Unit Assignments
Unit I Scholarly Activity
The University City Fire/Rescue Department is writing a new handbook specifically for chief fire officers. You have been assigned to complete the section of the handbook that addresses fire department organization and structure.
Your assignment must:
- Contain a title page.
- Contain an introduction paragraph to introduce organization and structure.
- Explain structure, process, behavior, vision, mission, goals, and objectives.
- Explain department culture.
- Explain the purpose of credentialing.
- Describe how the implementation of Incident Action Plans and the Incident Management System contributes to effective fire department organization.
- Describe the University City Fire/Rescue Department’s role in emergency management.
- Include an overview of the strategic planning process.
- Include an organizational structure chart for the University City, IA, Fire/Rescue Department. Click to access a PDF of the University City Fire/Rescue Information document.
- Identify which of the 16 life safety initiatives are applicable to leadership and organization and the fire Department’s role in emergency management.
This assignment should be at least four full pages (not including cover page, the organization chart, and identification of life safety initiatives).
- You are expected to use information you learned from this course.
- You are also encouraged to supplement your personal experience.
- Your assignment must be written using the APA format, including citations and references.
- The assignment must be written on double-spaced lines.
- Include the list of life safety initiatives and the organizational chart at the end of your project.
Related NFPA Standard: 1021-6.4.6
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit II Scholarly Activity
Establish education and training goals for a specific bureau/division within your department or a bureau within the University City Fire/Rescue Department. Click to access a PDF of the University City Fire/Rescue Information document. Your completed project must list each position within the bureau, responsibilities of each position, training goals for each position, and higher education goals for each position. Also identify life safety initiatives applicable to this assignment.
You must name your attachment- FIR 4303, Unit II Special Project.
NFPA Standard – 1021-6.2.7
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit III PowerPoint Presentation
In order to implement nontraditional services for community risk reduction, you have been asked to deliver a 30 minute presentation to the University City Concerned Parents Group. There will be approximately 50 members in attendance.
Research and select an article or publication related to one of the following:
- Bicycle safety
- Honey Bees
- Carbon Monoxide
- Dog bites
- Terrorism awareness
- Use of seat belts
- Ingested poisonings
- Childhood drowning
- Boating safety
- Fireworks safety
Complete a PowerPoint presentation to be presented. Click for a PowerPoint tutorial if you need guidance in creating effective PowerPoint presentations.
Your presentation must:
- Contain appropriate content/photos/data for the audience.
- Have at least 10 slides (not counting the title slide and reference slide).
- Have a title slide.
- Include an introduction.
- Explain how this program provides for increased safety, injury prevention, and convenient public services for your community or the University City, IA, community.
- Identify which of the 16 life safety initiatives are applicable to the subject.
- Include a reference slide at the end.
Although not mandatory, your presentation can include photographs to help appeal to your audience. NFPA Standard: 1021-6.3.1
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VI Scholarly Activity
Article for Publication
You have been asked to write an article to be published in the monthly web-based newsletter sponsored by your State Fire Chiefs Association. The title of your article will be Legal Issues within the Fire Service: Chief Fire Officers must embrace change and prepare for future trends. You have the option of selecting another title.
At a minimum, your information must include:
- Title of the article
- Your name
- An introduction paragraph
- Communicating in an electronic world
- The need for continued research
- Training, education, and maintaining proficiencies
- Short-term and long-term objectives for human resource plans
- Recent legal cases (since 2006)
- The chief fire officer’s role in code enforcement and public education
- A summary paragraph
Although photographs or graphics are not required, you are encouraged to be creative and include them in your article.
Also identify which of the 16 life safety initiatives are applicable to this assignment (on an additional page).
Your completed article must contain at least two full pages of content (single spaced lines). This required length does not include the applicable life safety initiatives. If photographs or graphics are included, it is understood the article will exceed two pages.
- You are expected to use information you learned from this course You are also encouraged to supplement your personal experience.
- Your article must include citations and references.
Related NFPA Standard: 1021-6.2.1, 6.2.4, 6.2.7, & 6.4.6.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VII Scholarly Activity
Select one of the following in relation to code enforcement, public administration, or communication:
- A nation-wide trend that has created/may create an administration problem within your department.
- A nation-wide trend that has created/may create a problem within your department.
- A nation-wide trend that has created/may create a problem related to fire suppression within your department.
- A nation-wide trend that has created/may create a challenge for maintaining effective fire prevention within your department.
- A nation-wide trend that has created/may create obstacles to achieving training/education goals and objectives within your department.
- A nation-wide trend in the business world that has created/may create a challenge for the fire service in general.
Discuss the use of communication technology, networks, and the internet as resources in solving the problem or conquering the challenge.
Also identify which of the 16 life safety initiatives are applicable to this assignment.
This assignment should include a cover page and have minimum of 2.5 pages (not including the cover page and identification of life safety initiatives). Content lines should be double spaced.
- You are expected to use information you learned from this course
- You are also encouraged to supplement your personal experience.
- Your assignment must be written using the APA format, including citations and references.
Related NFPA Standards: 1021-6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.7, 6.3.1, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.6, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.6.1, 6.6.3, and 6.8.1
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Final Project
Within your state, a few fire chiefs (career and volunteer) have begun to question the value of PROBOARD and IFSAC. However, there are some fire chiefs who have expressed that the services provided by both organizations yield great benefits to all fire departments.
You have been asked to deliver a 50 minute presentation at your state’s fire chief association conference. The title of your presentation is “Understanding IFSAC and PROBOARD and their value to the fire service”.
See the link for guidelines for creating PowerPoint presentations. Your presentation must: Have 15-20 slides (not counting the title slide).
- Have a title slide.
- Include an introduction.
- Address both organization’s approach to certification and issuing of certificates. Explain both organization’s concept of accreditation.
- Identify your state fire training agency’s accredited courses and levels (if any).
- Identify at least five state agencies and their accredited PROBOARD courses and levels.
- Identify at least five state agencies and their accredited IFSAC courses and levels.
- Identify at least two non-state agencies and their accredited PROBOARD courses and levels.
- Identify at least two non-state agencies and their accredited IFSAC courses and levels.
- Explain the return on investments for organization which affiliate with PROBOARD and IFSAC.
- Explain how career and volunteer fire department will likely be impacted by their state fire training agency’s affiliation with PROBOARD and IFSAC.
Also, identify which of the 16 life safety initiatives are applicable to this assignment. Although not required, you may enhance your presentation by including photographs and other graphics.
Related NFPA Standard: 1021-6.2.7
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
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