Finance + Fire Collaboration
Building collaboration between finance and fire.
GFOA and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) are working together to develop resources to promote better collaboration between finance officers and fire chiefs. An introductory public finance curriculum geared toward firefighters is in the works, along with checklists that finance officers can use when meeting with their counterparts in the fire department (and vice versa for fire chiefs).
Q&A with Samantha Babich
GFOA recently spoke with Samantha Babich about a career in fire service, what its like to build a finance organization, the benefits of transparent budget decisions and how governments can improve their recruiting.
10 Steps to Better Collaboration
GFOA and IAFC staff and members developed a list of items geared toward both central office finance professionals and fire department executives. We encourage you to share this list with your colleagues in the fire department.
Questions to Help Build Collaboration Between Finance and Fire
To help with communication between finance and fire, GFOA and IAFC have created an questions guide for fire chiefs to ask and finance and budget directors and vice versa. This will help build better relationships across the board.