We’ve Reinvigorated Strategic Planning! Using Values & Actionable Plans (March 2012) By William Sager We know that predicting the future is at best difficult, particularly in today’s chaotic times. Regardless of that reality, organizations still only have two choices: either plan for the future or do not plan...read more|PDF
	Who Can Be A Volunteer Firefighter? (October 2008) By William Sager Who can volunteer to work as a firefighter in your community? The first answer that comes to mind is, “anyone can.” Not so fast…read more|PDF
	Facing Tough Times? How to Guide the Community Toward Informed Decision-Making (April 2008) By Stewart W. Gary Nationally, economic news is discouraging across the board. The problem is not simply one of “not enough revenue,” but one of systemic imbalances. Weak and eroding revenue sources are on a collision course with increasing costs of doing business…read more|PDF
	Is Your EOC Ready? (February 2008) By William Sager Many communities, particularly in the disaster prone west, are feeling the threat of disaster and doing something about it. They realize they cannot wait for calamity and hope that their Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will be up and running…read more|PDF
	How to Resolve Fire Service Field Deployment Challenges (October 2007) By Stewart W. Gary Civic leaders need to know that there are no mandatory federal or state regulations directing a minimum level of fire service response times, fire crew locations and desired outcomes…read more|PDF
	Practical Strategies for Leaders (June 2007) By Stewart W. Gary Now that you are a leader getting work done through others, are you finding the role challenging? In all probability, yes! Most likely, no one on your way up the organizational ladder really confided to you that leadership is hard work, not an autonomous nervous system function!…read more|PDF
	Incident Management Teams Trained and Ready (April 2007) By William Sager If a major earthquake about the magnitude of the one in 1906 should strike the San Francisco Bay Area, it would affect much more than the City of San Francisco. Almost 2.5 million people live in the East Bay Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa. These citizens depend on their emergency services to react properly in times of crisis and provide them the help they need…read more|PDF
	Citygate Supports Metro Teams (Winter 2006) By William Sager What do forests and subways have in common? At first glance it seems, not much. Nevertheless, if a major emergency, such as a fire in a forest or terrorist attack in a subway occurs, the emergency management organizational structure is the same. It is the Incident Command System, or ICS for short…read more|PDF
	Fire Service Contemporary Challenges: A Solutions Path (Spring 2006) By Stewart W. Gary City Management today is confronted with multiple challenges in providing adequately sized and cost effective fire services. Due to a “perfect storm” of circumstances, such as a challenging economic situation, turnover and increased complexity of operations, these challenges have approached “3rd alarm” pain levels in many agencies. Do some or all of these issues exist in your situation?…read more|PDF