I
know we can find a fire chief who wants to live and work here. Every time I ask
why the LMRFD doesn’t advertise for firefighters, or in this case why we don’t
advertise for a fire chief, I’m told nobody wants to work here and nobody would
move here…
The
funny thing is the answer usually comes from one of the part time firefighter
who works here and get’s paid about $700 a shift and goes home to Kingman or wherever…
I
understand the fire chief job pays $95,000 a year plus benefits. So trust me we
can find a good chief who will actually live here.
REQUIREMENTS
for Fire Chief
The
Arizona Fire District Association Fire District Handbook say’s the Minimum
Qualification for a Fire Chief are graduation from an accredited college or
university with a Bachelor's Degree or better in public administration,
political science, fire sciences or other related field. In addition, ten years
of experience in the fire protection field including a minimum of five years of
administrative, management and supervisory experience.
We
can find a fire chief who is proactive as far as volunteers and can train our
volunteers and do what’s best for the LMRFD taxpayers.
I
hope I’m appointed to the LMRFD board, but we’ll see…
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