The Company Level Officer. “Lessons in Leadership and the Keys to Success”
Course Description:
This class is geared to new and aspiring company officers and will discuss the traits and characteristics which every successful officer must strive to obtain. It will cover the importance of true leadership and discuss how that will transform the newly promoted firefighter into a trusted company officer. Conversely, decisiveness is an important quality that can make, or destroy, an officer. This course will cover the decision-making process for a myriad of firehouse and fire-ground issues and how a quality officer reaches those decisions. We will also discuss training, discipline, and personnel issues which company-level officers can and will face on almost a daily basis.
Becoming a trusted company officer takes time, dedication, sacrifice, and hard work. But that is the price that leaders pay for their subordinates and their companies. This class will assist the firefighter in their transition to company officer and guide them in their path to leadership.
Biography:
Tim is a 42-year Fire Service veteran serving the last 31 years with the FDNY until his retirement. Tim was a volunteer firefighter with the Newington Ct. FD. and the Montgomery, NY. FD. Where he served as a Lieutenant. He was also a paid firefighter with the City of New Britain Ct, FD. For 5 years until his appointment to the FDNY in 1990. Tim was a Lieutenant on Engine 88 in the Bronx for 19 years after spending many years on Engine 69, one of FDNY’s busiest Engines. Tim is the lead HOT instructor for FDTN Academy’s engine operations program and is the author of FDTN’s “Stretching and Operating the First Line” Tim has been lead instructor for FDIC and FDIC West’s live burn Hot program and has taught engine operations at Firehouse Expo, the Orlando Fire Conference, Wichita HOT, Andy Fredricks Days, Black hawk fire conference, The New York State Chiefs Show, the NYSAFC Seminar series and Company Officer leadership series, HROC conference, MAFFC Show, Amboy Fire and Extrication School, Joey Dibernardo Training seminar, Long Island Fire/EMS expo. and the Fort Lauderdale Fire Expo. Tim has also written articles for Fire Engineering, FDTN training magazine, Firehouse.com, and Size-up Magazine for many years. Tim was also a member of the group that has totally rewritten FDNY’s Engine Company Operations Manual.
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