Fire Service Human Resources Management, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (September 15, 2020) © 2020

  • Steven T. Edwards

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Title overview

Fire Service Personnel Management covers the essentials of public personnel management, for the fire service professional and for the FESHE course Personnel Management for the Fire Service. It introduces basic concepts in public personnel management, with emphasis on fire service applications. Filled with realistic examples, this text is useful both in the classroom and as a resource for fire service managers and promotional officer candidates.

The 4th Edition has revised content in each chapter, including up-to-date personnel management practices and new information on the risks and hazards of professional fire service. The text's learning objectives correlate with the FESHE curriculum, placing material in the context of industry standards.   

Table of contents

  1. Overview of Personnel Management
  2. Workforce Issues of the Twenty-First Century
  3. Legal Issues
  4. Job Analysis and Design
  5. Fire Service Recruitment
  6. Selection for Employment and Promotion
  7. Training and Development
  8. Performance Appraisal
  9. Discipline
  10. Health and Safety
  11. Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
  12. Productivity and Performance
  13. Fire Service Professional Development

Author bios

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