Developing a professional standards model for the fire service

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Christopher P. Riley, MS ◽  
Linda D. Sarbo, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Fire Service ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Public Scrutiny ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
In Fire ◽  
Service Agencies

While police agencies have well-established internal affairs processes, professional standards units (PSUs) are rare in fire service agencies with fewer than 1,000 employees. In response to increased public scrutiny and growing concerns about liability issues, fire service agencies are implementing PSUs.This study was designed to develop and validate a prototype professional standards manual for fire service agencies. We reviewed professional standards divisions in fire service and police departments, and interviewed representatives of selected agencies to establish parameters for successful PSUs. Based on this review, a professional standards model was developed. For validation, the prototype was submitted to four fire service professionals for review and comment. Their comments were supplemented by phone interviews and incorporated into the model.

Gender Differences in Barriers to Occupational Health in Fire Service

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amruta A. Mardikar ◽  
Laurie E. Steffen ◽  
Nathan A. Kimbrel ◽  
Christina Fay ◽  
Rose T. Zimering ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
In Fire

Bridging the Gaps

2020 ◽  
pp. 190-204
Author(s):  
Fatima Dobani ◽  
Michelle L. Pennington ◽  
Elizabeth Coe ◽  
Patrick Morrison ◽  
Suzy Bird Gulliver
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
In Fire ◽  
Oriented Approach

Peer support, as part of a recovery-oriented approach to treatment, is a valuable resource across various clinical and nonclinical populations. Specifically, in fire service, peer support may bridge the gap between firefighters' behavioral health needs and access to professional services. The current chapter summarizes the literature on peer support utility, presents data on barriers to treatment, and describes the roles clinicians can fill in partnering with fire service peer support to enhance the quality and reach of behavioral health services offered to fire service personnel. Finally, future research directions are outlined to continue the conversation about how to improve collaborations between peer supporters, clinicians, and others working to support the needs and strengths of firefighters.

scholarly journals Variability of Crime Clearance Among Police Agencies

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Scott ◽  
Charles Wellford ◽  
Cynthia Lum ◽  
Heather Vovak
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Factors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Clearance Rates ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Term Variation ◽  
Crime Clearance ◽  
Crime Types

Average crime clearance rates have remained remarkably stable in the United States since the 1980s, despite many advances in investigative technologies or fluctuations in crime. Taking these average trends at face value, some have suggested that this stability indicates that police departments can do little to alter their clearance rates. However, in this study, we find that the average trends mask substantial long-term variation in crime clearance among police agencies. Using group-based trajectory modeling, we test whether large U.S. police departments have reported uniquely different long-term clearance rate trends from 1981 to 2013 and what organizational factors might contribute to different trends. As we discuss, this method has attractive qualities that provide for a more rigorous analysis compared with past comparative work. Our results show diverse levels and patterns of clearance both within individual crime types and across multiple crime types that appear to covary with organizational factors. We explain how finite mixture modeling can advance both quantitative and qualitative research by identifying departmental differences in performance for further study.

Drug Addiction and Juvenile Justice

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-696
Author(s):  
Gilda Scardaccione
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Drug Addicts ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Social Service Agencies ◽  
Service Agencies

Drug abuse in juveniles is a complex juridical matter. There is neither specific legislation enacted nor special therapeutic programs for deviant populations of this age. Statistics are limited to drug addicts who have been involved with state agencies, such as administrative, judicial or police departments. In recent years some reforms have been enacted, especially for procedural aspects of the trial. Legislation now in force offers opportunities for alternative dispositions for juvenile drug addicts, including educational programs under the supervision of social service agencies. This situation can be improved further by better coordination between drug abuse legislation and juridical norms concerning the procedural phase of the trial. The problem of juveniles and drug abuse, especially when organized crime is involved, has distinctive characteristics which require different control strategies. Peer group influences seem to be the primary psychological dynamic motivating adolescent drug abuse.

Improving Policing: A Problem-Oriented Approach

1979 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Police Departments ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Operating Methods ◽  
Oriented Approach ◽  
Made In

The police have been particularly susceptible to the "means over ends" syndrome, placing more emphasis in their improvement efforts on organization and operating methods than on the substantive outcome of their work. This condition has been fed by the professional movement within the police field, with its concentration on the staffing, management, and organization of police agencies. More and more persons are questioning the widely held assumption that improvements in the internal man agement of police departments will enable the police to deal more effectively with the problems they are called upon to handle. If the police are to realize a greater return on the investment made in improving their oper ations, and if they are to mature as a profession, they must concern them selves more directly with the end product of their efforts.

scholarly journals PLANNING OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT TRAJECTORY OF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS BODIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN FIRE AND PHYSICAL TRAINING

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3(43)) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Vitaly Leonidovich Yasyuk
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Physical Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
In Fire

The article considers the directions of planning the individual trajectory of development of an employee of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in fire and physical training, the specifics of existing training programs and training courses, and the possibilities of their application to employees. The training process is carried out according to the programs of advanced training of senior inspectors, inspectors of departments, departments, groups of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia at the regional and district levels for professional service and physical training of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation. Based on the sample programs, working training programs are compiled, according to which employees are trained.

scholarly journals Towards A Sustainable Fire-free Environment in Kebbi State: Causes and People’s Behaviour in Fire Disasters

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Alade E. Ilori ◽  
Rabiu A. Magaji
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
The State ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Head Office ◽  
Fire Disaster ◽  
State Capital ◽  
Fire Stations ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
In Fire

Fire disaster is accident that occur most frequently with different causes. It requires strong intervention for a sustainable fire-free environment. This study assessed causes and people’s behaviour in fire disasters towards a sustainable fire-free environment in Kebbi State, Nigeria. The study focused at identifying remote causes of fire disasters in Kebbi State, the people’s behaviour in/to fire situations using the state capital (Birnin Kebbi) as well as equipment available in the state fire service head-office towards a fire-free environment. Descriptive research approach was used. A sample size of 204 respondents (30 market traders, 144 occupants and 30 fire service personnel) obtained through Cochran 1963 sample size formula were randomly selected. Questionnaire and observation were used to collect data which were analyzed through descriptive statistics (frequency tables and percentages) and results were presented in charts. Results revealed that electrical fault/wiring, political reasons, negligence among others are the causes of fire disaster in the area with electrical fault/wiring as the remote cause. The behaviour of people towards building a sustainable fire-free environment shows people of the area do help one another in extinguishing fire whenever it strikes. Results also shows that lack of manpower and standard fire stations were the prominent challenges faced by the state fire service head-office in the state capital prompting incessant burning and resulting lives and property loss. Occupants of the area should always read and comply with safety guides of electrical appliances bought before use to avoid and prevent them from substandard gadgets that have ability of endangering their lives.

scholarly journals Transitioning from pandemic to normalcy: what police departments can learn from the rank-and-file

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janne E. Gaub ◽  
Marthinus C. Koen ◽  
Shelby Davis
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Body ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Coding Schemes ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Police Executives ◽  
Police Personnel

PurposeAfter more than 18 months of life during a pandemic, much of the world is beginning to transition back to some semblance of normalcy. As that happens, institutions – including policing – need to acknowledge changes that had been made during the pandemic and decide what modifications and innovations, if any, to continue moving forward.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use semi-structured interviews and focus groups of police personnel in the United States (US) and Canada. The sample includes police officers and frontline supervisors (n = 20). The authors conduct qualitative analysis using deductive and inductive coding schemes.FindingsThe sample identified four areas of adaptation during the pandemic: 1) safety measures, 2) personnel reallocation, 3) impacts on training and 4) innovation and role adjustments. These areas of adaptation prompted several recommendations for transitioning police agencies out of the pandemic.Originality/valueA growing number of studies are addressing police responses to the pandemic. Virtually all are quantitative in nature, including all studies investigating the perceptions of police personnel. The body of perceptual studies is extraordinarily small and primarily focuses on police executives, ignoring the views of the rank-and-file who are doing the work of street-level police business. This is the first study to delve into the perceptions of this group, and does so using a qualitative approach that permits a richer understanding of the nuances of perception.

Some Fundamentals of Explosions Related to the Power Industry

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Lilley
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Fire Dynamics ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Blast Damage ◽  
Vapor Cloud ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
In Fire

Fundamentals of pertinent information on fire dynamics of explosions are reviewed, with emphasis on technical aspects related to the power industry. Topics include: fundamentals, characterization, vapor cloud explosions, blast damage due to over-pressurization, procedure for estimating the overpressure, blast fragment missile damage, and energy of mechanical explosions. The text is imbued with examples to assist in understanding and applying the ideas in real-world situations. This material is designed especially for persons in fire-related occupations: fire service, insurance adjusters, fire investigators, forensic engineers and attorneys desiring further knowledge about technical aspects of explosions.

Police Social Work

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
George T. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Social Service Agencies ◽  
Substance Use And Abuse ◽  
Service Agencies

Police social workers are professionally trained social workers or individuals with related academic degrees employed within police departments or social service agencies who receive referrals primarily from police officers. Their primary functions are to provide direct services such as crisis counseling and mediation to individuals and families experiencing social problems such as mental illness, alcohol and substance use and abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse, among others. Additional functions of police social workers include training police officers in stress management, mental illness, substance abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse; providing consultation to police officers; and counseling police officers and their families.

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