Are your chiefs qualipfied to command you???

[Look I have gold on]

How many chiefs out there actual are required to have any training other then basic fire school or FF 1 and have been a Captain at some point in his career?

I know my department it is not what you know it is who you know and how much smoke you can blow up someone behind.

[xyz]

Ex captain
emt(not cfr)

very popular

[give me a break]

Now this is a great topic! Lets see what are some of the qualifications in being a Chief. Here in Centre Moriches FD all you have to be a a big mouth drunk, a yes man to the fire district and their employees and of course a never been in a fire, exterior only member.
Forget about having any type of knowledge as it pertains to firefighting, building construction, fire command. All you need to know how to do is put a car key into an ignition switch. If you know the district you are golden!
One day PESH, the state and/or even OSHA may come knocking!

[Hmmm]

I thought it was center moriches, not centre. OSHA governs non municipalities, private businesses. PESH governs municipal agencies in NYS.

[Life Member]

Since every department "votes" for their chiefs how can there be any dept. in Nassau or Suffolk that doesn't elect by popularity?

Is he your neighbor? Does he buy me drink? Did he help me build my deck? Is his wife hotter to look at? ... all of them seem to come before his firefighting and ESPECIALLY his leadership abilities.

I remember arguing for a guy in my department to be elected Chief in the coffee room. "He's a pain in the butt", "He's obnoxious", "I can't stand his comments" were some of the things they told me. My argument was I'd trust my life in a building with his leadership in an emergency and his firefighting knowledge and skill.

You don't have to want him over for dinner, just trust him inside the firelines. Don't be like my FD and kick out guys 30 days before they take over the whole department. Examine his leadership, his knowledge and how he reacts under pressure before he makes it all the way up the ladder. Your life may depend on it.

[ridgeff]

well you can tell by the name- Ridge...need i say anymore about the chiefs

[Sketchyguy]

I know in my dept, the chiefs need to have several courses completed from the county in order to run for chief such as incident command.

[EXCHIEF]

1) 5 YEARS IN COMPANY, FF1, JUST TO RUN FOR LT.
(ALSO QUALIFIED CHAUFFER)
2) AFTER LT YOU HAVE 1 YEAR TO TAKE I.C.
3) AFTER CAPT. YOU RUN FOR ASST. CHIEF
THIS SHOULD BRING YOU TO 10 YEARS IN DEPT. THE WHOLE TIME YOU ARE A CLASS "A" FF.
4) ALL THIS TIME AND % AND DRILLS AND NOW C.F.R. MIN.

[CHIEFINTRAINING]

YOU CAN BE CHIEF IF YOU HOW TO SAY " BE ADVISED" JUST LOOK AT THE TERRACE 32

[ssdd]

-be a chief already
-go out drinkin with members 15 years younger than u, while u drive chief's truck
-runover and subsequently kill one of said members
-against all your training, take said seriously injured member to local hospital in chiefs vehicle, instead of stabilizing patient at scene (and thus destroying any crime scene or evidence)
-refuse to answer- questions from dept's insurance company
- stonewall police investigation
- for a period of time have to respond to call by hitching ride on responding apparatus that pass your house (still a chief)
- eventually all is forgiven / forgotten, and u get your vehicl back w/unlimited privileges, and get re-elected.
-all this while still refusing to answer ?? about incident and giving closure to family and members..