Cross-training for first responders
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30679
Bennett, Gregory.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, 2010.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Bennett, Gregory
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 278 p.
- ISBN
- 9781439826546
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emergency Medical Services
- Emergency Medical Technicians
- Emergency Responders
- Firefighters
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency management
- First responders--Training of
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Effective fire and emergency services administration
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30681
Fleming, Robert S.
--Tulsa, OK:
PennWell
, c2010.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Fleming, Robert S
- Place of Publication
- Tulsa, OK
- Publisher
- PennWell
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- Physical Description
- 362 p.
- ISBN
- [9781593702298]
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Fire and Rescue Services : Leadership and Management Perspectives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43361
Peter Murphy, Kirsten Greenhalgh, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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- Online
This unique text fills a major gap in the emergency services literature by surveying the research on fire and rescue service management in the UK. An extensive evidence base focuses on organizational culture, leadership skills, standards, and accountability, emphasizing the services' dual roles as first responders and guardians of public safety and prevention. The implications for international public health and safety programs are made clear as the services' recent history illustrates the comp…
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- Other Authors
- Murphy, Peter
- Greenhalgh, Kirsten
- Responsibility
- Peter Murphy, Kirsten Greenhalgh, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 240 p.) : 14 illus., 4 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319621555
- 9783319621531 (print ed.)
- 9783319621548 (print ed.)
- 9783319872438 (print ed.)
- Other Subjects
- United Kingdom
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- This unique text fills a major gap in the emergency services literature by surveying the research on fire and rescue service management in the UK. An extensive evidence base focuses on organizational culture, leadership skills, standards, and accountability, emphasizing the services' dual roles as first responders and guardians of public safety and prevention. The implications for international public health and safety programs are made clear as the services' recent history illustrates the complex challenges typical of functioning within local and national political contexts. Chapters take on a broad range of management, leadership, service delivery, and staffing concerns, including: Evolution and adaptation of fire and rescue services during periods of expansion and austerity; Civil protection as a local and national priority; Structural issues: assessments and improvements, collaborations with other services; Emerging social concerns: diversity, gender equality, the aging worker population; The concepts and consequences of heroes and heroism; Future directions for governance, transparency, and accountability. Fire and Rescue Services complements the earlier volumes in the Leadership & Management of Emergency Services series with equal parts realism and vision. It should interest a wide audience of public policymakers, public managers, and emergency service personnel, as well as academics and researchers.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Gathering Storm: Modernisation, Local Alignment and Collaboration. Fire and Rescue Services Under the Early New Labour Administrations from 1997 to 2005 -- 3. Consolidation and Improvement: Fire and Rescue Under the New Labour Administrations 2005–2010 -- 4. Another Turn of the Screw: Fire and Rescue Under the Coalition Government of 2010–2015 -- 5. Peer Challenge: A Sector-Led Approach to Performance Improvement in Fire and Rescue Services -- 6. Collaboration in the Emergency Services -- 7. Governance and Accountability to Service Users -- 8. The Making of a Hero: An Exploration of Heroism in Disasters and Implications for the Emergency Services -- 9. Older Firefighters: A Problem to Be Managed or a Resource to Be Valued? -- 10. Feeling the Heat? Management Reform and Workforce Diversity in the English Fire Service -- 11. The Use of Equality and Equality Frameworks by Fire and Rescue Services -- 12. Governance Matters -- 13. Scottish Fire and Rescue Services Reform 2010–2015 -- 14. Command and Control of Fire and Rescue Operations in Sweden -- 15. 2016 and the Future: Changing the Governance Paradigm as Well as the Operating Environment if Not the Financial Context.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Firefighter exam for dummies
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30685
Bell, Stacy L.
--Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley Publishing
, 2011.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Bell, Stacy L.
- Other Authors
- Rock, Lindsay
- Biscontini, Tracey
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken, NJ
- Publisher
- Wiley Publishing
- Date of Publication
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 436 p.
- Series Title
- For dummies
- ISBN
- 9781118000557
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Firefighters - education
- Professional Competence
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Fire fighters--United States--Examinations--Study guides
- Civil service--Examinations--Study guides
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Human factors challenges in emergency management : enhancing individual and team performance in fire and emergency services
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33516
edited by Christine Owen.
--Surrey, UK:
Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
, c2014.
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This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art research that has been conducted within Australia, funded by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre. The chapters source and contextualize their own research practice within the context of the international research literature.
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- Other Authors
- Owen, Christine
- Responsibility
- edited by Christine Owen
- Place of Publication
- Surrey, UK
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781409453062 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emergency Medical Services - organization & administration
- Emergency Responders - psychology
- Firefighters - psychology
- Ergonomics
- Work Performance
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency management - Australia
- Fire management - Australia
- First responders - Job stress - Australia
- Fire fighters - Job stress - Australia
- Human engineering
- Other Subjects
- Australia
- Abstract
- This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art research that has been conducted within Australia, funded by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre. The chapters source and contextualize their own research practice within the context of the international research literature.
- Contents
- 1. Human Factors in Emergency Management -- 2. Stress and Wildland Firefighter Safety-related Decisions and Actions -- 3. Expert Decision Making and the Use of Worst Case Scenario Thinking -- 4. What Were They Thinking? A Model of Metacognition for Bushfire Fighters --5. The Role of Affect in Individual and Collective Performance in a Sociocultural Context -- 6. The Impact of Team Member Familiarity on Performance: Ad hoc and Pre-formed Emergency Service -- 7. Leadership, Communication and Teamwork in Emergency Management -- 8. Firefighter Decision Making at the Local Incident and Regional/State Control Levels -- 9. Coping Ugly: Errors, Decisions, Coping and the Implications for Emergency Management Training -- 10. Creating Cultures of Reflective Learning in the Emergency Services: Two Case Studies -- 11. The Challenges of Change in Future Emergency Management: Conclusions and Future Developments.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Live fire training : principles and practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30690
International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Protection Agency.
--Sudbury, MA:
Jones & Bartlett
, 2012.
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- Location
- Online
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- Corporate Author
- International Association of Fire Chiefs
- National Protection Agency
- Place of Publication
- Sudbury, MA
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett
- Date of Publication
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 267 p.
- ISBN
- 9781449675912
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Firefighters - education
- Fire Extinguishing Systems
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Fire fighters--Training of
- Fire extinction
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
