Risk Management Decisions Made By Officers

Inherently the fire service operates in high-risk environments to facilitate the role of preserving life safety and property conservation. How these incidents are managed and safeguarded by our administration

Through learning how to hold these officer positions, I have grown into a stronger, more complex version of myself. I am now standing tall where I used to cower in the shadows, feeling as if I have a duty to fulfill and knowing that I must jump out of my comfort zone in order to accomplish personal and HOSA goals. Learning how to collaborate with a group of people with varying ideas has prepared me for college, the workplace, and the real world. The skills that I have gained while travelling towards this expertise are skills that every young adult should learn before being released into the world on their own. A functioning citizen of society should properly be able to cooperate with their coworkers, reach new heights in their career, and inspire others to attain their position. All of these skills will be developed through holding a leadership position of some sort, no matter how

Risk management is the process of prioritizing various risks to determine a the best course of action to take given set resources, importance, or abilities. Risk is determined by a simple mathematical function.

A person cannot achieve excellence leadership skills and abilities overnight; it is something you develop over time and continue to define and shape for yourself. An officer is someone who can transform their thoughts into someone else’s undertaking -- a skill hard to learn but even more difficult to master-- and be able to delegate responsibilities. I want to become an officer for that very reason: to continue expanding and progressing my leadership skills and develop valuable skills that will help me in the workforce and beyond. Rosalynn Carter once said, “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be." I also want to be an officer to help others reach their full potential, to showcase their skills and knowledge, and lead them to a path of success. For me to become said officer, I will need to complete MS

While dangerous work like firefighting often requires decisive and quick action against one of nature’s most destructive elements, do the inherent risks of firefighting justify risky decision-making by officials? In this dangerous and often daring line of work, when is the line between protecting the public and protecting public employees crossed – and who is responsible when that line is crossed?

officer are guided in their decision-making by policy, training, intelligence information, and more. On a

What occurred at Yarnell Hill was a travesty; many brave firefighters lost their lives that day. We must recognize our mistakes and learn from them; that is how we move forward. I am not here to inform you, the executives, on better ways to prevent fires. I am here to educate you on risk management strategies that you can implement into the USFS.

In January, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell shared his intent and risk management protocols for the 2015 fire season. He defined success as safely achieving reasonable objectives with the least firefighter exposure necessary. The Chief reiterated that safety is not just a consideration in how work is accomplished; it is the essence of decision-making. The 2015 Wildland Fire Risk Management Protocols emphasized the need to assess, analyze, communicate and share risk before, during and after an incident. For risk management to be successful, communication flows up and down within the fire organization and firefighters are key partners in the risk management process. Deliberate management of risk promotes life safety by minimizing exposure to the intrinsic hazards associated with wildland fire suppression.

Based on what I read, the answer to protecting firefighter is a combination of policy, procedure implementation, and training. These are important not only to prevent death, but also to prevent any types of injuries. The Jersey City Fire Department (JCFD) trains its members on the Incident Command System and there are procedures for the members to use it (New Jersey Division of Fire Safety, 1993, p. 5). Additionally, they are trained to use the Jersey City Incident Command System (JCICS), based on the National Fire Academy’s system. Better yet, the members of the JCFD use the JCICS on all incidents. The JCICS would help to avoid miscommunication among the emergency personnel. The JCFD also provide firefighters with ladder training daily. The

While people recognize that firefighting is a treacherous job, several assume that the prevalent risks of the occupation are casualties on the scenes of accidents and fires. Although mishaps are a source of deaths in the field of firefighting, they are far from being the only hazard. With firefighters being involved in high-stress situations along with being in structures filled with smoke, a few of the most frequent risks are heart attacks as well as other diseases dealing with smoke and chemical inhalation; nevertheless, there are other dangers that account for a smaller portion of deaths.

All officers coming onto the job learn on their own, ways of working and learn what types of officers they will be for the future. The majority of agencies encourage officers to pursue higher education but mostly for rank, agencies want to differentiate officers so that they can give promotions, if all officers do not strive for higher education and all remain to the status quo, when it is time to promote a person, what criteria would make an officer better than another. I agree with the approach to better an officer and push for higher education, with all of the officers wanting more responsibilities as well and pay; there should definitely be a system set up for

Firefighters are killed and injured at incidents that are not initially reported as violent, so it is important to always expect the worst when responding to an incident (Ford, 2012). It is impossible to think of all the dangers that a responder will encounter at an emergency scene. Emergency responders will respond to scene where there is a potential for violence due to the nature of the call, and they may even respond to a call where violence was premeditated and meant for the responders. There has been an increase in the number of line of duty deaths and serious injuries of firefighters due to violence (Ford, 2012).

This case study introduces us to the risk, safety measures, and issues involved in fire fighting. The title of the case study is Risky Business: Consent Safety and fire fighting Culture. The case discusses the Bay City fire fighting department which is known “as one of the most advanced in the country” (2010). The case highlights the fact that though the department has one of the most highly trained fire fighters in its team, the chief is concerned about some security issues which were due to result of negligence and disobedience on the behalf of the firefighters.

The greatest threat facing the Modern Fire Service is the rate at which firefighters are dying in the line of duty. Excluding the terrible event of 9/11 that occurred in 2001 that forever changed the dynamics of the emergency response services1, firefighter deaths have averaged around 100 fatalities each year for the since 1990. This unacceptable rate of firefighter deaths has found its way to be a benchmark in the industry. The problem is that the benchmark should be zero firefighter deaths while on duty and every year that there is a fatality is a year that the fire service has failed its members. The number one cause of firefighter related deaths yearly is proven to be medical, stress, or overexertion related fatalities2. All of these causes of firefighter deaths can be avoided with implementation of training and awareness.

One well accepted description of risk management is the following: risk management is a systematic approach to setting the best course of action under uncertainty by identifying, assessing, understanding, acting on and communicating risk issues. In order to apply risk management effectively, it is vital that a risk management culture be developed. The risk management culture supports the overall vision, mission and objectives of an organization. Limits and boundaries are established and communicated concerning what are acceptable risk practices and outcomes. Since risk management is directed at uncertainty related to future events and outcomes, it is