Kimberly Alyn

“THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNION The Union’s Responsibility: To hold a high standard of accountability and responsibility. It’s the union’s job to make sure a firefighter who faces discipline gets a fair process. However, it is not the responsibility of the union to try and get a guilty firefighter off the hook. It is also not the responsibility of the union to help a firefighter get his or her job back when the actions of that firefighter are an absolute disgrace to the fire service. If the union engages in that type of activity, it hurts the fire service as a whole, makes the union look bad, and puts public safety at jeopardy. Additionally, this type of action by the union contributes to poor choices when it comes to promotional candidates.”
― Kimberly Alyn, Leadership Lessons for formal and informal fire service leaders