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Lupton Fire, Jackson IOS, Johnstown FPD, Larkspur FPD, North Washington FD, Pueblo FD, Steamboat Springs FD, and SWAC Fire. Chief Wayne Schwartz, Castle Rock Fire Rescue, welcomed us to the Castle Rock Municipal Building. CRFR covers almost 80 square miles within the City and FPD with four Stations staffed by 70 full time employees of which 60 are line responders and responds to over 4,500 calls per year. Building permits are down dramatically, as are sales tax revenues, but so far no lay offs have been needed. They are hoping that their factory retail stores and local economy can experience an upswing starting with the coming Holidays. Their multi-agency training center is heavily used and a great resource and valuable benefit for the nearby departments. They all train the way they work together and have all benefited form this regional asset, as have the people they serve and care for. Greetings from President Riley Chief Riley complemented the Combination Section for its efforts and success in enhancing the leadership skills of our members. He promoted the December Fire Leadership Challenge Conference and asked us to reach out to others to attend. We discussed the many advantages of Department Accreditation and the Chief Fire Officer Designation program. Chief Riley stressed the importance of always making firefighter safety our number one priorityЧEveryone goes home. Garry Briese led us in his usual exciting and challenging manner by discussing УLeadership In Challenging Times.Ф Leading a Combination Department is the most difficult job in todayТs Fire Service during good times, much less on top of all of todayТs challenges. GarryТs discussion focused around these questions: A. What are the expectations of firefighters in todayТs challenging times? WhatТs in the job for me? Keep me safe and be sure I go home after every shift How can I get a career job in the Fire Service? Receive the best training possible? Balance family and recreation time with job How will they survive with all the demands and downsized budget? Does their Fire Chief care about them as individuals? B. How are we going to safely and effectively fight fires and conduct Emergency operations when we will not have four person companies any time soon? Develop maximum GPMs per firefighter. Modify tactics to work with less Develop a safe cultureЧadmit what we can do and canТt do Consider developing a curriculum for safe and productive outside firefighting Know your limits and capabilities and work within them Plan to function with declining numbers of available volunteer firefighters Develop, respect, and trust the volunteers that you have Make it worth their while to stay with you What are the challenges facing our Fire Departments in the next three years and what are we doing about addressing them? Budget Staffing Lack of volunteers Future Leadership Changing culture Develop models for urban, suburban and rural firefighters We have the answer if we will just ask the questions!?! It is not that we canТt solve the problem, but at times we canТt see the problem What are we going to do to make things better and safer for our firefighters and customers as Combination Departments leaders? Come back next time for the answers to these and many more thought-provoking and challenging question! Many thanks to Garry for his time, contribution and his willingness to share his vast experience and knowledge with us. Our thanks to Chief Morales, Chief Schwartz, and Lori Kania for hosting our meeting and providing us with a very generous and tasty lunch. 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