Different Strokes

摘要

Like most fire chiefs, most of my career has required that I work closely with city managers (CMs). Working with CMs is one of those things you hear a lot of chief officers complain about. A common complaint: "Managers don't understand the challenges of running fire departments or our unique culture; they simply care about the bottom line." I believe tliat many of these complaints stem from a failure to understand the difference between CMs' jobs and fire chiefs' jobs.