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Chief Officer: Principles and Practice

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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.


Listen to a podcast with Chief Officer: Principles and Practice author David Purchase to learn more about this training program! Listen now.

ShowTable of Contents

Chapter  1  Leadership
Chapter  2  Communications
Chapter  3  Personal and Professional Development
Chapter  4  Working in the Community
Chapter  5  Intergovernmental Relations
Chapter  6  Human Resources
Chapter  7  Legal Issues
Chapter  8  Strategic Planning
Chapter  9  Emergency Management
Chapter  10  Code Enforcement and Public Education
Chapter  11  Budget and Finance Issues
Chapter  Appendix A  NFPA 1021: Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, 2009 Edition
Chapter  Appendix B  NFPA 1021: Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, 2009 Edition, Correlation Guide
Appendix  C  NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, 2009 Edition, ProBoard Matrix
Appendix  D  Sample Strategic Plan: An Extract from the Plainfield Fire Department Master Plan
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International Association of Fire Chiefs

Established in 1873, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is a powerful, professional membership organization of more than 12,600 chief fire and emergency officers. The mission of the IAFC is to provide leadership to career and volunteer chiefs, chief fire officers, and managers of emergency service organizations throughout the international community through vision, information, education, services, and representation to enhance their professionalism and capabilities. Members of the IAFC are the world’s leading experts in fire fighting, emergency medical services, terrorism response, hazardous materials spills, natural disasters, search and rescue, and public safety legislation.

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National Fire Protection Association

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has been a worldwide leader in providing fire, building, electrical, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden for fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. Developer of the National Electrical Code®, and 300 other codes and standards through a full, open-consensus process, NFPA also produces educational curricula, including the Risk Watch® community-based injury prevention curriculum and the Learn Not to Burn® fire safety curriculum. NFPA headquarters is in Quincy, Massachusetts.

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    • show overview$439.95 Add to Cart

      Instructor's ToolKit CD-ROM

      ISBN-13: 9780763798390

      Preparing for class is easy with the resources on this CD-ROM. The CD-ROM includes the following resources:

      • Adaptable PowerPoint presentations that provide instructors with a powerful way to create presentations that are educational and engaging to their students. These slides can be modified and edited to meet instructors’ specific needs.
      • Lesson Plans that include all of the topics covered in the text.
      • Image and Table Bank- Offers a selection of the most important images and tables found in the text. Instructors can use these graphics to incorporate more images into the PowerPoint presentations, make handouts, or enlarge a specific image for further discussion.
      • Detailed lesson plans keyed to the PowerPoint presentations with sample lectures, lesson quizzes, and teaching strategies.
      • Teaching tips and ideas to enhance your presentation.
      • Answers to all end-of-chapter student questions found in the text.
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      Instructor's Test Bank CD-ROM

      ISBN-13: 9780763798406

      The Instructor’s Test Bank CD-ROM contains an abundance of multiple-choice and scenario-based questions, and allows instructors to create tailor-made classroom tests and quizzes quickly and easily by selecting, editing, organizing, and printing a test along with an answer key, including page references to the text.

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      Navigate Course Manager: Chief Officer (Fire Officer Level III & IV)

      ISBN-13: 9781449645830
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      Navigate Course Manager: Chief Officer (Fire Officer Level III)

      ISBN-13: 9781449682583
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      Navigate Course Manager: Chief Officer (Fire Officer Level IV)

      ISBN-13: 9781449682590
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      Chief Officer: Principles and Practice with Navigate Course Manager: Chief Officer (Fire Officer Level IV).
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      Chief Officer Text and Navigate Course Manager

      Bundle ISBN: 9781449687052
      Chief Officer: Principles and Practice with Navigate Course Manager: Chief Officer (Fire Officer Level III).
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