The Role of Fire Service Administration
You are directed to attend a meeting at the mayor’s office to discuss the development and implementation of a program to reduce the incidence of fire and burn injuries involving Alzheimer’s patients in local nursing and care facilities. The mayor wants the department to develop a series of classes to be delivered to the Alzheimer’s patients within the care facilities. The mayor is especially interested because the mayor’s mother suffers from the condition.
For the meeting, you are to prepare a 300- to 500-word expository paper describing how the Fire Prevention Bureau decides what fire prevention program is best for the community.
Include the following in your paper:
- Describe three or more functions of the role of fire administrations and how they work with municipal governments to develop fire prevention programs to implement within the community.
- Using the five-step process of identification, selection, design, implementation, and evaluation, determine if the mayor’s suggested program is viable and how you would go about implementing it in the community. Note: The five-step process is outlined in the textbook; Chapter 10, Figure 10-4.
- Include a summary of your findings for each of the five steps in the process.
- What are your recommendations to best serve this target group while also serving the mayor? Provide at least two recommendations for the target group.
Note: This assignment will require outside research. Use at least two credible sources beyond the text material. You may consult the Library, the internet, course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task. Use proper citations in APA style.
Additional Resources
U.S. Fire Administration: Public Fire Education Planning – A Five Step Process
City of Duncanville, TX: Example of a Fire Administration
References
City of Duncanville. (n.d.). Fire administration. http://www.duncanville.com/departments/fire/divisions/fire-administration/
U.S. Fire Administration. (2008). Public fire education planning: A five step process. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-219.pdf
