The Fourth Edition of Management in the Fire Service provides systematic guidance to help you implement enhanced leadership and decision-making skills. Loaded with thought-provoking managerial insights, this textbook is designed to be a current and future fire service leader's how-to guide into evaluating the critical decisions that impact a fire department's internal and external functions. Through the use of straight-forward advice, the Fourth Edition will help you make the right call when faced with challenges relating to fire prevention and code enforcement, pre-incident planning, personnel issues, financial resource management, and emergency incident response. The Fourth Edition also features: New chapter resources including learning objectives, scenarios, key terms, FYI boxes, and review questions and activities. A correlation grid to the FESHE Fire Administration I course. Expanded discussion on the application of management principles within volunteer and combination fire departments.