Mark Wallace, Chief (Ret.), McKinney (TX) Fire Dept., Fire Marshal, State of Oregon. The first edition was published in 1998 and the second edition in 2006. Chief Wallace worked with individual fire departments and served as an instructor and facilitator and numerous conferences and seminars throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Australia and New Zealand over the course of his career.He completed an Associates Degree in Fire Science Technology, Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and a Master's of Public Administration. He completed the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy. During his active fire service career, he received designations as a Chief Fire Officer by CSPE, a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers International by IFE, and a Certified Emergency Manager by the IAEM. (All of these designations have lapsed since his retirement.)Chief Wallace is retired and living in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas with his wife Jackie Bromley and their two dogs, Loki and Shiner Bock.

• IntroductionRevisiting your existing strategic planSpeed planning for the time-challenged proactive futuristStrategic planning for accreditation by the CPSE/CFAI and National Professional DevelopmentPlanning to plan strategicallyUnderstanding and applying the values of the departmentThe value of vision to organizational changeIdentifying the department's mandatesDeveloping the mission of the departmentUnderstanding and defining the philosophy of operationsAssessing the challenges and opportunities of the external environmentAssessing the weaknesses and strengths of the internal environmentIdentifying the strategic issues of the departmentCreating strategies for strategic issuesCreating the department's ideal future through proactive futuringOperational planning from a strategic perspectiveOperational and master planning: The rest of the storyCyclic planningOrganizational change for the creation of future excellenceTroubleshooting and the strategic planning challenge wheel: Why strategic plans failWorkbook

Mark Wallace, Chief (Ret.), McKinney (TX) Fire Dept., Fire Marshal, State of Oregon. The first edition was published in 1998 and the second edition in 2006. Chief Wallace worked with individual fire departments and served as an instructor and facilitator and numerous conferences and seminars throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Australia and New Zealand over the course of his career.He completed an Associates Degree in Fire Science Technology, Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and a Master's of Public Administration. He completed the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy. During his active fire service career, he received designations as a Chief Fire Officer by CSPE, a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers International by IFE, and a Certified Emergency Manager by the IAEM. (All of these designations have lapsed since his retirement.)Chief Wallace is retired and living in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas with his wife Jackie Bromley and their two dogs, Loki and Shiner Bock.

• IntroductionRevisiting your existing strategic planSpeed planning for the time-challenged proactive futuristStrategic planning for accreditation by the CPSE/CFAI and National Professional DevelopmentPlanning to plan strategicallyUnderstanding and applying the values of the departmentThe value of vision to organizational changeIdentifying the department's mandatesDeveloping the mission of the departmentUnderstanding and defining the philosophy of operationsAssessing the challenges and opportunities of the external environmentAssessing the weaknesses and strengths of the internal environmentIdentifying the strategic issues of the departmentCreating strategies for strategic issuesCreating the department's ideal future through proactive futuringOperational planning from a strategic perspectiveOperational and master planning: The rest of the storyCyclic planningOrganizational change for the creation of future excellenceTroubleshooting and the strategic planning challenge wheel: Why strategic plans failWorkbook