库尔特·穆勒（Kurt Mueller）
Chesterfield（VA）Fire＆Ems传统上依靠其多样化的劳动力来维修和维护其内部设备。切斯特菲尔德（Chesterfield）是弗吉尼亚州里士满市郊区446平方英里和311,000名公民的县，由466人组成，拥有21个消防局。其2009财年预算为4410万美元。除了承担常规职责和责任外，它还为其由车站人员管理的七家专业店感到自豪。
切斯特菲尔德没有介绍专卖店concept in response to hard economic times. Specialty shops have been an integrated part of station life for decades, but their true value is now becoming more apparent during times of budget cutbacks. Fire departments across the nation are faced with the effects of the rapidly changing, volatile economy that transforms the fiscal policy at all levels of government. Specialty shops are a common concept among fire departments. But is their impact understood, let alone appreciated? I suspect that specialty shops are a widely neglected and unexploited cost-saving opportunity. Running a specialty shop is not complicated. As a matter of fact, all that is needed to succeed is a well-thought-out plan, leadership, and buy-in from all stakeholders, which is the standard formula for success in anything we do in the fire service.
