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Title: Management in the Fire Services by Harry R. Carter, Erwin Rausch ISBN: 0-87765-357-7 Publisher: Thomson Learning Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $69.75 |
Average Customer Rating: 1 (1 review)
Rating: 1
Summary: Skip this one!
Comment: I have ENDURED the last two weeks reading this book. It was required reading for me because it was listed on my FD's source list for our upcoming promotional exams. I had to read each chapter a MINIMUM of three times before attempting the next one.
My primary complaint is the wording of the text. It was not written for firefighters. It reads as if one was attempting to impress a review board with "scholarly" words and abstract ideas. If you thrive in academia, then this is the book for you. If you are looking to gain insight to real world, firefighter-motivated management - skip this book. It's content reads "sluggishly" and "rambles on" like Brannigan's "Building Contruction for the Fire Service". An abridged version of this textbook would be MAYBE 100 pages.
My secondary complaint is that it appears to be written for either volunteer or small combination fire departments - not for large career organizations.
Being a management major in college and MBA candidate, I was initially excited about studying a fire service oriented management book. After reading it, my study group of firefighters and I were disppointed.
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Title: Fireground Strategies by Anthony Avillo ISBN: 087814840X Publisher: Pennwell Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.00 |
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Title: Building Construction Related to the Fire Service by Gene P. Carlson ISBN: 0879391626 Publisher: Fire Protection Publications Oklahoma State U Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Practical Fire and Arson Investigation, Second Edition by David R. Redsicker, John J. O'Connor ISBN: 084938155X Publisher: CRC Press Pub. Date: 10 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $89.95 |
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Title: Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies by Vincent Dunn ISBN: 0912212845 Publisher: Pennwell Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $48.00 |
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Title: Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, Second Edition by John Norman ISBN: 0912212721 Publisher: Pennwell Books Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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