I come to you with this hoping to get some well rounded advise and looking to come up with a solution. I live the best of both worlds, Tailboard trash on a paid department and captain on a volunteer department. To make a long story short my vol. dept has saw 4 Chiefs over the past 5 years. Such a change in leadership has brought a lack of respect for officers and a lack of policies and guidelines. We all know that in this buisiness an emergency does not recognize volunteer or paid status. We provide and are expected to provide a professional service to our jurisdiction regardless. We have been trying to reinstate our policies and procedures but are meeting so much resistance. With new administrations you also get new personnel. Most of our finest are all about gone due to safety and other issues. The few that are left are trying policy writting but they are telling us that there will not be repercussions for not following guidelines. What good are policies with no means of enforcement. i think you all can see where i am going with this. The list goes on.
Come on Brother and sister Vollies....What are some of the things that work or dont work for you. Means of discipline, Copies of procedures, anything you can come up with.
eng16ine
[ 08-07-2001: Message edited by: eng16ine ]
Come on Brother and sister Vollies....What are some of the things that work or dont work for you. Means of discipline, Copies of procedures, anything you can come up with.
eng16ine
[ 08-07-2001: Message edited by: eng16ine ]
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