FLORIDA FIRE SERVICE July 2017 4 Message from the Foundation Chairman . . . . . . . . . .6 The Choices We Make . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Difficulty in Designing and Applying Performance Evaluations 28 FROM THE SECTIONS FEATURES Department Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . .8 2017 EVT Academy Summary . . . .10 FFCA BODs Appointed to The Florida League of Cities . . . . . . .11 Fire Service Chaplaincy - A Ministry of Presence . . . . . . . .13 5 Things to Consider When Exiting DROP . . . . . . . . . .16 FFCA 2017 Executive Development Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Meet the Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Featured Vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Firehouse Faire . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Meet the Fire Administrative Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Free Hazmat Training Available Through ALERT Grant . . . . . . . . .36 In brief . . . news from around the state . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Events Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 FFCA New Members . . . . . . . . . . .46 Florida Fire Service is the monthly publication of the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association, provided to Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association (FFCA) members, by the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association. Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association 880 Airport Road, Suite 110 Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Phone: (386) 676-2744 • Fax: (386) 676-5490 Email: [email protected] • www.ffca.org FFCA Staff Wm. Ray Colburn - Executive Director Denise Holley - Office Manager/Web Administrator Scott Leisen - Marketing Director Marcella Miller - Administrative Assistant Gail Salerno - Office/Communications Assistant Bonnie Scott - Secretary 1 Ragan Vandegriff - FFCA Chaplain FFCA Board of Directors Daniel Azzariti - President Otto Drozd III, EFO - 1st Vice President John Miller - 2nd Vice President Gary Ballard - Immediate Past President Darrel Donatto - Secretary/Treasurer Jonathan Kanzigg - Northwest Region Director Carl Shank - Northeast Region Director Timothy Mossgrove, MPA, CFO, EFO - West Central Region Director Gene Prince - East Central Region Director Michael Murphy - Southwest Region Director David Downey - Southeast Region Director Wm. Ray Colburn - Executive Director Michael Long - Foundation Chairman Ronald Parrish, MPA, CFO, EFO - Senior Member Editorial Submissions [email protected] (386) 676-2744 Advertising Scott Leisen, Editor in Chief [email protected] (386) 717-0055 Subscription rate for members is $36, which is included in member dues. Archived electronic monthly editions of Florida Fire Service magazine are available at www.ffca.org. Log in as a member and click on the Publications tab. Florida Fire Service July 2017, Volume 25, Number 7 USPS # 016-759 Periodical postage paid in Daytona Beach, Florida, and additional post offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Florida Fire Service, 880 Airport Road, Suite 110, Ormond Beach, FL 32174. Statements of fact and opinion are the responsibility of the author’s alone and do not imply an opinion on the part of the officers or the members of FFCA. Copyright 2017 by the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association. All rights reserved. Materials may not be reproduced without written permission. 43 FURTHERMORE 32 34 42 32 44 30 18 28 6 21 11 8 14 13 July 2017 FFS.QXD 6/29/17 9:14 AM Page 4