How Buget Cuts Effect Fire Departments

There are many areas in the fire service where potential lawsuits and liability can arise; some of these areas include, but are most definitely not limited to negligence, hazing, and not following the fire department’s SOPs/SOGs. As our society has changed, so has its expectations of those in emergency services—while many in the community may think of firefighters as the pinnacle of what an upstanding citizen must look like, there are countless moral and ethical pitfalls that firefighters can fall prey to and diminish the reputation of the fire service.

FEMA was not able to provide effective disaster relief due to incompetent leadership. Those in charge, such as FEMA Director Michael D. Brown were unqualified and in power because of connections to the Bush Administration. Bush’s saving grace in this category was his quick passing of the “PATRIOT Act”. Though it can be argued that it was a poor decision in the long run, he responded quickly and innovatively in an attempt to protect America from potential terrorist attacks.

Agreed that you can make data say anything that you want, but if your not preventing fires, if you not training, if you don’t have enough staffing and if your not getting the latest and greatest fire equipment you know it! These things need to be pushed from the fire chief, city or town mayor, county Board of Supervisors, or whom ever is in charge. Be proactive instead of reactive with all of the knee jerk reactions. All three of these reports listed a number figure that fires took away from us, all three listed ways to keep it from happening again, but yet the same fires are burning, the same outdated fire trucks are going out the door with one or two people on them. Its time to do something with the statistics that we have for 50 years or more.

Most of these fires are due to poor building conditions, and the deaths and injuries are attributed to the lack of escape possibilities and fire safety measures. The American Red Cross in the Greater New York Region has been taking measures to alleviate this problem. The chapter participates in the organization’s Home Fire Preparedness Campaign, in which volunteers go around neighborhoods and install smoke alarms and and distribute fire-safety information. The campaign is very active in Bronx

Over the past couple of years, our small city of Granbury has seen a drastic spike in population. This recent growth has not only caused an unemployment crisis, but it also has influenced a greater risk of devastating fires for both homes and businesses. However, if the city of Granbury were to adopt full time fire departments, all citizens and businesses would benefit in numerous aspects. By adopting these full time departments, it is clear that our cities proficiency, productivity, and safety will increase greatly. There is a little over 400 volunteer firefighters at seven departments spread across Granbury. This not only means that these hard working heros do not receive a paycheck for their excruciating efforts, but it also reveals that these 400 firefighters are not stationed at their departments which indicates they must travel to the station to be able to then respond to a call causing a slow response time; opposed to career departments that always have their stations manned which is proven to generate a quicker response time. Not only do these full time departments ensure proper response times to emergencies, but they will also correspond with companies insurance codes which allow their franchises to be opened in cities only with these career departments. Many companies such as Target, Academy, Olive Garden, Main Event, etc… all require professional fire departments for their stores to be built in that city. Also, the lack of recreational opportunities prevent social

Many do not know of the budget crisis going on but those that do recognize it is a major issue. These citizens that understand what is going of have begun to protest because their safety is at risk. The cuts that have been going on reduce the size of the police force which in turn brings crime rates up, and also fire departments have fewer men and unmaintained equipment to help rescue civilians. This scares many citizens into either moving to a city with a better emergency service budget or protesting to get their city’s budget raised. "I pray that nobody in this room needs the police or fire in their new future," another attendee remarked” (qtd. In Smith 5). Many citizens feel that their local governments have been focused on the wrong things. They believe that the local governments have it all wrong. One citizen quoted in Smith paragraph 6 said “the public service has to be number one.” These civilians have gone to city council meeting with petitions and protested a change. In some areas, this has led to budget renegotiations as well as contracts being

Fire district 13 is located in the forested valleys and steep foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range at the base of Mount St. Helens. Access to our district, primarily reached by one main county road, is limited. With automatic mutual aid to neighboring districts with, major rail, and freeway- interoperability is key. Located above the Cascadia Subduction zone, Clark County is due for a catastrophic earthquake. The area that includes fire district 13 is a transitional zone between unoccupied forest land and human development. Being a part of the wildland urban interface zone puts us at a higher risk for wildfires.

The economic cost of wildfires is very expensive. All the help from the firefighters is very costly. The firefighters work hours a day for months depending on how big the fire spreads. All the chemicals and aircrafts they spend on trying to put out the fire adds on to the cost. The houses and the rest of the owner's belongings are lost from the fire and are needed to be rebuilt and repurchased. Millions of dollars is spent on the damage of

nation may be at risk. The U.S.A. works as a team, with members of society relying on one

“Who you gonna call? Ghost Busters” (Brillstein & Reitman, 1984). In 1984, a very popular comedy movie “Ghostbusters” hit the big screen and this quote from the movie seemed to stick in everyone’s head. Today, the question that seems to be raised when there is a crisis or emergency situation is “Who you gonna call? The fire department”. In today’s society, the fire service has become the “catchall” for every kind of emergency. Do you agree? Fighting fire is still a big part of the fire service, “in 2015, every twenty-three seconds a fire department was responding to a fire” (NFPA (Ed.), 2015). However, the fire service has evolved from just “putting the wet stuff on the red stuff” mentality, to a profession of highly trained and skilled firefighters. Ever since the discovery of fire there has been a need for methods to manage it if, and when, it gets out of control. Throughout history, to keep up with the changing environment in which we live, civilization and the fire service have made numerous changes. With fewer fires, and more products being manufactured from plastics and other dangerous chemicals, the fire service must be vigilant in developing new methods to keep firefighters safe and justify their job while providing the most efficient service for the citizens.

The fiscal problem is that there are not enough paid on call firefighters to respond to calls. Recruiting more firefighters to the Western Springs Fire Department would be a benefit to the department as well as the village. The department would have enough firefighters to control the all calls by mitigating the problem and save life/ property. This would also eliminate the need of calling and rely on other departments to respond to the villages own 911 call. If the fire department has extra beneficial items to offer to the new firefighters it could attract more firefighters to join and this would stop the fiscal problem.

The Golden Fire Department is a great place to work for and be a part of this organization makes me feel proud and important part of the community. As the city has grown, demand for services from Fire Department are growing each year, therefore being available to ease the administrative workload from Fire Divisions helps them to concentrate on the important services to inside and outside customers, this makes me feel valued and needed. I am looking forward to next year in continuing my

I truly enjoyed reading the material for this week 's discussion. I found it fascinating to read how these people of passion were so revered as leaders. Something I found difficult while reading the stories of these various leaders was the details of what they did within their respective industries that made them successful. Although I recognize the importance of the details, I found myself continually fanaticizing about how the many different approaches would directly translate to the fire service. Because of the uniqueness of the fire service as an industry, I found it easier to relate to themes and concepts rather than the details. 'Strengths Based Leadership ' by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie For example Simon Cooper stated: "people create memories, not things. If we ask guests what color the carpet was in their guest room, they probably won 't know. The real value comes from the ladies and gentlemen (employees) who bring that hotel to life. Ten percent is the platform, but the rest is people. (Rath & Conchie, 2008, p. 43) As I read this I couldn 't help but think of the fact that our customers in the emergency response world (fire service) likely remember more about how we treat them than what uniform we wear or what kind of apparatus we arrive in, so long as we bring true caring and compassion to their bedside. In addition Cooper 's people over platform approach was obvious in this Rath & Conchie description: "then when he talked of the night-and-day difference that a

While arson is defined as the intentional and malicious setting of fire to a building, land, a vehicle, or other property with the intent to cause damage, arson for profit is the intentional and malicious setting of fire for financial again, often with the intent to commit insurance fraud (U.S. Fire Administration, 2009. The scope of arson for profit ranges from individuals using arson to escape an unwanted car loan to business ventures that buy property for the sole purpose of burning them to collect the insurance (U.S. Fire Administration, 2009). The end results of these types of insurance scams can generate over one billion in annual insurance pay-outs (U.S. Fire Administration, 2009). Arson for profit also results in “lost housing, tax dollars, and jobs, and more costly government services” (Goetz, 1997, p. 562).

Looking at the changes in fire service little has been done in totality to address firefighter deaths. In fact one of the most