Fire department

Department Comparisons The days of fire departments only responding to structure fires is a distant memory. The dynamic economy and increasing customer expectations demand fire departments be more versatile by offering more services and provide excellent customer service. To meet these new requirements for more services, most fire departments now offer a variety of services ranging from fire station tours and blood pressure checks to building inspections and smoke detector battery changes. These

The Neverland Volunteer Fire Department is facing multiple challenges. Not only the possibility of amalgamation within the Horizon County is pending over the Fire Department, it seems to be affecting department head officials to a point where unity of command is really fragile. The internal problems that we see happening is causing a lack of respect between firefighters and higher ups and even between managers itself. Not only respect is fundamental in a fire service but it is also essential to

Running head: Budgets and Fire Departments How Budget Cuts Effect Fire Departments Leann Rae Edison State College How Budget Cuts Effect Fire Departments Budgets have played a major role in fire departments all over the world. In the past couple of years, fire department budgets have been in the headlines quite frequently. This is especially true in Florida, where there has been much controversy in the proposal and passing of Amendment 1, in January 2008. The passing of

Volunteer fire departments everywhere have staffing problems. If you take a drive past any fire department you will probably see a volunteers needed sign. A fire chief in Pennsylvania stated “I would like to have a greater turnout of firefighters on scene than what we currently have,” he said. “We have a lack of volunteers who are able to respond during daytime hours” (Shawgo, 2014, p. 17). There are several reason that there is not as good of a turnout as there used to be. Back in the 1970s and

During the subsequent debriefing and critiques done by the two primary agencies, Los Angeles County and Los Angeles City Fire Departments, four major obstacles were identified. The two departments agreed that while there was cooperation between the departments, the identified obstacles definitely impeded the efforts put forth to extinguish the fire. Terminology between the departments was an initial obstacle that needed to be addressed. The critique found that because each agency had a variety of terms

The situation that is happening with the Bay City Fire Department is very disturbing because they are supposed to be one of the few pillars in the community for people to trust to get their job done, and I believe they have a very important role to fulfill but they are slacking majorly. A few speculations on why they are violating standard operational procedures because that is how the older firefighters did it in the past. Since many of the firefighters in charge are much older than the recruits

Springs Fire Department has is the low amount of paid on call firefighters. If the department looks at these different ways to receive money, they can provide incentives to draw in future firefighters. Solutions would be to pay a higher hourly rate as well as implement education tuition funds for the firefighters. As a result, the Department would be able to offer more incentives to their new firefighters which would lead to increased amount firefighters that will want to apply at this fire department

The incidents surrounding the Garland Fire Department (GFD) use of a mayday on September 8, 2013 is nothing new in the fire service. Although the situation did not result in a Line of Duty Death (LODD), it can be considered a “near-miss”. It is important in the fire service to understand the circumstances that took place on that day in order to ensure that we learn from them and ensure the safety of all firefighters going forward. The policy of two in, two out was put into place by the Occupational

Business Case Study The City of Sacramento Fire Department (SFD) was first established as a volunteer fire department on February 5 of 1850 with the formation of Mutual Hook and Ladder station #1. This fire house was the first voluntee r fire house formed west of the Mississippi. Soon after, on March 30th, 1872, Engine companies 1 and 2 became the first paid, professional fire department firefighters west of the Mississippi. The Sacramento City Fire Department has grown from these histor ic beginnings

2015 Edwards Air Force Base Fire Department Essay Contest Did you know that approximately 30% of all homes in America have smoke alarms that do not work! Every home should have working smoke alarms. When it comes to smoke alarms, it’s about “location, location, location.” We will go over the best way to prevent fires and injuries, ways to protect your family, and the importance of protection using smoke alarms. The best ways you can prevent fires and injuries in your home is to make sure your home