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DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF

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DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF

Location

Cathedral City, CA

Job Type

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE

Job Number

25-31

Department

Fire Department

Division

Fire Department

Opening Date

12/08/2025

FLSA

Exempt

Bargaining Unit

NON-REP

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Description

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01

Each applicant must complete this supplemental questionnaire as a part of the application screening and selection process. The information you provide will be reviewed and used to determine your eligibility to move forward in the selection process. Incomplete responses, false statements, omissions, partial information, and reference to resume or application may result in disqualification from the selection process. Do you agree to answer each supplemental question truthfully and that your responses can be verified from information included within the application?

• YES

• NO

02

Please specify your highest level of studies completed and include the field of study (fire science, business, public administration, etc.)

03

Have you passed probation as a Fire Battalion Chief or above with a municipal, county, tribal, or special district fire department? Note: Experience must be listed on your application.

• Yes

• No

04

Please specify the certifications you currently possess. Check all that apply.

• Emergency Medical Technician I

• Emergency Medical Technician D

• Current/valid CPR

• NIMS IS-700

• NIMS IS-800

• Strike Team Leader

05

Have you taken any advanced management leadership training from a recognized industry? If yes, please specify dates and industry where taken. If no, type "none".

06

Acknowledgement: All applicants are required to answer the following six questions as part of the application process. Responses must be based on your own experience and written in your own words—do not use AI tools or search engines. Please provide your answers in the spaces provided below.

• I acknowledge that all responses to the supplemental questions are my own work, based on my personal experience, and were completed without the use of AI tools or search engines. I understand that misrepresentation or dishonesty in the application process may result in disqualification from consideration or termination of employment if discovered after hiring.

07

Maintaining a fully staffed fire department is one of the most difficult challenges in today's fire service environment. What strategies have you implemented or would you implement to recruit, develop, and retain firefighters at all levels? Include how you assess candidate quality, reduce turnover, build promotional depth, and maintain culture while hiring under pressure.

08

What is your leadership philosophy, and how do you bring people with you through organizational change? Provide a specific example of a change you led within your organization, what the resistance was, how you communicated direction, and what the final outcome was.

09

Walk me through your experience developing and managing a fire department budget. How do you balance operational needs, capital purchases, and fiscal responsibility, and what strategies do you use during financial limitations?

10

How do you ensure consistency in operations across multiple battalion chiefs, and what systems or approaches do you use to monitor performance, response capability, compliance, and organizational effectiveness?

11

Tell us about an innovation or operational improvement you have implemented in a previous agency. How did you evaluate need, build buy-in, measure impact, and sustain results?

12

Given that this position manages emergency medical operations, transport, quality assurance, and training programs, what is your philosophy on EMS CQI, and what steps would you take in your first 90 days to evaluate system performance?

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Employer

City of Cathedral City

Address

68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero

Cathedral City, California, 92234

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