Twenty-eight contributions offer fire chiefs advice and guidelines for managing a fire department and its personnel, equipment, and operations. Topics include insurance grading of fire departments, fire service training, apparatus specification and purchasing, communications, wildland fire fighting,

Edited by Robert C. Barr and John M. Eversole, The Fire Chief's Handbook, 6th Edition, continues a 71-year tradition of publishing the definitive resource for advanced fire service training. This comprehensive guidebook is designed for fire fighters, company officers, and chief officers of all ranks and of all department types who want the latest information on the fundamentals of leadership in the fire service as well as managing the day-to-day operations of a fire department.