Fire and Safety

If you're looking for a firefighter job in one of the larger states go to our State Guides.  States covered include California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Texas.  Also review the recommended reading for Massachusetts promotional exams.  Guides with reader recommendations are in bold.

• 13 Fatal Errors Managers Make and How You Can Avoid Them, W. Steven Brown, 1999
  Practical, proactive approach to supervision and management.  
• The First-Time Manager, Loren Belker, 2005
  From the American Management Association, this guide covers leadership, motivation, discipline, and other tricks of the trade that are required of anyone in a supervisory position. 
• Skills for New Managers, Morey Stettner, 2000
  Specific answers for hiring new employees; delegating work efficiently; dealing with stress; communicating effectively with your employees; how to master mentoring, leadership, and coaching styles.  Includes bulleted lists, checklists and definition of terms.
• Complete Interview Guide with Supervision Guide
  From job-interview.net, the Complete Interview Guide with 200+ possible interview questions on supervision including behavioral/situational questions. Plus, answers to the toughest supervision interview questions.
• What Makes A Great Manager? 
  Management and supervision guide with tips, answers and free resources.  A good resource for situational questions.

Here are additional resources:

• Interview Tips, Strategies and Sample Questions from Job-Interview.net
• Free Distance Learning
• Public Safety Job and Career Guide - Police, Fire and Corrections

• City of St. Paul offers an Entry-Level Firefighter Test Study Guide.

ONLINE PRACTICE TESTS

Firefighter Online Practice Tests - Start Now!

ASSESSMENT CENTER

1. How to Promote Yourself: A Guide to the Assessment Center Process, Keith M. Hilgenfeldt, 2000 - RECOMMENDED

2. The Assessment Center Handbook for Police and Fire Personnel, Charles D. Hale, 2004 - RECOMMENDED

EMERGENCY DISPATCH

1. Emergency Dispatcher: 911 Operator, (2nd Ed.), Arco, 2001

2. Emergency Telecommunicator, National Academies of Dispatch (NAED), 2001

3. Public Safety Dispatcher l (Career Examination Series), Jack Rudman, 2006 

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/PARAMEDIC

1. Advanced Medical Life Support (3rd Edition), Twink Dalton, 2006

2. Emergency Medical Responder: First Responder in Action with Student CD-ROM, Student DVD and Pocket Guide, Barbara Aehlert, 2006

3. Ambulance Medical Technician Supervisor, Jack Rudman, 2007

4. Drug Guide for Paramedics (2nd Ed), Richard Cherry, 2006

5. EMS Field Guide: ALS Version, Paul Lesage, 2006 - RECOMMENDED

6. Mosby's Paramedic Refresher and Review - Revised Reprint: A Case Studies Approach, Alice Dalton, 2006 - RECOMMENDED

7. Paramedic Exam, 3rd ed., Learning Express, 2006

8. PHTLS Prehospital Trauma Life Support (Phtls: Basic & Advanced Prehospital Trauma Life Support), NAEMT, 2006 

9. SUCCESS! For The Paramedic (Complete Review), 4rd ed., Richard Cherry, 2007 - RECOMMENDED

FIRE

1. Firefighter Online Practice Test - Start now - immediate access!

2. Essentials of Fire Fighting, International Fire Service Training Association, 1998 

3. Study Guide for Fourth Edition of Essentials of Fire Fighting, Marsha Sneed, 1998

4. Fire Department, Lieutenant, Captain, Battalion Chief, Arco, 1983

5. Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, 3rd Ed., John Norman, 2006 - RECOMMENDED

6. Firefighter Exam 3E, Learning Express, 2006
   Includes 4 complete tests based on official exams, with instructional chapters on reading texts, tables, maps, and graphs, memory and observation, math, mechanical aptitude, and spatial relations.

7. Firefighter Exams (Barron's Firefighter Exams), James Murtagh, 2005

8. Firefighter's Handbook: Essentials of Firefighting and Emergency Response, 2e, Thomson Delmar Learning, 2004

9. The Firefighter's Workout Book: The 30-Minute-a-Day, Train-for-Life Program for Men and Women, Michael Stefano, 2002

10. Lieutenant Fire Department, Jack Rudman, 1991

11. Master the Fire Fighter Exam, Arco, 2005

12. Norman Hall's Firefighter's Exam Preparation Book, Norman Hall, 2004

FIRE INTERVIEW

1. Fire Engineer Oral Exam Study Guide, Arthur R. Couvillon, 1988

2. Firefighter Oral Exam Study Guide, Arthur R. Couvillon, 1999
   

VIDEO/DVD

1. Firefighter's Workout, 2002