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Five Alarm Leadership
- From Firehouse to Fireground
- Narrated by: Rick Lasky, John Salka
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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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- scott calder
- 2023-10-02
Great advice
Great advice for fire service leaders. The Chiefs are providing wisdom that every leader and aspiring leader should hear and take to heart. Some of these messages I have heard either from another of their books or from other others.
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