First In, Last Out, John Salka, Battalion Chief, FDNY
First In, Last Out, John Salka, Battalion Chief, FDNY
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First In, Last Out
Leadership Lessons from the New York Fire Department

Author: John Salka, Battalion Chief, FDNY, Barret Neville, Dennis Smith

Narrator: John Salka

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/29/2021

Synopsis

What does it take to lead people into a burning building? How do the leaders of the New York City Fire Department develop so much loyalty, trust, and grace under pressure that their subordinates will risk their very lives for them?

As a high-ranking officer of the FDNY, John Salka is an expert at both practicing and teaching high-stakes leadership. In First In, Last Out, he explains the department's unique strategies and how they can be adopted by leaders in any field—as he has taught them to organizations around the country. In a tough-talking, no-nonsense style, Salka uses real-world stories to convey leadership imperatives such as:

● First in, last out—your people need to see you taking the biggest risk, as the first one to enter the danger zone and the last to leave

● Manage change—the fire you fought yesterday is not the one you'll be fighting tomorrow

● Communicate aggressively—a working radio is worth more than 20,000 gallons of water

● Create an execution culture—focus your people on the flames, not the smoke

● Commit to reality—never allow the way you would like things to be to color how things are

About John Salka, Battalion Chief, FDNY

John Salka, a forty-plus year veteran of the fire service, served with the FDNY for over thirty-three years, the last fifteen years a battalion chief in the 18th Battalion in the Bronx. His tenure as an officer in the department had included instructing at the Probationary Firefighters School, the Captains Management Program, and the Battalion Chiefs Command Course. He is the author of the bestselling books First In-Last Out: Leadership Lessons from the New York Fire Department, The Engine Company, and Five Alarm Leadership: From the Firehouse to the Fireground.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joshua

This was a very good book that explained all of the effective qualities needed to be an effective leader, mentor, and teacher (and how these are all the same and yet very different). While this is presented at face value as a book by a fire chief for firefighters, this book is actually targeted to a......more

Goodreads review by Clare

If you remember one instruction for leadership, it will be "Follow the smoke!" Who could resist reading a guide to leadership from the point of view of the NYFD? We meet a strong personality who has to instruct, work with and depend upon many macho men and tough women - and who also has to handle out......more

Goodreads review by LeAnna

This book is a good leadership book, the way that the author presented it made it better. I am a volunteer firefighter and when I saw this book I just knew that I had to read it. Being a volunteer makes you see that helping people is good. This book was written by a Battalion Chief (a high-ranking......more

Goodreads review by Collin

It was a great about for the fire department but also for regular life lessons. It is about the management systems in the fire department. How the fire department develops loyalty and trust and how it is good to adapt your people to be capable to change to different leaders.......more

Goodreads review by Mike

A solid book on management and leadership. Nothing really ground breaking if you are into these types of books but a great starting point for a new leader or manager. A good morning read.......more

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