Oakland Park, Florida, used strategic management and a collaborative labormanagement-citizen process to engage all stakeholders in developing a response program that meets national emergency response time, safety standards, and citizen expectations for handling emergencies while avoiding layoffs of fire and paramedic personnel in today's challenging budget environment. The fire department has adopted performance measures and initiated a number of operational efficiency programs to minimize the impact the change would have: * Reconfiguration of response zones maximized utilization of available resources. * Improved incident reporting provided quality control to ensure accurate reporting of response time data. * Training and motivational meetings encouraged personnel to reduce turnout ti...
This study examined the , as perceived by position incumbents. The contemporary fire department has a mission-critical role within the jurisdiction it serves to ensure that its "first responders" are prepared to effectively, efficiently, and safely respond to and mitigate an enhanced array of types of emergency incidents. The fire chief is responsible for managing the department, both on and off the incident scene, in a manner that successfully and fully responds to the community needs. The focus of this study was on developing an understanding of how contemporary fire chiefs prioritize their managerial responsibilities and of the demographic and situational factors that influence this prioritization. The study was based on a sur...
Last October, a 19-day-long series of wildfires scorched more than 800 square miles of Southern California from Santa Barbara County to the US-Mexico border. Like earthquakes, wildfires are a fact of life in Southern California. But the events of 2007 illustrate the need to reconsider how urban sprawl, public policy and environmentalism have all contributed to the severity of this most recent disaster. One of the major problems leading up to the 2007 wildfires was a combination of wet years in 2004 and 2005, which resulted in abundant vegetation growth. In 2006, when California experienced a drought, much of that growth became dry fuel for wildfires. For the area burned out in last year's fires, the damage has already been done, and next year, there is at least the mild solace that with...
, by Larry Dressier, is reviewed.
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