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How a 2-year Strategic Plan can be just as bold as a 5-year plan

Preet Bassi, CAECPSE Chief Executive Officer by Preet Bassi, CAECPSE Chief Executive OfficerWhat would you imagine are some of the required elements for an effective strategic plan?    - Lots of in-person community feedback sessions? Sounds about right   ...

Getting to Know Jeff Pomeranz

Jeff Pomeranz, PresidentCPSE Board of Directors Jeff Pomeranz, the new President of the CPSE Board of Directors, and the first city manager to hold that position, brings over three decades of professional experience and two decades of CPSE volunteer...

“You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know”

Division Chief David Farnum (CFO-2018)The Organizational Benefits of Conducting a Complete Community Risk Assessment/Standard of Cover by Division Chief David Farnum Jr. (CFO-2018) “You don’t know what you don’t know.” At first this may sound like a non-sensical or...

Strategic Planning + Institutionalization = Implementation Success

Chief Brian Dean, CFO By Chief Brian Dean Imagine you’re on a cruise to the Western Caribbean taking a much-needed vacation. Now, before you get too excited, imagine nobody on the ship knows where they’re headed,  and everyone has their own idea for the...

CPSE Year in Review with President Allan Cain

CPSE President Allan CainCFO-2009 Allan Cain is finishing his third year as President of the CPSE Board of Directors. Having represented the Town of Cary (North Carolina) Fire Department when they first sought CFAI accreditation in 1999, Allan has been...