• Are you a current or future fire service professional who is preparing to get hired or promoted in the fire service?
   
• Are you a current or future fire officer (company officer or chief officer) who wants to just refresh your knowledge, skills, and abilities, or just be the best you can be? 

If you fall into one of the above two categories, this website will provide some value and expertise to assist you or others!

Steve is booking virtual & in-person workshops & sessions related to Courage Under Fire Leadership, Professional Development & Promotional Preparation for 2024 & 2025. 

• Please go to the "Hosting A Class" link on this website for more details.
• For dates already scheduled, please visit the "Upcoming Speaking Events" link on this website for more details.

Steve has presented sessions (or has classes scheduled) in 40 of the 50 United States as shown below in green - 10 more & he will meet one of his goals - to present a session in every state. 

PROMOTIONAL PREPARATION WEBINARS:

FREE On-Demand Webinar: How to Excel at Fire Department Promotional Exams - Episode 1: Top 10 Reasons People Don't Pass or Score High on Their Promotional Exam! (Part 1)

FREE On-Demand Webinar: How to Excel at Fire Department Promotional Exams - Episode 2: Top 10 Reasons People Don't Pass or Score High on Their Promotional Exam! (Part 2)

FREE On-Demand Webinar: How to Excel at Fire Department Promotional Exams - Episode 3: 12 Steps for Success During Your Next Fire Department Promotional Exam! (Part 1)

But wait - there is MORE!!!..............

There are a total of 14 FREE On-Demand Webinars specifically dedicated to those who are preparing for their next promotional examination and want to be the best they can be, that can be found on the FREE STUFF link of this page!

BECOMING A FIREFIGHTER WEBINARS:

Each of the above FREE webinars are now available on my YouTube page - click the links below!

• 25 Reasons to Hire YOU as a Firefighter! To view the completed webinar, go to YouTube.
• How to Master the Fire Department Testing Process! To view the completed webinar, go to YouTube.
• Reach for the Firefighter Badge - Do you have what it takes to be a Firefighter? To view the completed webinar, go to YouTube.
• 21 Key Points to Assist YOU Becoming a Firefighter! To view the completed webinar, go to YouTube.

FREE On-Demand Webinar: Reach for the Firefighter Badge, Episode 1 - Why Do You Want To Be a Firefighter?

But wait - there is MORE!!!..............

Over 80 additional FREE On-Demand Webinars specifically dedicated to those who are preparing for a career in the fire service OR who are newly hired firefighters and want to be the best they can be, that can be found on the FREE STUFF link of this page!

Are you interested in staying on top of training and safety information, including receiving training class flyers (mostly from California) and other information related to Career Development?

If so, on behalf of the California Training Officers Association, I manage their email distribution list and I send out training and safety information. 

• To subscribe (Free), CLICK HERE.

We are here to assist you with meeting your career goals of getting hired or promoted in the fire service, or with being the best you can be, regardless of your rank. We specialize in providing information, mentoring, and of course training and education in the areas of Officer Development (Company Officer & Chief Officer), Leadership, Succession Planning, Career Development, Entry-Level Firefighter Preparation, and Promotional Preparation. 

Steve Prziborowski is available for speaking engagements - keynotes, seminars, workshops, classroom & pre-conference sessions. Some of the Steve's more popular current offerings include:

• Courage under fire: Being the best Fire Service Professional you can be!
• Courage under fire: Being the best Fire Officer you can be!
• Courage under fire: Lessons learned AFTER getting the badge!
• Courage under fire leadership: Company Officer Academy
• Successfully transitioning from Firefighter (or Engineer) to Company Officer
• Successfully transitioning from Company Officer to Battalion Chief
• Successfully transitioning from Battalion Chief to Executive Chief Officer
• How to Excel at Fire Department Promotional Exams
• What do they want to hear? The promotional oral interview
• CHAOS should not stand for Captain (or Chief) Has Arrived On Scene!
• 10 Steps for success in the fire service promotional process / Thinking about taking a promotional exam, if so, start preparing now!
• What's keeping you from getting promoted?
• Here's the badge, don't screw it up!
• Survival skills for the newly promoted Company Officer
• Survival skills for the newly promoted Chief Officer
• Who's the boss? Better yet, where was the designated adult? 
• Top 10 contributing factors to Firefighter LODDs and serious injuries
• 101 Drills for the Company Officer / The Company Officer as the Training Officer of their crew.
• 10 Commandments of a great Fire Officer
• 10 MORE Commandments of a great Fire Officer
• Creating a Career Development Action Plan!
• 7 Deadly Sins - 7 Ways to Win! 

For more information and to get a price quote, please click the Hosting A Class link. 

Steve was the recipient of the 2020 Ronny Jack Coleman, Leadership Legacy Award, presented in Orlando, FL on March 3, 2020. 

This annual award recognizes an individual who holds a designation through the Commission on Professional Credentialing and who exemplifies the ability, character, and dedication to lifelong learning and displays the leadership attributes embodied by Chief Ronny Jack Coleman.

The CPC Ronny Jack Coleman Leadership Legacy Award was given to Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Prziborowski, CFO, CTO. Chief Prziborowski earned his first Chief Fire Officer designation in 2008 and then Chief Training Officer in 2014. He then became a peer reviewer for CPC and is very active in encouraging others across the nation to become credentialed.

Photo Credit: Some of the fireground action photos on this website, were taken by Craig Allyn Rose, the best Fire Service professional photographer I am aware of. Visit his website for lots of great pictures taken from around the Silicon Valley area of Northern California, on the fireground as well as the training ground, and even during special events such as promotional ceremonies.