Leadership Instructional Formal Fire Instructor

Applicant Additional Considerations

Experience Experience Education II
Little experience. Resume appearance
leaves much to be desired – calls into
Bachelor’s
Carl McFly Acting Captain Yes No questions attention to detail and
Degree
organizational skills to develop lesson
plans
No Formal Why would they want to transition from
Richard Green Fire Chief Unknown Unknown
education fire chief to training officer?
Battalion
John Q. Bee Chief/Training Yes Associate degree No Experience in a wide variety of domains
Officer
Little practical application of fire skills
Yes, but little
Johnny Best No MFA No that are recent, but plethora of formal
related to fire
education
Experience implementing departmental
Timmy Tom Deputy Chief Unknown MPA Yes programs, but unknown skills
surrounding instruction
Current and relevant experience
Training Officer
Jay Sooks Yes Associate degree Yes implementing and supervising fire
Coordinator
related training programs
Experience seems to not be current.
Resume is poorly organized and difficult
Yes, but little No Formal
Alfred Smith Yes Yes to interpret – calls into question
related to fire education
organizational skills and preparation of
official documents
Master’s Degree Formal education meets expansive fire
Tom Joe EMS Director Yes Yes
(fire) service certifications.
Based on a review of the given applicant’s resumes, my recommendations would be as follows:

Training Officer - Recruit School Program

 Tom Joe

Tom has a wide array of fire service certification as well as a master’s degree in fire science. His formal education should enhance his

ability to research best practices, prepare professional documents, and organize programs to prepare new recruits for duty. His multi-

domain expertise would serve well to integrate multiple important topics to support the department’s all-hazards approach to customer

service.

He may lack the professional experience for the career development position but should be well suited to instruct new recruits and

prepare them for professional certifications/credentialing.

Training Officer - Career Development Section

 Jay Sooks

Jay has multiple fire-service certifications and an Associate degree in fire science. He has worked through the fire service ranks and

currently holds the position of Training Officer Coordinator. He has experience developing, scheduling and teaching multiple fire

service education/training topics. His experience in the fire service would relate well to junior firefighters that aspire to rise through

the ranks and creates a good platform for him to lead from.

He may want to enhance his formal education to further support his position and encourage pursuit of education to junior personnel.