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Fire Officer: Principles and Practice, Fifth Edition with Navigate Premier Access is a print and digital solution that prepares today's firefighters for successful leadership and management in the fire service, with an emphasis on how effective leadership skills can be used to meet the challenges fire officers face. The fifth edition has been updated to meet the job performance requirements for Chapters 9: Fire Officer I and 10: Fire Officer II of NFPA 1020, Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor, Fire Officer, and Emergency Medical Services Officer Professional Qualifications, 2025 Edition.

Numerous updates make this renowned fire text the most comprehensive training resource for students studying to become fire officers. New content includes the following:

• Summary, review questions, discussion questions, and a progressive case study with critical-thinking questions in each chapter
• Updated correlation grid featuring the detailed knowledge and skill objectives for each JPR requirement
• New chapter: "Crew Resource Management"
• New content on leadership, retention, and managing crew member expectations
• New community risk reduction (CRR) discussions on creating buy-in, population health, the economic impact of commercial fires, and more
• New discussion of the incident command system, five types of ICS incidents, and a seven-step process for making decisions
• New content on active shooter/hostile events, catastrophic events, mass volunteer resignations, and labor relations
• New section on behavioral health resources
• New discussion on eyewitness accounts and when to suspect arson in vehicle fires
• Much more!
   

Our Premier print and digital resources include a printed textbook, eBook, audiobook, lesson plans, lecture outlines, slides, interactive lectures, flashcards, and TestPrep. 

Table of Contents

Fire Officer I

Chapter 1 The Fire Officer as Company Officer  

Chapter 2 Understanding Leadership and Management Theories

Chapter 3 Crew Resource Management

Chapter 4 Leading a Team

Chapter 5 Community Relations and Risk Reduction

Chapter 6 Fire Department Administration

Chapter 7 Preincident Planning and Code Enforcement

Chapter 8 Command of Initial Emergency Operations

Chapter 9 Safety and Risk Management

Fire Officer II

Chapter 10 The Fire Officer II as a Manager

Chapter 11 Applications of Leadership

Chapter 12 Managing Community Risk Reduction Programs

Chapter 13 Administrative Communications

Chapter 14 Fire Cause Determination

Chapter 15 Managing Major Incidents

Appendix: NFPA 1020 Correlation Grid

Glossary

Index