective media-supported presentations for any audience, inside and outside your organization.
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