The Fire And Emergency Services

So where do I start, after spending 27 years in an entity that from day one emphasizes leadership development and experiencing a broad spectrum of leadership from the extremely great leadership to the very poor leadership with varying degrees in between. Along the way I have discovered that good leaders have either an innate ability or have learned over time (through trial and error) how to effectively influence a very diverse population of individuals, providing them with the proper purpose, direction, guidance, and motivation, thus ensuring they work as a team to accomplish common goals. But not all leaders have the same challenges to overcome when exercising leadership skills, the services both military and emergency (e.g. fire, police,

Bioremediation is the process in which microorganisms such as bacteria, yeasts, molds, and filamentous fungi are introduced into the spills. The introduction of these microorganisms assists in altering and metabolizing various chemical compounds present in oil. When the microorganisms metabolize these certain compounds it significantly reduces the time it takes for the oil biodegradation to occur.

Definition of ‘crisis’ from the on-line dictionary defines the word as “a condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change”. (Dictionary, n.d.). The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has created a chart in which there are several criteria for determining when a situation is qualified as a disaster, only then, may federal aid be available to the communities. According to authors Timothy Sellnow and Matthew Seeger, the criteria allow “the FEMA to assess the relative magnitude of disruption and harm created by any event” (Sellnow & Seeger 2013, 4), so that it can be determined how much and what form of assistance the community may require. Some of the

Post-traumatic stress disorder and firefighter suicides are increasing at a very steady rate. Fire departments need to have a plan to reduce these rates, before these rates increase even more. PTSD and suicides are categorized under firefighter mental/ behavioral health, many firefighters are going untreated, even if it is by their own choice. The fire service needs to be more proactive instead of reactive to the signs and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts/ committing suicide. Departments can be proactive by developing a plan and/ or program for their employees before these specific negative behaviors occur. Fire departments need to understand the importance of providing education to all personnel

The majority of the fire department in the United States are public agencies that their budget money primarily from taxation. In Arizona, fire departments depend on the taxation of the secondary assessed value of property. The health of the economy influences the amount of revenue generated through taxation, where the rise and fall of property values directly correlate to the fluctuation of tax revenue collected for fire department budgets. The Golder Ranch Fire District (GRFD) is a public department that is a state agency because GRFD is a taxation district that provides service to an annexed jurisdiction instead of directly to a city or town. Arizona also has Rural/Metro (R/M), a private fire department owned by Envision Care. As a

As the fire service advances and changes there will be continuous stress and dangerous/ traumatic events that impact the firefighters mental health in a negative way. These mental health issues are labeled as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and firefighter suicide. There are large arrays of people who believe that firefighters were brave and no situation would ever change a firefighter’s way of thinking. However, as time moved on side effects from the emergencies that firefighters were responding to, began to present sides of mental health problems. This report will provide detailed facts such as the result, impact, or other subjects in relation to the two main issues above. Firefighter deaths are rising rapidly, members of the fire service need to be educated on PTSD and suicide to provide treatment before another devastating event occurs in result of the issues effects.

This paper will discuss emergency response derived from the Federal Emergency Management System through the Department of Homeland Security, and the management system connecting the support entities. Additionally, it will cover the response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Specifically, this paper will look into a few areas where emergency response has failed and why. Furthermore, it will look at lessons learned from failings associated with these responses. Finally, this paper will look at what emergency response methods could improve, and a business design created to improve response efforts in the future.

A person’s income is not a reflection of his or her value to society First of all, it is the job you have in society that matters, not your income. For an example, if you were an ECE you wouldn’t get paid a high income. you only get paid $48,660 per year, but you still get the hands on experience to help the younger generation to become great members of society. As an Early Childhood Educator you assesses children’s developmental needs and they organize the curriculum to address the child’s needs and interests. Furthermore Kindness matters more than money to contributing to a functioning society. A volunteer Firefighters don't get paid, but they still risk their lives to help our community. An volunteer firefighter has the same act of

By breaking down the quadrants it gives a clear vision on how and why the approaches are needed in correspondence to the different situations. Quadrant One is associated with the situations in relation to the cultural environment surrounding the organisation in which may not be appropriate any longer. For change like this,  it needs to be made on a wide scale, either for the complete organisation, or the majority of it, the Emergent approach; such as (Kanter Et Al’s 1992 Long March) which focuses on both the collaborative and political ideas of change that are more appropriate then current states. The Essex Fire And Rescue Review (2015) support the idea of change in culture that may not be appropriate any longer in that environment. An independent review of claims of intimidation at a fire service has found evidence of “dangerous and pervasive bullying”. The cultural review was commissioned by Essex Fire Authority last year after bullying was reported and two serving fire-fighters took their own lives (Guardian 2015). This idea is supported by the (Independent Cultural Review Of County Essex Fire and Rescue Service 2015) who claim If culture is to change then senior leadership is absolutely critical, in terms of both modelling behaviour and giving permissions to subordinate staff to innovate and appropriately challenge poor performance – including that of management. Taking an emergent approach to change management really highlights the ways in which nature is

The fire disaster in Northern California was characterized with evacuation for the affected families, ecological disruption, destruction of property, and deterioration of health care in the affected community. The emergency services were necessary because of food deprivation, injuries, the risk of illnesses and deaths. Local health and disaster management services available during the evacuation process lessened the burden. The local health resources were crucial for those nursing injuries and those who were traumatized, while the help of external firefighters helped contain the fire.

The INTERPOL represents the largest police organization in the world consisting of about 186 member countries. The INTERPOL is therefore, a police organization whose main agenda is to promote cross border police cooperation. Its operations are funded by the member states, which is through the yearly contributions of approximately $59 million. In terms of international organizations, it is ranked second after the United Nations. Its headquarters is currently based in Lyon, France. It is distinguished from other international organizations since it does not participate in international politics, military actions, religious aspects and cultural concerns (Dunoff & Trachtman, 2009). The principle of survival of INTERPOL is

Finally, the outcome that fire technology can provide is ensuring safety overall no matter the cause or situation whether it relates to fire or medical. It is crucial that firefighters have the technology to help prevent disastrous fires and give treatment if needed in case of injuries. It does not only benefits fire fighters, but also society benefits from fire technology. They are able to access some technology that can benefit them and also as tax payers there money goes into the fire department in which the government supply’s better technology/ equipment for firefighters. Tax payers are paying for their own safety and firefighters will do their best to do so.

One issue that may arise is the unwillingness of a person or department to bend on an issue that could save time in another area of the process. Another issue could be the follow up required after the big meeting. Additionally, if the process becomes stagnant, the managerial “Champions for Change” must be able and willing to motivate the cross-functional team in a timely fashion to get the job done. If for some reason even the perception of managerial support slips, the team’s hopes for change may be dashed as well.

FDNY was in need of a solution that would automate the inspection lifecycle and easily conduct, track, report on inspections. The Bureau of Fire Prevention includes the different specialized units responsible for performing the Inspectional duties. In addition, each unit has specific internal requirements regarding the processing of their information on a daily basis, thus they required a solution that would tightly integrate with their UCM and on-premise web application. Originally the inspection processes are managed manually that caused FDNY face some of the following challenges:

The issue confronting all communities during a large scale disaster is the extreme labor intensive need of responding and recovering. The predicament of most communities is the incapability to employ the large scale of personnel needed to competently manage a large scale disaster. One conceivable solution is to increase the workforce population during times of perilous need is for emergency managers to assimilate community volunteers into their existing disaster management plans. The nationally sponsored Neighborhood Watch, Volunteers in Police Services, Medical Reserve Corps, Community Emergency Response Team and Fire corps programs that are nationally sponsored and marketed by the federal government through county-wide Citizen