Jeremy Perrien's Discussions

Maintaining the Aggressive Firefighter

September 20, 2018I can't tell you how often I have heard, "This is the way it has always been done." Does this mean they are unable to make any other decisions when faced with an emergency? Every…Continue

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Lives in:: Sikeston

Department:: Scott County Rural Fire District

Title/rank:: Fire Chief

Years of public service:: 20

Agency structure:: Volunteer fire department

Top issues in your department:: Recruitment and Retention and outdated Apparatus

Bio:: I joined the Miner Fire Department in May of 2000 and worked as a firefighter until 2009, In 2001 I worked fulltime for the South Scott County Ambulance District until June of 2008. In July of 2009 I was hired by the Scott County Rural Fire Protection District where I was promoted to the position of Fire Chief in 2010.

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A Job or a Title

A Job or a Title?

A job or a title is a question that should go through a chief’s mind when hiring in new folks or promoting, are they here for the job or are they here for the title, we all know some of the t-shirt and badge glory boys, right?

The fire service takes a big hit on this subject from many different points, the folks that actually want to be a…

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Posted on December 27, 2018 at 12:41pm

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