The IC is responsible for completing... NFIRS or equivalent local report FO to determine if an investigator is needed... This is.. any fire that results in fatality or serious injury Legal responsibility for conducting an investigation is defined by?

As defined by NFPA 1021 standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications--- administrative actions includes the following: 5 points - Implement, evaluate, change department policies - Develop and manage a budget process - Identify and monitor revenue sources - Be first stop for subordinate human resource issues including positive and corrective discipline - Function and a witness and documenter, Aleckson the administrator drinks PBRs Why? Fire Officer is responsible for subordinate compliance with ____________________ Policies and Practices National Fallen Firefighters Foundation's Life Safety initiatives- in this Bill Manning work describes 5 disconnects: 1) Culture change is viewed as a threat 2) Bad behaviors an attitudes are allowed to leach into what members see as "tradition" 3) Safety and Mission within the organizational cultures are imbalanced 4) The voices (and actions) of safety leadership are either consciously subdued or unconsciously muffled 5) Lessons from behavioral safety science have not been embraced by fire service leaders The most common method to attempt to get new policies adopted or to change existing policies is to ............ Outline the problem one of more firefighters have identified to their supervisor with recommendation "Someone should do something about this". Support for change could come from.... Statistical measures, anecdotal evidence or both To recommend a new policy or change the FO should carefully identify the problem and ______________________ to support the change Develop Documentation The documentation needed above for adopting change could consist of ________________ or _____________. Statistical Measure Anecdotal Evidence OR BOTH Once evidence of a widespread problem has been obtained, the ______________ ___________ __________________ should be used to develop and choose the best alternative conflict resolution model 5 step model by Okray and Lubnau can provide the _____________ Granular information Once evidence supporting a widespread problem has been obtained, use what to develop and choose best alternative? Conflict Resolution Model (see chapter 3) Officers may not agree on a solution. So once technique is to discuss the problem with other officers to determine ______________________ How widespread the problem is. Usually a __________________ evaluates the proposals, makes changes, and accepts or rejects the proposal Committee comprising senior staff officers Because __________ are the backbone of order for the fire department, every individual should understand the ___________ that affect him or her. Policies With new policies, the company officer should share changes and _____ __________. This communicates ______ and _______ _______ to the organization show ownership buy-in and expressed value NFPA 1021 starts fire officer participation in the ________ _________ Budget Process. A Budget defined is an itemized summary of estimated or intended revenues or expenditures To make sure firefighters understand the policy the fire officer should provide firefighters with __________________ Situations covered by the policy and ask them to apply the policy Budget process is a cycle consisting of 6 steps: IPLAAC 1. identification of needs and required resources 2. preparation for a budget request 3. local government and public review 4. adoption of approved budget 5. administration of approved budget 6. close-out budget year Budget Document Operating Budget Capital Budget budget document describes where revenue some from (input) and where is goes (output) Operating budget is an estimate of income and expenditures of a jurisdiction Capital budget is an allocation of money for the acquisition or maintenance of fixed assets, land, buildings, or durable equipment FY25 could start/end and when would it be developed? Start July 1, 2024, End June 30, 2025, and planning in 2023. Base Budget defined: level of funding that would be required to maintain all services at the currently authorized levels, including adjustments for inflation and salary increases. A ____________________ assumes that the current level of service has aready been justified, and that the starting point of any changes in the budget should be__________________ Built in Process Cost of providing the same services for the next year. Supplemental Budget requests: Proposed increases in spending to provide additional services When budgets have to be reduced, the change is calculated on a Percentage of the base budget. If a reduction of a certain % is required based on the base budget, the department may have to prioritize programs/activities. Instead of __________________ there may be a ______________________ Across the board expenditure reduction Elimination of existing activity. Increases in the fire department budget require: early notification and support of elected officials Elected officials are both ____________ and _______________ in developing the local budget advocates and gatekeepers Elected officials participate in the budget process and participation in __________________ Public Hearings At the lieutenant level we will look at 2 types of budget requests: -replacing an existing capital item and requesting a new capital item. The process of getting a budget request approved will require accurately answering the question: "What happens if we do not purchase the item or do the construction, painting, or modeling?" For a replacement item focus on the (3)... Reliability, Quality of Output, and Repair Costs. FO should meet with ___________ __________ to understand the process and terminology used in budget requests Purchasing officials