Free Sample Scenario: Fire Officer's Guide to Management and Leadership: A Scenario-Based Approach

The fire service has long emphasized the importance of emergency response size-up: a proper size-up and its associated actions can be the difference between a successful operation and a compromised one. Training texts, seminars, and academies emphasize officer skills but rarely does the aspiring officer receive practice in assessing personnel issues within the fire station and putting appropriate decisions into action.

The scenarios in Fire Officer's Guide to Management and Leadership: A Scenario-Based Approach allow aspiring officers to critically assess various station issues so that they are prepared to make sound judgment calls that result in the best possible outcomes. The realistic scenarios strengthen both critical-thinking and decision-making skills, and enable aspiring officers to gain experience in a safe environment.