Essays on Fire Service

Introduction

Ever since the Affordable Care Act, more popularly known as Obamacare was signed into law in 2010, there has been a major overhaul in the health services that the community provides. One of the aspects that was changed was in terms of emergency medical services, commonly abbreviated to EMS. Since EMS is commonly handled by the fire department in various communities as well, they too are affected in this service. In fact, the changes made to the EMS system have a major impact regarding the relationship between hospitals and fire departments, and may prompt the latter in changing its ...

Chapter 18: Florida State Officials

Chapter 18: Florida State Officials

County Commissioners Miami-Dade: Jose Pepe Diaz Broward County: Marty Kiar, Mark Bogen, Chip LaMarca, Lois Wexler, Bean Furr, Tim Ryan, Barbara Sharief, Dale Holness Pinellas County: Kenneth Welch, Dave Eggers, John Morroni, Janet Long, Karen Williams Seel Hillsborough County: Toni PAPPAS, Sandra Ziehn, Carol Holden Duval County: Alejo Garcia, David Garza, Rene, Gilberto Uribe Brevard County: Andy Anderson, Jim Berfield St. Lucie County: Kim Johnson. Fire District Commissioners: Rufus Alexander, Michele Berger, Johnson Kim, Chris Dzadovsky, Shannon Martin, Mark Gotz

Collier County: Georgia A. Hiller, Donna Fiala, Tom Henning, Commissioner Penny Taylor, and Tim Nance

Representatives Debbie Wasserman, Alan Grayson, Patrick Murphy, David Jolly, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Corrine Brown, Ted ...

In this document, readers will be presented with a description of the expertise and knowledge of fire fighting. Fire fighting is an exceptionally imperative job. It protects many lives and possessions. Fire fighters put their life in danger each single day to help and protect the general public. All of the various concepts and knowledge, along with standards and professional qualification discussed in the course are proposed to present effective fire investigators with a base intensity of understanding in certain topics that involves fire investigation. The topics are summarized in NFPA 1033 – Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator ...

Chapter 7: Review of Case Study 7-3. Beth Ann Faragher v City of Boca Raton

Chapter 7: Review of Case Study 7-3. Beth Ann Faragher v City of Boca Raton Sexual harassment and gender discrimination are common problems in many organizations including fire service police organizations. In this case, the US Supreme Court rightly held the city to have been vicariously liable for the misconduct of its supervisors towards Faragher. According to Bennett (2008), the lesson that fire department can learn from this case is that they should have in place clearly written policy on sexual harassment in order to avoid such liabilities (p.89). The court also noted that had the department had a ...

The following paper will examine 3 sources discussing the importance of changing the culture of safety in the fire service through conformity. The challenging and dangerous job of fire fighters requires a substantial amount of preparation and training. The following three sources have been collected and summarized to help expand one’s knowledge on the changing culture of safety in the fire service.

“Changing the Culture of Safety in the Fire Service”

Siarnicki, Robert J., and Richard Gist. Changing the Culture of Safety in the Fire Service. Fire Engineering University. Web. 7 Apr. 2016. <http://www.fireengineering.com/content/dam/fe/online-articles/documents/FEU/FEUsiarnicki.pdf>. The article by Siarnicki and Gist focuses on the uniqueness of the ...