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Sam Smith's BCFD Fire Chief

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If we could dig up Sam Smith and make him BCFD Fire Chief, I believe he could help with the morale within the organization. As stated in the book Sam Smith Star Spangled Hero, “Smith was the type of leader that is truly empowered and is able to get things done with and through the effort of others. ” Unfortunately, In the past, members have forgotten our mission due to budget cuts, furloughs, shift change, closures and broken contracts to name a few with no communication from the Chiefs. The book also states “ if a leader does not ensure the maintenance of good working relationship on the part of the workers, between everyone concerned, and the effect of bad morale on achieving the goal of the organization, then the mission cannot be accomplished.

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