BSM304 Role Play #2 Ken Litwak 8/22/14 City University of Seattle Abstract I am the chief of a fire company that has an opening for a top notch fire fighter. I am interviewing 3 candidates who are all similarly qualified. I know personally one of the candidates, his family and how the family worked to pay for his schooling. This candidate’s father has asked me to hire his son. I have asked the assistant fire chief to conduct a second interview with he and I well prepared to differentiate
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Abstract Firefighters do not try to sale customers, or patients, products, but instead offer their local community a service. The service is usually dangerous, or a customer’s life is in danger. In order for firefighters to offer a superior service they rely on training, effective tools/equipment, and an adequate number of firefighters on emergency scenes. Operations management can apply to every fire department, and help to make each department more successful. Material requirements planning (MRP)
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James Parker Fire Technology Mr. Armstrong 11-06-2015 LINDA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT The original fire station was opened in 1948 followed by the delivery of their first fire engine in September of 1949. It was located at 1286 scales Ave. The majority of the building was constructed by the firemen, and in 1983 Linda fire protection district more than doubled its size with the annexation of the Arboga area. They originally protected 25 square miles and now protected 52 square miles. With
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Local Firefighters Are Furloughed Even though the city needs more money, firefighters do not deserve furloughs because they do not make much money and most have to work second jobs. It is imperative to department morale that they receive adequate monetary compensation, without relying on a second job. Furloughs Firefighters do not deserve furloughs. Local firefighters are on 24-hour shifts in an A, B, and C block schedule. There were two furlough days during the year, on specified holidays.
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1. Discuss three fundamental organizational underpinnings---authority, chain of command, and span of management (span of authority). Use your organization or one that you are familiar with to give examples. Authority is the right to direct others or give orders. Span of management is the scope of supervision, or the number of people who report to a single manager. Chain of command is a chain of authority flowing downward from top-level management to subordinate managers (Dunn, 2012, p. 215).
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LAW 531 WEEK 5 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/law-531-week-5-individual-assignment/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM LAW 531 WEEK 5 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Complete the Discrimination Scenario Simulation involving a discrimination issue at the workplace and associated legal issues. Then write an essay paper discussing the following scenarios: Discrimination Scenarios You have no more than 1,500 words to provide substantive answers
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1. Introduction – Community Paramedicine Across the United States, the fire service is redefining its role within emergency services and service it provides to the community. A new paradigm is emerging in the fire service focusing on increased related medical calls and a significant decrease in an overall number of fire-related dispatches. Costly elevated operational expenses coupled with decreasing operational fire budgets and, municipalities are looking at new and innovative ways to generate revenue
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In the firehouse, the tones sound for an emergency call, someone has overdosed and needs emergency medical care. Firefighters arrive on the scene to find an unconscious, unresponsive patient lying on the floor of the bathroom from a heroin overdose, while family members watch in terror. This scenario plays out across the United States hundreds if not thousands of times each day. When this scenario plays out, every firefighter knows they have just minutes to respond, which can be the difference
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------------------------------------------------- Old School: Smoothbore Nozzles in the Fire Service ------------------------------------------------- The City of ______ Fire Department is in current discussion of using either smooth bore nozzle versus combination nozzles in commercial structures. This conversation has been a topic within the fire service since the introduction of the fog/combination nozzles in the 1960’s. Although there are positives to both pieces of equipment, I believe
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Muharremi 1 Indrit Muharremi Professor Hackett English 065 24 February 2014 Firefighters watch as home burns to the ground. Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won't respond, then watches it burn. How safe are the communities we live in? In 2010 in Obion county Tennessee a house burned to the ground as firefighters were doing nothing to stop the fire. Firefighters let a house burn down because the
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