Five Alarm Leadership: From the Firehouse to the Fireground
- ISBN-10
- 1593702345
- ISBN-13
- 9781593702342
- Category
- Leadership
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fire Engineering Books
- Authors
- Rick Lasky, John Salka
Description
Rick Lasky and John Salka are two of the most dynamic and inspirational leaders in the fire service. Their book, Five Alarm Leadership, is a compilation of leadership lessons learned, situations handled, decisions made, and problems solved during their combined 60-plus years of fire service experience. Also included is a special introduction by Chief (ret.) Bobby Halton, Editor-in-Chief of Fire Engineering magazine, outlining the nature of transformational leadership and its power to inspire excellence in the fire service.
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