The Fourth Edition of Management in the Fire Service provides systematic guidance to help you implement enhanced leadership and decision-making skills. Loaded with thought-provoking managerial insights, this textbook is designed to be a current and future fire service leader s how to guide into evaluating the critical decisions that impact a fire department s internal and external functions. Through the use of straight forward advice, the Fourth Edition will help you make the right call when faced with challenges relating to fire prevention and code enforcement, preincident planning, personnel issues, financial resource management, and emergency incident response.

Management in the Fire Service

Rausch, Erwin

Carter, Harry R.

Kiamie, Arthur

Erwin Rausch

Criminal Law

Natl Fire Protection Assn

An organized system of size-up that can be applied to every situation -- from the smallest dumpster fire to a block-sized inferno. The 8 steps of sizeup are: What Have I Got? Where Is It? Where Is It Going? What Have I Got To Stop It? What Do I Do? Where Can I Get More Help? How Am I Doing? Can I Terminate The Incident? All strategy and tactics decisions can be mastered using these simple steps.

Fire Fighting Strategies and Tactics: Featuring an 8-Step Process for Sizeup

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Intl Fire Service Training Assn

Each new print copy of Management in the Fire Service, Fifth Edition also includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a complete eBook, Study Center, homework and Assessment Center, and a dashboard that reports actionable data. Experience Navigate 2 today at www.jblnavigate.com/2. The Fifth Edition of Management in the Fire Service meets and exceeds the objectives and outcomes for the National Fire Academy’s Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Principles of Fire Service Administration course. The textbook provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the common functions and related concerns that must be considered by the fire officer. Specific consideration is given to incident command, fire prevention, fire and life safety education, preincident planning, management of physical and financial resources, personnel management, employee relations, training, and additional services beyond firefighting. The Fifth Edition also thoroughly covers a set of fire service–specific and leadership guidelines for the fire officer to employ when making critical decisions relating to these functions so that readers are fully prepared to manage and lead when faced with the challenges that present themselves within the fire and emergency services. The Fifth Edition includes: New content on fire prevention strategies and efforts, funding alternatives, labor laws pertaining to personal issues, harassment in the workplace, social media, and issues of morality Current statistics and references to the latest codes and standards Additional and updated scenarios and scenario analyses that emphasize the importance of using the guidelines during decision-making Case studies that close each chapter and provide students a means to test their understanding of the chapter concepts

Jones& Bartlett Learning

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