Download or read book Social Media and the Baltimore City Fire Department written by Jeffrey R. Segal and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there has been an explosion of social media activity in America and throughout the world. The proliferation of the social media has affected public safety organizations in one way or another. Many of the public safety organizations do not have policies in place that provide sound guidance on the social media explosion. The problem is that the Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) does not have a social media policy to protect the interest of the BCFD and the citizens that it serves. The expanded use of social media coupled with a strong social media policy will enhance the BCFD's ability to protect the citizens of Baltimore and protect the interests of the BCFD. The purpose of this research was to identify the need for a social media policy and identify ways to enhance the protection of the BCFD through the use of the social media.
Download or read book Chief Officer written by International Association of Fire Chiefs and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2011-08-08 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Fire Officer III and IV Training Solution! Chief officers need to know how to make the transition from company officer to chief officer. Chief Officer: Principles and Practice is designed to help make the transition from company officer to chief officer a smooth evolution. Covering the entire scope of Levels III and IV from the 2009 Edition of NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, Chief Officer combines current content with dynamic features and interactive technology to better support instructors and to help prepare future chief officers to become problem-solving leaders for their organizations. Chief Officer: Principles and Practice has a clear focus on instilling fire fighter safety throughout an organization’s culture. Reducing fire fighter injuries and deaths requires the dedicated efforts of every fire fighter, fire officer, and fire department. The entire fire community must work together to achieve one common goal: to ensure that everyone goes home. Chief officers therefore set the tone for safety in their organization, and this textbook embraces that philosophy. It is with this goal in mind that the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives, developed by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, are integrated throughout the text. The features in this textbook will help students take that extra step toward becoming outstanding chief officers. These features include: • Scenario-Based Learning. You Are the Chief Officer and Chief Officer in Action are found in each chapter to encourage and foster critical thinking skills. • Practical Tips for the Chief Officer. Chief Officer Tips and Voices of Experience essays are integrated into each chapter to provide helpful advice from experienced chief officers. • Level IV Job Performance Requirements. Fire Officer Level IV content is highlighted to discern Level III JPRs from Level IV. • Walk the Talk. Additional activities encourage students to take what they have learned in the chapter and apply it to their own department.
Download or read book Into the Heat written by Ray Lockett and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping and intriguing glimpse into the life of a career firefighter. Pull on your turn-out boots and join 29-year veteran, Ray Lockett, as he recalls the most memorable experiences working in some of the busiest firehouses in Baltimore spanning the last three decades of the 20th century. Have you ever wondered what firefighters think and experience as they crawl down a smoke filled hallway or scale a 100-foot ladder to the roof of a burning building? In this memoir you will experience the heartbreak of unsuccessful rescues along with the elation of bringing a civilian back from the brink of death. Vividly written, this book brings to life the sights, sounds and smells of working in the most turbulent neighborhoods in West Baltimore and will help the reader appreciate the challenges that confront firefighters every day at work. And you will feel the pride as the book progresses and Ray's two sons become third generation firefighters.Into The Heat features not only the dramatic moments of fighting fires and saving lives, but also gives the reader a glimpse into the firehouse antics and range of personalities that coexist there. The pride and bravery of these heroes will inspire, inform, and awe both enthusiasts and readers who thought they knew what a firefighter's job is.Ray Lockett was born and raised in Baltimore City. He joined the Fire Department in 1972 and was assigned to one of the busiest companies in the city. He spent 29 years fighting fires in some of the worst neighborhoods in Baltimore. This book looks back on his career from a Firefighter's perspective.
Download or read book Evaluating the Need of Social Media for the Iowa City Fire Department written by Brian T. Greer and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research answered the questions: 1) What is social media? 2) How do other non-fire entities utilize social media for information dissemination? 3) How do fire departments currently utilize social media? and 4) What are the obstacles to adopting a social media program in the ICFD? The results of the research identified social media sites and the applicability of these to meet unmet needs of the ICFD and were generally consistent with the research materials. Recommendations included further evaluation and eventual adoption of a social media program at ICFD to help improve communications with demographics that the department missed by utilizing traditional methods of education and communications.
Download or read book The Black Butterfly written by Lawrence T. Brown and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Persuasively arguing that because urban apartheid was intentionally erected it can be intentionally dismantled, The Black Butterfly demonstrates that America cannot reflect that Black lives matter until we see how Black neighborhoods matter.
Download or read book Social Media Within North Hays County Fire Rescue written by Kyle Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research also provided policy implications that should be addressed prior to entering the social media realm. A community survey was conducted to determine how widely social media is used within the area and which platforms are the most prevalent. A fire department questionnaire was distributed to determine if and how other departments are using social media for community relations. The results provided guidance in policy development to account for firefighter personal social media pages, as well as the department pages. The results also identified Facebook and Twitter as the predominant social media outlets, each with their own weaknesses and benefits. It was recommended that NHCFR implement social media usage through Facebook and Twitter after creating policies that provide guidelines for its use.
Download or read book Disaster Forensics written by Anthony J. Masys and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to uncover the root causes of natural and man-made disasters by going beyond the typical reports and case studies conducted post-disaster. It opens the black box of disasters by presenting ‘forensic analysis approaches’ to disasters, thereby revealing the complex causality that characterizes them and explaining how and why hazards do, or do not, become disasters. This yields ‘systemic’ strategies for managing disasters. Recently the global threat landscape has seen the emergence of high impact, low probability events. Events like Hurricane Katrina, the Great Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Hurricane Sandy, Super Typhoon Haiyan, global terrorist activities have become the new norm. Extreme events challenge our understanding regarding the interdependencies and complexity of the disaster aetiology and are often referred to as Black Swans. Between 2002 and 2011, there were 4130 disasters recorded that resulted from natural hazards around the world. In these, 1,117,527 people perished and a minimum of US$1,195 billion in losses were reported. In the year 2011 alone, 302 disasters claimed 29,782 lives; affected 206 million people and inflicted damages worth a minimum of estimated US$366 billion.
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Download or read book Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services 3rd Edition written by J. Curtis Varone and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Legal Considerations for Fire & Emergency Services is a reader-friendly guide to the challenging legal issues that firefighters and emergency service personnel encounter. Written by J. Curtis Varone, a practicing attorney as well as an experienced firefighter, this book explores such key topics as fire department liability, search and seizure, sovereign immunity, overtime laws, collective bargaining, OSHA compliance, workers’ compensation, physical abilities testing, medical examinations, drug testing, discrimination, and sexual harassment. It is a perfect textbook for any course on fire service law as well as an indispensable desk reference for day-to-day fire department administration. Features of the new 3rd Edition: • Updated cases on several topics including residency requirements, employment discrimination, and more • Expanded treatment of hot topics such as digital imagery, social media, and electronic surveillance • Meets the latest requirements for FESHE’s Legal Aspects of the Fire Service curriculum • Many new photos and graphics to help connect cases to day-to-day issues in the fire service • Coverage of recent changes to search and seizure law, use of digital photos and social media by emergency personnel, and fire department liability
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